Joan Rivers

@Stand-up Comedians, Family and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Joan Rivers was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer and TV host Jewish Actresses Jewish Comedians Philanthropists American Actresses Comedians Stand-up Comedians Media Personalities TV Anchors Writers Gemini Celebrities Joan Alexandra Molinsky, better known by her stage name, Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, playwright, screenwriter, film director, columnist, lecturer, radio host, jewelry designer and TV-host. As a young girl she worked at a number of jobs before trying her hand at acting. After appearing in numerous small plays she took up stand-up comedy. She became a known face throughout America after appearing as a guest on 'The Tonight Show' which was hosted by her mentor Johnny Carson. With the new found popularity she went onto make guest appearances in many talk shows and released chart-topping comedy albums. In 1986, she became the first woman to host a late night network television show called 'The Late Show with Joan Rivers'. The show's timings clashed with the timings of Carson's show which embittered her former mentor who never spoke to her again. In the last years of her career, she mostly conducted comedic interviews of celebrities walking on the red carpet at award shows. Throughout her career her comic style remained rather controversial as she'd often use satirical and scathing words to make fun of herself and other celebrities. She also wrote 12 best-selling memoir and humor books

Personal Details

Birthday: June 8, 1933 Died on: September 4, 2014 Nationality: American Famous: Jewish Actresses, Jewish Comedians, Philanthropists, Actresses, Comedians, Stand-up Comedians, Media Personalities, TV Anchors, Writers Hobbies: Collecting Fabergé eggs Spouses: Edgar Rosenberg, James Sanger Siblings: Barbara Cushman Waxler Information Detail Birthday June 8, 1933 Died on September 4, 2014 Nationality American Famous Jewish Actresses, Jewish Comedians, Philanthropists, Actresses, Comedians, Stand-up Comedians, Media Personalities, TV Anchors, Writers Hobbies Collecting Fabergé eggs Spouses Edgar Rosenberg, James Sanger Siblings Barbara Cushman Waxler Known as Joan Alexandra Molinsky Childrens Melissa Rivers Universities Barnard College Connecticut College Birth Place Brooklyn Height 158cm Gender Female Father Meyer C. Molinsky Mother Beatrice Molinsky Net Worth $150 million Sun Sign Gemini Born in Brooklyn Famous as Actress Died at Age 81

Brooklyn

Joan Rivers born at Unsplash Birth Place

Joan Rivers married James Sanger, the son of a Bond Clothing Stores manager, in 1955. When she found out that he was not interested in having children, she got the marriage annulled in six months. Unsplash Personal Life

She married Edgar Rosenberg in 1965 and they had a daughter named Melissa. Edgar committed suicide in 1987 and Rivers later confessed that their 22-year marriage was a 'total sham' and that she had had several extra-marital affairs. Unsplash Personal Life

Several times her cheeky and in-your-face humor landed her in trouble. Her jokes on Adele's weight, the Holocaust and Ariel Castro kidnappings received stern and strong criticism, but she refused to apologize as these were jokes and nothing more. Unsplash Personal Life

Joan Rivers was born on June 8, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York to Russian Jewish immigrants Beatrice and Meyer C Molinsky. Joan had an elder sister, Barbara Waxler who passed away in 2013. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Joan received her education from Brooklyn Ethical Culture School and the Adelphi Academy. After her family moving to Larchmont, she attended Connecticut College and graduated from Barnard College in 1954 with a BA in English literature and anthropology. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Before entering show business she worked as a buyer for a chain store, a tour guide at Rockefeller center, proofreader in an advertising agency and as a fashion consultant. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

On her agent, Tony Rivers' advise she adopted her stage name - Joan Rivers. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In the 1960s Rivers performed at many comedy clubs in the Greenwich Village. Her big break came when she appeared on ‘The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson’ in 1965. Eventually she got her own talk-show 'That Show with Joan Rivers' in 1969. Unsplash Career

In the 1970s, she appeared on comedy show 'The Carol Burnett Show' and the game show 'Hollywood Squares'. She wrote a black comedy movie titled 'The Girl Most Likely to...', directed the film 'Rabbit Test' and performed the opening acts for the singers Helen Reddy, Robert Goulet, Mac Davis and Sergio Franchi at the Las Vegas strip. Unsplash Career

By 1983, she had become a regular guest host of 'The Tonight Show' and also hosted the April 9, 1983 episode of 'Saturday Night Live'. Around this time, she also released a comedy album titled 'What becomes a Semi-Legend Most?' The album was a huge hit and attained No. 22 on the US Billboard 200. Unsplash Career

In 1986, FOX TV Network announced the launch of 'The Late Show with Joan Rivers'. The show timings clashed with that of Johnny Carson’s show but Rivers did not tell him anything about the show. Carson never talked to her again. Unsplash Career

A new TV talk show 'The Joan Rivers Show' came out in 1989 and ran for five years. It won her the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show in 1990. Unsplash Career

Joan Rivers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for ‘The Joan Rivers Show’ in 1990. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

She won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for 'Diary of a Mad Diva' in 2015. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Information	Detail
Birthday	June 8, 1933
Died on	September 4, 2014
Nationality	American
Famous	Jewish Actresses, Jewish Comedians, Philanthropists, Actresses, Comedians, Stand-up Comedians, Media Personalities, TV Anchors, Writers
Hobbies	Collecting Fabergé eggs
Spouses	Edgar Rosenberg, James Sanger
Siblings	Barbara Cushman Waxler
Known as	Joan Alexandra Molinsky
Childrens	Melissa Rivers
Universities	Barnard College Connecticut College
Birth Place	Brooklyn
Height	158cm
Gender	Female
Father	Meyer C. Molinsky
Mother	Beatrice Molinsky
Net Worth	$150 million
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	Brooklyn
Famous as	Actress
Died at Age	81

Joan Rivers

American

Jun 8, 1933

Biography

Personal Details

Brooklyn