Paula Poundstone

Age: 49
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Birth Place: Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Born: Dec. 29th, 1959

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Paula Poundstone's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Home Movies	Paula Small
Science Court	Judge Stone
Adventures from the Book of Virtues	The Djinn
The Paula Poundstone Show	Herself - H…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Won another Cable Ace Award for Best Program Interviewer for her work on HBO.
She became a foster mother in 1993 and adopted 2 girls in 1997.
She appeared in The Muppets' "She Drives Me Crazy" music video.
Won a local Emmy for her work on the PBS series Life & Times.
Won the Cable Ace Award for _Cats, Cops and Stuff (1990) (TV)_ (qv), for best Stand-Up Comedy Show - the first woman to do so.
(14 September 2001) Accepted a plea agreement and pled no contest to felony child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of inflicting injury on a child. In exchange, the three charges of lew conduct were dropped by prosecutors. "The lewd conduct charges against me were dropped because they weren't true," says Poundstone. "I pled no contest to the child endangerment/injury charges because they were. My drinking helped to create a dangerous situation for the children. For this, I am very sorry."
Was a foster child herself when younger.
10 October 2001 - An LA judge sentenced her to 5 years probation and 180 days in rehab on felony child endangerment and misdemeanor child injury.

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