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Joan Rivers (born 8 June, 1933) is a United States
comedian, talk show host, and celebrity. She is
known for her brash manner and loud, gruff voice
with a heavy New York City accent.

Rivers was born as Joan Sandra Alexandra Molinsky
in Brooklyn, New York.  She graduated from Barnard
College in 1954 with a B.A. in English and
anthropology.

In the 1960s she made television appearances as a
comedian on the popular shows The Tonight Show and
The Ed Sullivan Show, as well as hosting the first
of her several talk shows. Later in that decade
she made a brief but notable appearance opposite
Burt Lancaster in the film, The Swimmer.

In the 70s, Rivers appeared often on as a guest on
various television comedy and variety shows.
One notable appearance on The Carol Burnett Show
had Rivers spoofing Valerie Harper in Rhoda
instead as "Rhonda" to the delight of the
audience. 

In 1978 she directed and wrote the film Rabbit
Test (1978)|Rabbit Test starring her friend Billy
Crystal. The avante-garde movie about a man who
gets pregnant bombed at the box-office. Rivers was
the opening act for singer Helen Reddy on The Las
Vegas Strip during the 70s. Rivers then became a
headliner in her own right to standing room crowds
continuing into the 1980s.  Rivers also recorded a
popular record album of her live standup act
entitled "Can We Talk?"

Rivers continued to gain acclaim on television as
she would often be brought in as a guest host of
the Tonight Show throughout the 1980's.  In the
early 1980's she was named the permanent guest
host of that show.  

In 1986, she hosted her own evening talk show,
"The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers" on the Fox
Network|Fox Television Network, one of the launch
shows for the new network. The show lasted about a
year. When it began, Rivers was the permanent
guest host for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
Carson was so upset by her decision to leave
without discussing it with him, that he banned her
from his show, even after Rivers' show failed. The
two never reconciled before his 2005 death.

Soon after the cancellation of her series, her
husband (who was also one of the show's producers)
Edgar Rosenberg committed suicide. Joan was
devastated by the loss. Eventually returned to
television with a daytime talk show of her own,
The Joan Rivers Show, which ran from 1989 until
1993.  Rivers candidly wrote about her husband's
passing in two autobiographical, motivational
best-selling books published in the 90s, entitled:
Enter Talking, and Still Talking.

Joan Rivers has been awarded the 1975 Georgie
Award as "Best Comedienne", the Clio Award for
"Best Performance in a TV Commercial" in 1976 and
1982, and the 1990 Daytime Emmy Award as "Best
Talk Show Host".

As of 2005, Joan Rivers is a host for the TV Guide
channel, often cohosting red carpet specials
before awards shows with her daughter, Melissa
Rivers. She previously worked for the E!
Entertainment Television network in a similar
role. In the movie Shrek 2, she cameoed as a
computer-generated version of herself, hosting the
parody ME! Medieval Entertainment Television
channel.

In a 2005 Channel 4 poll to find The Comedian's
Comedian, she was voted amongst the top 50 comedy
acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

Rivers is an avid and unapologetic user of plastic
surgery to enhance her looks; she appeared on an
episode of Nip/Tuck where she wants to find out
what she would look like without all the plastic
surgery she has gotten, and is horrified by the
result. She is also an avid collector of jewelry.
Rivers also appears regularly on television's QVC,
selling her own line of jewelery under the brand
name, "The Joan Rivers Collection," which in fact
is one of that network's best selling lines.

Today, Rivers is a proud and involved grandmother
by way of her daughter's very brief marriage.

==TV Work==
*The Joan Rivers Show (1969) (canceled after 2
months)
*The Hollywood Squares (semi-regular from
1970-1976)
*The Electric Company (cast member from 1972-1977)
(voice only)
*The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (regular
guest host from 1983-1986)
*Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
(1985) (also writer)
*Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? (1986) (canceled after
a few episodes)
*The New Hollywood Squares (1986-1989)
*The Late Show (host from 1986-1987)
*The Joan Rivers Show (1989-1993)
*How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)
*Lady Boss (1992)
*Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers
Story (1994)
*Another World (cast member in 1997)
*The Joan Rivers Position (2004-present)

==Filmography==
*The Swimmer (1968)
*Rabbit Test (1978) (Cameo) (also director and
writer)
*Uncle Scam (1981) (Cameo)
*The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) (Cameo)
*Les Patterson Saves the World (1987) (Cameo)
*Spaceballs (1987) (voice only)
*Look Who's Talking (1989) (voice only)
*Public Enemy #2 (1993) (Cameo)
*Serial Mom (1994) (Cameo)
*Napoleon (1996) (voice)
*Goosed (1999)
*The Intern (2000)
*Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000) (voice)
*The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family (2002)
(documentary)
*Hip! Edgy! Quirky! (2002)
*Shrek 2 (2004) (voice)
*First Daughter (2004) (Cameo)

== External links ==

* http://www.joanrivers.com/ JoanRivers.com
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