Joan Rivers
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Birth name | Joan Alexandra Molinsky |
Born | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. | June 8, 1933
Died | September 4, 2014 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | (aged 81)
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Alma mater | Barnard College (BA) |
Years active | 1957–2014 |
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Children | Melissa Rivers |
Website | www |
Joan Alexandra Molinsky
Rivers started her career in
In addition to marketing a line of jewelry and apparel on the
In 1968,
Early life
Joan Alexandra Molinsky was born on June 8, 1933, in
Rivers
Rivers repeatedly said, and it was reported in
Before entering show business, Rivers worked at various jobs such as a tour guide at Rockefeller Center,[28] a writer/proofreader at an advertising agency[29] and a fashion consultant at Bond Clothing Stores.[13][30] During this period, agent Tony Rivers advised her to change her name, so she chose Joan Rivers as her stage name,[31] she states that he stopped sending her to audition because of this.[32]
Career
1950s–1960s
During the late 1950s, Rivers appeared in a short off-Broadway play called Driftwood alongside Barbra Streisand. According to an interview with Adweek, the play ran for six weeks at the playwright Maurice Tei Dunn's apartment on 49th Street in New York.[33][27] In the early 1960s, Rivers performed at various comedy clubs in Greenwich Village, including The Bitter End, The Gaslight Cafe[34] and The Duplex. It was during this period that she befriended fellow comedians Woody Allen and George Carlin, often sharing meals with them. Rivers also had the opportunity to work alongside renowned musicians Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, and Simon & Garfunkel in the Village.[35]
Between 1963 and 1964, Rivers joined forces with Jim Connell and Jake Holmes in the cabaret act "Jim, Jake & Joan". Their appearance at The Bitter End in 1964 led to their inclusion in the motion picture Once Upon A Coffee House, marking Rivers' first credit in a feature film. However, the group disbanded soon after. Holmes later recalled an incident that led to their separation: "We were supposed to perform at a rally for Bobby Kennedy, who was running for New York senator in 1964. Joan showed up wearing a [Republican Senate nominee Kenneth] Keating button, and Jim told her to remove it. She refused, staunchly sticking to her political beliefs, and Jim said, 'Who needs you, anyway?' That was the end of Jim, Jake & Joan..."[36]
Rivers also made a guest appearance on The Tonight Show, hosted by Jack Paar,[37] which originated in New York. In 1965, she worked as a gag writer and participant on Candid Camera, where she played the role of "the bait" to lure people into humorous situations for the show. After seven auditions over three years, she finally made her first appearance on The Tonight Show with its new host, Johnny Carson, on February 17, 1965.[38] Rivers considered this episode to be her breakthrough, as Carson famously told her, "you're gonna be a star."[39] She became a frequent guest on the show and developed a close friendship with Carson.
Her profile skyrocketed in the following years, and she began to make frequent guest appearances on popular shows like The Ed Sullivan Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Dick Cavett Show, and Girl Talk with Virginia Graham. She even wrote material for the puppet mouse Topo Gigio. In addition, she had a small role in the cult drama film The Swimmer (1968), alongside Burt Lancaster. Around the same time, she hosted a short-lived syndicated daytime talk show called That Show with Joan Rivers, which premiered on September 16, 1968. Each episode had a unique theme, and Rivers opened with a monologue related to that day's topic, then hosted celebrity interviews.[40][41] The show also featured an expert on the subject and a celebrity guest. Early episodes featured prominent figures such as Johnny Carson, Jerry Lewis, Joel Grey, Don Rickles, and Godfrey Cambridge.[42] During the mid-1960s, she released at least two comedy albums: The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album[43] and Rivers Presents Mr. Phyllis & Other Funny Stories.[44]
1970s
By the 1970s, Rivers continued to be a prominent fixture on television. Along with her other guest-spots on the late-night circuit, she also made appearances on
In 1973, Rivers co-wrote the made-for-television movie
1980s
During the early and mid-1980s, Rivers found further success in stand-up and television, though the decade subsequently proved to be controversial for her. The year 1983, in particular, was very successful; she performed at
During the 1980s and 1990s, Rivers served on the advisory board of the
In 1986, the move came that ended Rivers' longtime friendship with Johnny Carson. The soon-to-launch
The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers premiered on October 9, 1986, but Rivers' tenure was short-lived. When Rivers challenged Fox executives, who wanted to fire her husband Edgar Rosenberg as the show's producer, the network fired them both on May 15, 1987.
