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Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), widely known as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host.

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A., 1. 95. 4)Occupation. Actress, comedian, writer, producer, television host. Years active. 19. Spouse(s)James Sanger(m. 1.

Edgar Rosenberg(m. 1. Children. Melissa Rivers. Parent(s)Meyer C.

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September 4, 2. 01. Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host.

She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona—alternatingly self- deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians. Rivers gained prominence in 1. The Tonight Show. Hosted by her mentor, Johnny Carson, the show established Rivers' comedic style. In 1. 98. 6, with her own rival program, The Late Show with Joan Rivers, Rivers became the first woman to host a late night network television talk show.

She subsequently hosted The Joan Rivers Show (1. Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Having become widely known for her comedic red carpet awards show celebrity interviews,[1. She was the 2. 00.

Celebrity Apprentice Winner. Rivers co- hosted the E! Fashion Police from 2. Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? Melissa Rivers. She was the subject of the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2. In addition to marketing a line of jewelry and apparel on the QVC shopping channel, Rivers authored 1.

She was nominated in 1. Grammy Award for her album What Becomes a Semi- Legend Most?; and was nominated in 1. Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance of the title role in Sally Marr.. Her Escorts. In 2. Rivers posthumously received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for her book, Diary of a Mad Diva.[1.

In 1. 96. 8, The New York Times television critic Jack Gould called Rivers "quite possibly the most intuitively funny woman alive".[1. In 2. 01. 7, Rolling Stone magazine ranked her sixth on its list of the 5.

Early life[edit]Rivers was born Joan Alexandra Molinsky on June 8, 1. Brooklyn, New York,[1. Russian Jewish immigrants Beatrice (née Grushman; January 6, 1. October 1. 97. 5) and Dr.

Meyer C. Molinsky (December 7, 1. January 1. 98. 5),[1. Long Island College of Medicine. Her elder sister, Barbara Waxler, died on June 3, 2.

Rivers spent her early life in Prospect Heights[2. Crown Heights[2. 3] in Brooklyn, where she attended the progressive and now- defunct Brooklyn Ethical Culture School and Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn, a college preparatory day school, where she was co- chairman of her school, due to her past experiences in theatrical activities. Within 2 years, she performed in the School Cavalcades, and in 1. Dramatic Club.[2. She graduated from the Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn, in 1. In her adolescence, Rivers relocated with her family to Larchmont, north of New York City.[1. Rivers stated in interviews that she was overweight throughout her childhood and adolescence, and that it had a profound impact on her body image, which she would struggle with throughout her life.[2.

She attended Connecticut College between 1. Barnard College in 1. Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and anthropology; she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[1. Before entering show business, Rivers worked at various jobs such as a tour guide at Rockefeller Center, a writer/proofreader at an advertising agency and a fashion consultant at Bond Clothing Stores.[1. During this period, agent Tony Rivers advised her to change her name, so she chose Joan Rivers as her stage name.[2. Rivers with Jim Connell and Jake Holmes in "Jim, Jake & Joan"1.

During the late 1. Rivers appeared in a short- run play, Driftwood, playing a lesbian with a crush on a character played by a then- unknown Barbra Streisand. The play ran for six weeks. Rivers performed in numerous comedy clubs in the Greenwich Village area of New York City in the early 1. The Bitter End and The Gaslight Cafe, before making her first appearances as a guest on the TV program The Tonight Show originating from New York, hosted at the time by Jack Paar.

By 1. 96. 5, Rivers had a stint on Candid Camera as a gag writer and participant; she was "the bait" to lure people into ridiculous situations for the show. She also made her first appearance on The Tonight Show with new host Johnny Carson, on February 1. During the same decade, Rivers made other appearances on The Tonight Show as well as The Ed Sullivan Show, while hosting the first of several talk shows. She wrote material for the puppet Topo Gigio. She had a brief role in The Swimmer (1. Burt Lancaster. A year later, she had a short- lived syndicated daytime talk show, That Show with Joan Rivers; Johnny Carson was her first guest.[3. In the middle of the 1.

The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album[3. Rivers Presents Mr. Phyllis & Other Funny Stories.[3.

By the 1. 97. 0s, Rivers was appearing on various television comedy and variety shows, including The Carol Burnett Show and a semi- regular stint on Hollywood Squares. From 1. 97. 2 to 1. The Adventures of Letterman, an animated segment for The Electric Company. In 1. 97. 3, Rivers wrote the TV movie The Girl Most Likely to.., a black comedy starring Stockard Channing. In 1. 97. 8, Rivers wrote and directed the film Rabbit Test, starring her friend Billy Crystal. During the same decade, she was the opening act for singers Helen Reddy, Robert Goulet, Mac Davis and Sergio Franchi on the Las Vegas Strip.[3.

Rivers spoke of her primary Tonight Show life as having been "Johnny Carson's daughter", a reference to his longtime mentoring of her and, during the 1. August 1. 98. 3. She also hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live, on April 9, 1.

In the same period, she released a best- selling comedy album on Geffen Records, What Becomes a Semi- Legend Most? The album reached No. Gundam 00 Episode 12. U. S. Billboard 2. Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[3.

During the 1. 98. In February 1. 98.

Carnegie Hall[4. 0] and the following year, she did stand- up on the United Kingdom's TV show An Audience With Joan Rivers.[4. A friend of Nancy and President Ronald Reagan, Rivers attended a state dinner in 1. Nancy, spoke at luncheon at the 1. Republican National Convention.[4. In 1. 98. 4, Rivers published a best- selling humor book, The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abramowitz, a mock memoir of her brassy, loose comedy character. A television special based on the character, a mock tribute called Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abramowitz, was not successful with the public.

The decade was controversial for Rivers. She sued female impersonator. Frank Marino for $5,0. Las Vegas act. The two comics reconciled and even appeared together on television in later years.[4. In 1. 98. 6 came the move that ended Rivers' longtime friendship with Johnny Carson, who had first hired her as a Tonight Show writer.

The soon- to- launch Fox Television Network announced that it was giving her a late night talk show, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers, making Rivers the first woman to have her own late night talk show on a major network. The new network planned to broadcast the show 1. Eastern Time, making her a Carson competitor. Carson learned of the show from Fox and not from Rivers. In the documentary, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, Rivers said she only called Carson to discuss the matter after learning he may have already heard about it and that he immediately hung up on her. In the same interview, she said that she later came to believe that maybe she should have asked for his blessing before taking the job. Rivers was banned from appearing on the Tonight Show, a decision respected by Carson's first two successors Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien.