Place of Birth:Birthday: 29 December 1959Bio: 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.