On August 14, 1987, Rosenberg committed suicide in Philadelphia; Rivers blamed the tragedy on his "humiliation" by Fox. Shortly after Rosenberg's suicide the magazine
During the airing of her late-night show, Rivers made the voice-over role of Dot Matrix in the science-fiction comedy
1990s
In addition to winning the Emmy for The Joan Rivers Show, Rivers starred in the made-for-television comedy How to Murder a Millionaire, which premiered in May 1990 on
In 1994, Rivers and daughter
Influenced by the stand-up comedy of
2000s
Rivers was a guest speaker at the opening of the American Operating Room Nurses' San Francisco Conference in 2000, and by the first part of the decade, she continued to host the awards' red carpet for the E! channel. Between 2002 and 2004, she embarked on tour with her one-person comedy show Joan Rivers: Broke and Alone, which was presented in the United Kingdom (Edinburgh and London) and in the United States (Los Angeles, and Boston), to generally positive reviews.[84] The Telegraph felt that her "hilarious assaults on fellow celebrities and tirades about the perils of ageing and plastic surgery are well worth the expense",[85] while The Guardian remarked that "Rivers returned triumphant, a victorious heavyweight after a great fight, conscious that she is still the champion".[86]
In 2003, Rivers left the network red-carpet show for a three-year contract (valued at $6–8 million) to cover award shows' red carpet events for the
In 2008, Rivers was invited to take part in a comedy event celebrating
Throughout the decade, Rivers often appeared in various television game shows, including
Also in 2009, Rivers was a special "pink-carpet" presenter for the broadcast of the
2010s
A documentary film about Rivers,
In 2011, Rivers appeared in a commercial for
Rivers released her 11th book I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me on June 5, 2012. It received generally positive reviews and made The New York Times Best Seller list for several weeks. The New York Times remarked that there were "more punch lines per paragraph than any book I've read in years",[109] and Publishers Weekly felt that "Rivers is equally passionate and opinionated on every subject she discusses. Hilarious and undeniably original".[110] On August 7, 2012, Rivers showed up in Burbank, California to protest that the warehouse club Costco would not sell the book. She handcuffed herself to a shopping cart and shouted through a megaphone. The police were called to the scene and she left without incident; no arrests were made.[111] On March 5, 2013, she launched the online talk show In Bed with Joan on YouTube. In it, Rivers invited a different guest to talk to her in bed about different things including their past, their love life and their career.
Rivers released her 12th book, Diary of a Mad Diva, on July 1, 2014, which also made The NY Times Best Seller list.
Comedic style
He was an epiphany. Lenny told the truth. It was a total affirmation for me that I was on the right track long before anyone said it to me. He supplied the revelation that personal truth can be the foundation of comedy, that outrageousness can be cleansing and healthy. It went off inside me like an enormous flash.
—Rivers on seeing Lenny Bruce perform at a local club while she was in college, which influenced her developing style[114]
During her 55-year career as a comedian, her tough-talking style of satirical humor was both praised and criticized as truthful, yet too personal, too gossipy, and very often abrasive. Nonetheless, with her ability to "tell it like it is", she became a pioneer of contemporary stand-up comedy. Commenting about her style, she told biographer
Rivers, who was Jewish, was also criticized for making jokes about the Holocaust and later explained, "This is the way I remind people about the Holocaust. I do it through humor", adding, "my husband lost his entire family in the Holocaust."[118] Her joke about the victims of the Ariel Castro kidnappings similarly came under criticism, but she again refused to apologize,[119] stating, "I know what those girls went through. It was a little stupid joke."[120] She received multiple death threats throughout her career.[121] Rivers accepted such criticism as the price of using social satire as a form of humor: "I've learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I've ever done ... You can tune me out, you can click me off, it's OK. I am not going to bow to political correctness. But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party."[122]
As an unknown stand-up comedian out of college, she struggled for many years before finding her comic style. She did stints in the
