- Naissance
- Décédé(e)4 septembre 2014 · East Harlem, Manhattan, Ville de New York, New York, États-Unis (anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest)
- Nom de naissanceJoan Alexandra Molinsky
- Surnom
- The Queen of the Barbed One-liners
- Taille5′ 2″ (1,57 m)
- Joan Rivers est née le 8 juin 1933 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis. Elle était scénariste et actrice. Elle est connue pour La folle histoire de l'espace (1987), Iron Man 3 (2013) et Maman ne se laisse pas marcher sur les pieds (1994). Elle était mariée à Edgar Rosenberg et James Sanger. Elle est morte le 4 septembre 2014 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis.
- Conjoints(es)Edgar Rosenberg(15 juillet 1965 - 14 août 1987) (son décès, 1 enfant)James Sanger(19 septembre 1956 - mars 1957) (annulation du mariage)
- Enfants
- ParentsMeyer MolinskyBeatrice Molinsky (Grushman)
- Membres de la familleEdgar Cooper Endicott(Grandchild)
- Had had a lot of plastic surgery, had never denied it, and as a matter of fact, made lots of jokes about her own (and other people's) plastic surgery.
- Loud, raspy voice with New York City accent
- Said "Can we talk?" frequently in both her acting roles and stand-up routines
- Often said "What a tramp!" or "Such a tramp!"
- Her and daughter Melissa Rosenberg made fun of each other
- About 1982, she was appointed the first permanent guest hostess on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). She infuriated Johnny Carson when she left to host her own show, The Late Show (1986) on rival Fox network. Johnny Carson never spoke to her again.
- Started performing as a stand-up comedienne using the stage name Pepper January.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for portraying the title character, Sally Marr, in "Sally Marr... and Her Escorts".
- Received her Bachelor's degree in English literature and anthropology from Barnard College in New York City (1954).
- Before she was a successful comedienne, talk show hostess and television personality, early in her career, she was a writer for Candid Camera (1953).
- [on her idea of a perfect childbirth experience] Knock me out with the first pain, and wake me up when the hairdresser arrives.
- If you're not a wreck in this business, you're not around.
- Once I was having lunch in a fancy restaurant with Lily Tomlin and Richard Pryor. We were all struggling comics together and the day we had lunch, any one of us could have picked up the check. That's when I knew I'd made it.
- Queen Camilla is an earthy, funny woman. You can swear in front of her.
- [on Parkinson (1971), when entering] I am a dyke! And I'm DAMN proud of it!
- The Late Show (1986) - $5,000,000 /year
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