# Paula Poundstone

> Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. In the late 1980s, she performed the first of several HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is the host of the podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, which is the successor to the National Public Radio program Live from the Poundstone Institute. She is a frequent panelist on NPR's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, and was a recurring guest on the network's A Prairie Home Companion variety program during Garrison Keillor's years as host.

*American stand-up comedian*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/paula-poundstone

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1959-12-29
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 11.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 85.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/paulapoundstone (@paulapoundstone)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/paulapoundstone/ (@paulapoundstone)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/PaulaPoundstone (@PaulaPoundstone)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005323/ (@nm0005323)
- **WEBSITE**: http://paulapoundstone.com

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/712930)
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- [پولا پوندستون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Paula Poundstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone)
- [Paula Poundstone](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone)
- [Paula Poundstone](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone)
- [Paula Poundstone](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone)
- [Paula Poundstone](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone)
- [폴라 파운드스톤](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4%EB%9D%BC_%ED%8C%8C%EC%9A%B4%EB%93%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%86%A4)
- [Paula Poundstone](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone)
- [Паундстоун, Пола](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0)
- [پاؤلا پاؤنڈ اسٹون](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%DA%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a844db77-3e27-4cfb-b66c-edde8e7ee8fb)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3372564)

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