In early 1965, at the suggestion of comedian
According to biographer Victoria Price, Rivers' humor was notable for taking aim at and overturning what had been considered acceptable female behavior. She broke through long-standing taboos in humor, which paved the way for other women, including Roseanne Barr, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell.[128]
Rivers became closely associated with her catchphrase: "Can we talk?".[129]
Personal life
Rivers was one of only four Americans invited to the Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles on April 9, 2005.[130]
Rivers was licensed to carry a gun in New York City. She was threatened with the loss of the license after an altercation with a car rental clerk in 2002.[131]
She was a registered Republican.[132]
Relationships and family
Rivers' first marriage was in 1956 to James Sanger, the son of a Bond Clothing Stores merchandise manager.[13][133] The marriage lasted six months[13][134] and was annulled on the basis that Sanger did not want children and had not informed Rivers before the wedding.[135]
Rivers married
In her book Bouncing Back, Rivers described how she developed
In a 2002 ITV biography, Rivers reveals that she is the great niece (on her mother's side) of singer
Philanthropy
As a philanthropist, Rivers supported causes which included
Additionally, she served as an Honorary Director of the
Cosmetic procedures
Rivers was open about her multiple cosmetic surgeries and had been a patient of plastic surgeon Steven Hoefflin since 1983. She had her nose thinned while still at college; her next procedure, an eye lift, was performed in 1965 (when she was in her 30s) as an attempt to further her career.[154][155] When promoting her book, Men Are Stupid...And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman's Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery, described by The New York Times Magazine as "a detailed and mostly serious guide to eye lifts, tummy tucks and other forms of plastic surgery", she quipped: "I've had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware."[156][157]
Death
On August 28, 2014, Rivers experienced serious complications and stopped breathing while undergoing what was scheduled to be a minor throat procedure at an outpatient clinic in Yorkville, Manhattan.[158][159] Resuscitated an hour later, Rivers was transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital in East Harlem and later put on life support.[160] She died on September 4 at Mount Sinai, never having awakened from a medically induced coma.[161] The New York City Medical Examiner's Office said that she died from brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen.[162]
After nearly two months of investigations, federal officials said on November 10 that the clinic made a number of mistakes both before and during the procedure. Among those were the clinic's failure to respond to Rivers' deteriorating vital signs, including a severe drop in her blood pressure, possibly administering an incorrect anesthetic dosage, performing a surgical procedure without her consent, and other medical-clinic irregularities.[163][164]
On September 7, after the cremation of Rivers' body at Garden State Crematory in North Bergen, New Jersey,[165] a private memorial service took place at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.[166][167] The service was attended by an estimated 1,500 people.[167] The guest list included Rivers' many celebrity friends and public figures such as Howard Stern, Louis C.K., Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Joy Behar, Michael Kors, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie O'Donnell, Bernadette Peters, Kathy Griffin, and Donald Trump.[168] The musical performances included Hugh Jackman singing "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage", as well as the New York City Gay Men's Chorus singing show tunes.[166] Talk show host Howard Stern, who delivered the eulogy, described Rivers as "brassy in public [and] classy in private ... a troublemaker, trail blazer, pioneer for comics everywhere, ... [who] fought the stereotypes that women can't be funny."[169] Daughter Melissa read a comedic note to her mother as part of her eulogy.[170] Some of Rivers' ashes were scattered by her daughter in Wyoming.[171]
On January 26, 2015, Melissa Rivers filed a malpractice lawsuit against the clinic and the doctors who performed surgery on her mother.[172] The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount in May 2016, with the doctors accepting responsibility for Rivers' death.[173][174]
Reactions and tributes
