Directed credits
0
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Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Paula Poundstone
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 196502
IMDb ID: nm0005323
Known for: Acting
Born: December 29, 1959
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2024
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 6.74
Wikidata: Q3372564
Frequent jobs
Writer (2)
Biography
Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is a frequent panelist on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Paula Poundstone.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Paula Poundstone.
as Paula Small (voice) • 5 eps
Home Movies
1999 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as The Computer (voice) • 1 eps
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975 • Series
as Armageddon Bow (voice) • 1 eps
Hercules
1998 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 • Series
as Self - Comedian • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Paula Poundstone.
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
Inside Out 2
2024 • Movie
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
Inside Out
2015 • Movie
as Karen
Hyperspace
1984 • Movie
Wisecracks
1992 • Movie
as Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013 • Movie
as Self
Comic Relief VII
1995 • Movie
Writer
Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
2006 • Movie
as Self
The Comedy Club
2016 • Movie
as Self
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021 • Movie
Writer
Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
1990 • Movie
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983 • Movie
as Self
On Location: Women of the Night
1987 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Paula Poundstone.
as Self • 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self - Comedian • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 10 eps
Hollywood Squares
1998 • Series
as The Computer (voice) • 1 eps
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 • Series
as Paulette (voice) • 4 eps
Summer Camp Island
2018 • Series
as Minnie Arbogast • 2 eps
Cybill
1995 • Series
as Armageddon Bow (voice) • 1 eps
Hercules
1998 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Paula Poundstone.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Paula Poundstone.
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
Inside Out 2
2024 • Movie
as Self
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021 • Movie
as Self
The Comedy Club
2016 • Movie
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
Inside Out
2015 • Movie
as Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013 • Movie
as Self
Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
2006 • Movie
as Self
Comic Relief VII
1995 • Movie
Wisecracks
1992 • Movie
as Self
Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
1990 • Movie
as Self
On Location: Women of the Night
1987 • Movie
as Karen
Hyperspace
1984 • Movie
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Paula Poundstone.
as Self • 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
2024 • Series
as Paulette (voice) • 4 eps
Summer Camp Island
2018 • Series
as Self - Comedian • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self - Hostess • 1 eps
Gotham Comedy Live
2012 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
2011 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 • Series
as Paula Small (voice) • 5 eps
Home Movies
1999 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 10 eps
Hollywood Squares
1998 • Series
as Armageddon Bow (voice) • 1 eps
Hercules
1998 • Series
13 eps
Science Court
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series