What is Paula Poundstone’s Net Worth?
Paula Poundstone, an American author, stand-up comedian and commentator, has a net worth of $2 million. She frequently appears on popular radio and television shows and produces her own comedy specials.
Early Life
Paula Poundstone was born on December 29, 1959 in Huntsville, Alabama. Her parents are Vera and Jack Poundstone. Her father was an engineer and the family moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts shortly after Paula was born.
Early Career and Breakthrough
Paula Poundstone began her comedy career in 1979 by performing at open mic nights in Boston. She then traveled around the United States throughout the early 1980s on a Greyhound bus, making stops to perform at open-mics nights at various comedy clubs along the way. Poundstone developed a reputation for herself for her improvisational sets at the clubs Holy City Zoo and The Other Café in San Francisco. In 1984, Robin Williams saw her act and encouraged her to move to Los Angeles to further develop her career and pursue more opportunities. Poundstone was able to perform her act on an episode of “Saturday Night Live” when Williams hosted. The same year, she was cast in the movie “Gremloids.”
Paula Poundstone’s Career Highlights
Paula Poundstone is a renowned stand-up comedian who won the American Comedy Award for “Best Female Stand-Up Comic” in 1989. She has appeared on various late night talk shows and wrote and performed in the HBO specials “Cats, Cops and Stuff” and “Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard.” She also had her own special on Bravo in 2006 called “Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In.”
Along with her comedy specials, Poundstone has worked as a political correspondent for “The Tonight Show,” hosted her own show on HBO, and appeared as a regular panelist on “To Tell the Truth” and the series “Cybill.”
She has pursued a career in voice acting, voicing characters in the educational cartoon series “Science Court” and the cartoon series “Home Movies.”
More recently, she has become a frequent panelist on the popular National Public Radio weekly quiz show, “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” She also hosted an information-based comedy podcast called “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone” along with Adam Felber.
Poundstone has written two books and her writing has been featured in various publications such as “Mother Jones,” “The Los Angeles Times,” “Glamour,” and “Entertainment Weekly.”
She maintains a regular tour schedule and often interacts with the crowd during her performances. Poundstone has also released three comedy CDs in 2009, 2013, and 2016.
Paula Poundstone: Foster Parent, Atheist, and National Spokesperson
Paula Poundstone is an atheist and asexual who has fostered eight children and adopted three. In 2001, she was charged with felony child endangerment and lewd acts upon a child younger than 14. She accepted a plea bargain and served five years of probation, attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, completed six months of rehabilitation, and 200 hours of community service. Poundstone has served as the National Spokesperson for the American Library Association’s “United for Libraries” since 2007, supporting local libraries through fundraising and awareness campaigns. She is also an avid reader.
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