Upon Rivers' death, friends, fans, family and celebrities paid tribute.[175][176] Numerous comedians recognized Rivers' influence on their career, including Kathy Griffin, who considered Rivers her "mentor", noting, "She brought a fearlessness and a brand of humor into our homes that we really need."[177] Chris Rock said "she was the hippest comedian from the time she started to the day she died". Describing her as a force in comedy, he added, "No man ever said, 'Yeah, I want to go on after Joan.' No, Joan Rivers closed the show every night."[178] Other comedians recalled working with her on stage and television decades earlier: stand-up performer Don Rickles said "working with her and enjoying the fun times of life with her was special". Carol Burnett called Rivers "the poster child for the Energizer Bunny".[179]
Numerous talk show hosts, including David Muir, Graham Norton, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Oprah Winfrey, Sally Jessy Raphael, Wendy Williams, Geraldo Rivera, Regis Philbin, Arsenio Hall, Ellen DeGeneres, and David Letterman, paid tribute to Rivers, often including video clips of her appearances. Letterman called her a "real pioneer for other women looking for careers in stand-up comedy. And talk about guts."[180] Conan O'Brien discussed Rivers' legacy with fellow comedian and lifelong friend Chris Hardwick on Conan, while Seth Meyers recalled Rivers' appearance on his talk show, saying, "I have not sat next to anyone who told more jokes faster than Joan Rivers did when she was here."[181] On The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart noted her contributions to comedy: "There are very few people in my business that you can say are, or were, actually groundbreaking talents. Joan Rivers was one of them."[181] Radio host Howard Stern, who delivered the eulogy at her funeral, devoted an entire one-hour show to Rivers.[182] Stern sought help from comedian Louis C.K., another friend of Rivers', before giving the eulogy.[183] When Stern spoke at the funeral, he began the eulogy with, "Joan Rivers had a dry vagina", a joke that was intended, and reportedly received by guests, as a humorous honoring of Rivers' comedic sensibility.[184][185] Sarah Silverman paid tribute to Rivers while hosting Saturday Night Live; in one sketch, she portrayed Rivers in Heaven.[186] Long-time friend, comedian, fellow talk show hostess and television personality Whoopi Goldberg tweeted: "My friend Joan Rivers has passed away". She said: "Once again to quote Billy Crystal...There are no words."[187] Comedian Louis C.K. released a statement saying, "I looked up to her. I learned from her. I loved her. I liked her. And I already miss her very much. It really fucking sucks that she had to die all of a sudden."[188] Amy Schumer, speaking at the 2014 Glamour magazine "Woman of the Year Awards" ceremony in Carnegie Hall, paid tribute to Rivers, calling her the bravest female comedian.[189]
Political figures giving tribute to Rivers included former First Lady
In a subsequent interview with The Huffington Post, Melissa Rivers cited Courtney Love's public tribute to her mother as her favorite, adding: "I loved seeing that outpouring from these women, especially the ones who took the heat on Fashion Police, because it meant they got it. It meant they loved her. It meant they saw the humor."[194]
Influences
Rivers' influences
Joan Rivers was strongly influenced by Lenny Bruce.[77] As a female comic, Rivers felt indebted to, but also very distinct from, other female standups and comedians including Phyllis Diller (a close friend and champion), Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker,[195] Pearl Williams, Belle Barth,[195] Totie Fields, Jean Carroll, Minnie Pearl, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Johnny Carson, Zsa Zsa Gabor,[196] Bob Newhart,[196] Woody Allen, Don Rickles, Imogene Coca, Elaine May, Carol Burnett, and Gracie Allen. Rivers's early comedy in particular was influenced by vaudeville, Borscht Belt, and proto-feminist comedy of the early-1900s.[197][198][199]
In the 1960s and 1970s, Rivers was in a comedy circuit with Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Dick Cavett. Though she counted them as peers and friends, she never felt included due to sexist practices within the industry.[200]
Comedians influenced by Rivers
Mainstream comedians and contemporaries who have claimed that Rivers was an influence on them include: Kathy Griffin, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho,[201] Whitney Cummings, Chris Hardwick, Joy Behar, Amy Schumer,[195] Whoopi Goldberg, Chelsea Handler,[202] Louis C.K., Roseanne Barr,[202] Greg Proops[203] and David Letterman. She is considered a pioneer of women in comedy by many critics and journalists.[204][205]
Works
Filmography
Discography
Year | Title | Label | Formats | Notes |
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1965 | Mr. Phyllis And Other Funny Stories | Warner Bros. Records
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LP, CD 2012, Download | |
1969 | The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album | Buddah Records | LP, CD 2015, Download | |
1983 | What Becomes A Semi-Legend Most? | Geffen Records | LP, Cassette, 8-Track, CD 2005, Download |
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2005 | Live at the London Palladium | Redbush Entertainment | Audible Download[208] (2012)
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also a TV/video special |
2013 | Don't Start With Me | Entertainment One | CD, Download | also a TV/video special |
Year | Title | Label | Track | Formats |
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1960 | Adam And Eve / Little Mozart w/ Sandy Baron | Sure Records | both sides | 7″ Single |
1963 | Heaven on $5 a Day | Kapp Records | Various | LP |
At Home with That Other Family | Roulette Records | Cosmonaut's Wife, Telephone Operator, Reporter | ||
1970 | The Golden Age of Comedy: 50 Years of Great Humor, from Vaudville to Video |
Longines Symphonette Society
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Various | 5×LP Box Set |
Ben Bagley's Vernon Duke Revisited | Crewe Records/ RCA Victor
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Tracks 5 & 8 | LP, CD | |
c. 1970s | The Comedians | Jericho Marketing Corp. | Side 1, Track 2 | LP |
1974 | Zingers from The Hollywood Squares | Event Records | Side B, Track 4 "Divorce" | Book, LP, 8-Track, CD |
The Bitter End Years | Roxbury Records
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Side D, Track 2 "First Four Minutes: Live" | 3×LP Box Set | |
1986 | Kings of Comedy: The Best of the Contemporary Comedians |
K-Tel Records
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Side A, Tracks 2 & 5 | LP |
1990 | The Best of Comic Relief '90 | Rhino Entertainment | Track 5 | CD, Cassette, VHS |
1991 | The Sullivan Years: Comedy Classics | TVT Records | Track 2 | LP, Cassette, CD |
1995 | Word of Mouth: The Very Best of Comedy | Speaking Books Ltd. | Side 2, Track 6 | 2×Cassette |
2000 | The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater |
Sourcebooks MediaFusion
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Disc 1, Track 4 "Our Children" | Book & 2×CD |
2005 | The Ed Sullivan Show: A Classic Christmas | Ventura/SOFA Home Entertainment | Chapter 19 "Holiday Calendar" | DVD |
2010 | Fresh Air with Terry Gross : Just for Laughs
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Highbridge Company/NPR | Disc 3, Track 3 Interview | 3×CD, Digital |
2011 | The Rolling Stones: 4 Ed Sullivan Shows | SOFA Home Entertainment | Disc 2, Track 6 "Comedienne" | 2×DVD |
2014 | The Midnight Special | StarVista Entertainment
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Disc 9, "Comedy Routines" | 11×DVD Box Set |
Books
- Having a Baby Can Be a Scream. J.P. Tarcher. 1974. ISBN 978-0-87477-019-3. (self-help/humor)
- The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz. Doubleday. 1984. ISBN 978-0-385-29359-4. (humor)
- Enter Talking. Dell Publishing Co. 1986. ISBN 978-0-440-12244-9. (autobiography)
- Still Talking. Random House. 1991. ISBN 978-0-394-57991-7. (autobiography)
- Jewelry by Joan Rivers. Abbeville Press. 1995. ISBN 978-1-55859-808-9. (non-fiction)
- Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything...And I Mean Everything...And You Can Too!. HarperTorch. 1997. ISBN 978-0-06-109601-3. (self-help/humor)
- From Mother to Daughter: Thoughts and Advice on Life, Love and Marriage. Birch Lane Pr. 1998. ISBN 978-1-55972-493-7. (self-help)
- Don't Count the Candles: Just Keep the Fire Lit!. ISBN 978-0-06-018383-7. (self-help)
- Murder at the Academy Awards (R): A Red Carpet Murder Mystery. Pocket. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4165-9937-1. (fiction)
- Rivers, Joan; Frankel, Valerie (2009). Men Are Stupid...And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman's Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery (with Valerie Frankel). Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-9924-1. (non-fiction)
- I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me. Berkley Trade. 2012. ISBN 978-0-425-25589-6. (humor)
- Diary of a Mad Diva. Berkley Publishing Group. 2014. ISBN 978-0-425-26902-2. (humor)
Audiobooks
All are authored and read by Joan Rivers, except where noted.
Year | Title | Notes | Publisher | Reference | Formats |
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1986 | Enter Talking | with Richard Meryman | Dove Entertainment / Phoenix Books
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ASIN B00S00SSBU | Cassette, Digital |
1987 | Murder on the Aisle: The 1987 Mystery Writers of America Anthology |
Narrator only | ASIN B074QWM7TD | ||
1991 | Still Talking | with Richard Meryman | ASIN B01K3J268G | ||
1993 | Carnival of the Animals | Narrator only | ASIN B074QTYMFM | ||
1998 | The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale |
Harcourt Brace & Company Audioworks | ISBN 978-0-671-04393-3
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2008 | Men Are Stupid...And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman's Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery |
with Valerie Frankel | Simon & Schuster Audio | ISBN 978-0-7435-8150-9
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CD, Digital |
2009 | New Treasury of Great Humorists | Narrator only | Phoenix Books | ASIN B002QUL4UW | Digital |
Murder in America | ASIN B002E04DH0 | ||||
2012 | I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me | Unabridged | Penguin Audio | ISBN 978-1-61176-065-1
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CD, Digital |
2014 | Diary of a Mad Diva | Grammy winner | ISBN 978-1-61176-405-5
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2015 | The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation |
Read by author Melissa Rivers | Random House Audio
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ASIN B00UKDY6FW | |
2016 | Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers |
Author Leslie Bennetts read by Erin Bennett |
Hachette Audio
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ASIN B01M279XBK | |
Source:[209] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
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1984 | What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most? | Grammy Award
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Best Comedy Album | Nominated |
Career | Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA | Woman of the Year | Won | |
1990 | The Joan Rivers Show | Daytime Emmy Award
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Outstanding Talk Show Host
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Won |
1991 | Nominated | |||
1992 | Outstanding Writing – Special Class | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Talk Show Host
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Nominated | |||
1993 | Outstanding Writing – Special Class | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Talk Show Host
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Nominated | |||
1994 | Sally Marr...and her Escorts | Tony Award
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Best Actress in a Play | Nominated |
2009 | Arthur | Daytime Emmy Award
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Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program
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Nominated |
2010 | The Hipsters | Maverick Movie Award | Best Supporting Actress: Feature | Nominated |
2011 | Career | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | EDA Female Focus—Perseverance Award | Won |
Fashion Police | WIN Award | Actress—Comedy Series | Nominated | |
2014 | Fashion Police: episode "September Issue" | Nominated | ||
Iron Man 3 | MTV Movie Award | Best Cameo | Nominated | |
2015 | Diary of a Mad Diva | Grammy Award
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Best Spoken Word Album
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Won |
Source:[citation needed]
Note: Emmy nominations for Outstanding Writing – Special Class shared with Toem Perew and Hester Mundis. |
Other honors
- On July 26, 1989, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the 7000 block of Hollywood Boulevard.[210][211]
- On March 1, 2013, Rivers and her daughter, Melissa Rivers, were honored by the Ride of Fame and a double decker tour bus was dedicated to them in New York City.[212]
- In a Netflix special released in May 2022, The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up inducted Joan Rivers into the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY.[213] In June 2023, Melissa Rivers announced that a Joan Rivers career archive (including the joke file featured in Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work) would be housed at the center, premiering in 2025.[214]
Further reading
- ISBN 978-1-101-90382-7. (memoir)
- Leslie Bennetts (2016). Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-26130-2. (biography)
- Melissa Rivers, Scott Currie (2017). Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Photos of a Very Funny Woman Who Kept Everything. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1-4197-2673-6. (photography)
- Mock, Roberta (April 3, 2019). "Ageing, Temporality and Performance: Joan Rivers' body of work" (PDF). Performance Research. 24 (3): 144–152. S2CID 192525162. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- Gaw, Melanie (2021). Joan Rivers: Comedy and Identity on the Road to Fashion Police. University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeTheses and Dissertations. 2783. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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Playboy: Jack Gould, former television critic of The New York Times, called you "quite possibly the most intuitively funny woman alive." So whom does America's most intuitively funny woman find funny?
- ^ Gould, Jack (October 3, 1968). "TV: Frank and Mature Discussion of Birth Control; Contraceptive Devices Displayed on Channel 4 Vivacious Joan Rivers Brightens Own Show". The New York Times.
GOOD television often turns up at unexpected hours; it did from 9 to 10 A. M. yesterday on WNBC-TV (Channel 4). The first half was a major breakthrough in the educational use of the home screen—a totally frank and completely mature discussion of birth control. The second half hour offered Joan Rivers, quite possibly the most intuitively funny woman alive.
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In the early fifties, when Rivers was a chubby freshman at Connecticut College, that mating ground for Wasps (she later transferred to artsy Barnard), a blind date picked her up at her dorm. When she came downstairs, her date turned to his friend and said, in disgust, "Why didn't you tell me?" Such rejections seared into Rivers a lifelong identity as a "meeskite"—an ugly girl—even after she slimmed down, bobbed her nose, and became, in society's terms, attractive. Later, in 1973, she turned the anecdote into a TV movie, "The Girl Most Likely . . . ," in which a former fat girl murders the men who rejected her.
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