Biography
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona—heavily self-deprecating and sharply acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians.
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Filmography
all 154
self 103
TV Shows 80
Movies 74
Voice 6
Writer 3
Director 1
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
Movie
Attack of the Doc! (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Dark Side of Comedy (2022)
TV
Self
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up (2022)
Movie
Self
Live at Mister Kelly's (2021)
Movie
8
Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Disclosure (2020)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beastie Boys Story (2020)
Movie
Self
Love, Sweat and Tears (2017)
Movie
Self
The Last Laugh (2016)
Movie
Grandma Doyle
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014)
Movie
3.5
Herself
Women Aren't Funny (2014)
Movie
Self
The Story of The Swimmer (2014)
Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Self
Deal With It (2013)
TV
Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
Movie
Self
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's (2013)
Movie
Self
Moms Mabley (2013)
Movie
Joan Rivers
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Movie
7.23
Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women (2013)
Movie
Self
The Jeselnik Offensive (2013)
TV
Self
Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me (2012)
Movie
Self
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012)
Movie
Self
CBS Mornings (2012)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011)
Movie
Thanks
Tower Heist (2011)
Movie
6.4
Party Guest
The Smurfs (2011)
Movie
6.09
Self (archive footage)
The Undefeated (2011)
Movie
Growing Up Barnard (2011)
Movie
Self
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (2011)
TV
Herself / Anka
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
TV
8
Self (archive footage)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Movie
Self
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)
Movie
Self / In Memory Of
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
TV
Self - Roastee
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (2009)
Movie
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik (2009)
TV
Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
TV
5.67
Self
George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2009)
Movie
Dot Matrix
Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008)
TV
Self
We Are Most Amused (2008)
Movie
Self
Z Rock (2008)
TV
Herself
Celebrity Family Feud (2008)
TV
Herself - Hijacker
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack (2008)
TV
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Movie
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
TV
Self
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (2007)
Movie
Herself
Shrink Rap (2007)
TV
Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Self
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006)
Movie
My Name is Jackie Beat (2006)
Movie
Self
Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug (2006)
Movie
Self
The Story of Light Entertainment (2006)
TV
Self
Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium (2005)
Movie
Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005)
TV
Self
Nigella (2005)
TV
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)
TV
Self
John Candy: Comic Spirit (2005)
Movie
Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
Movie
Self - Guest Judge
Project Runway (2004)
TV
8
Self
Boston Legal (2004)
TV
5.81
Joan Rivers
First Daughter (2004)
Movie
6.67
Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
TV
Live at the Apollo (2004)
TV
The Soup (2004)
TV
5.93
Joan Rivers (voice)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Movie
7.29
Best Week Ever (2004)
TV
Queen Zonthara (voice) / Ghost Mom (voice)
Dave the Barbarian (2004)
TV
I'm with Her (2003)
TV
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
TV
5.15
Nip/Tuck (2003)
TV
6.18
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
TV
6.3
Cleavage (2002)
Movie
Less than Perfect (2002)
TV
6
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy (2002)
TV
Self
V Graham Norton (2002)
TV
Self - Host
Fashion Police (2002)
TV
Self
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002)
Movie
Self
Good Day Live (2001)
TV
Self
The Human Face (2001)
TV
8
Self
E! True Hollywood Story: Joan Rivers (2001)
Movie
Joan Rivers
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
TV
6.07
Spike (voice)
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
Movie
6
Dolly Bellows
Intern (2000)
Movie
Mom / Blanche
Goosed (1999)
Movie
Becky
Knitwits Revisited (1999)
Movie
Self - Guest
So Graham Norton (1998)
TV
Self
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Becky
Knitwits (1997)
Movie
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
TV
Mother Penguin (voice)
Napoleon (1995)
Movie
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest (1994)
Movie
Joan Rivers
Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (1994)
Movie
Joan Rivers
Serial Mom (1994)
Movie
Self
Intimate Portrait (1993)
TV
Bibi Grant
Lady Boss (1992)
TV
Writer
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London (1992)
Movie
Joan Rivers
Public Enemy #2 (1991)
Movie
Irma Summers
How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
Movie
Annie Dubinsky (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Julie (voice) (uncredited)
Look Who's Talking (1989)
Movie
5.94
Self - Host
The Joan Rivers Show (1989)
TV
Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
TV
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
Movie
Self
The Dame Edna Experience (1987)
TV
Dot Matrix (voice)
Spaceballs (1987)
Movie
6.1
President Rivers (uncredited)
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
Movie
Self - Host
The Late Show (1986)
TV
Self - Center Square / Self - Panelist
The New Hollywood Squares (1986)
TV
Ring Announcer
WrestleMania II (1986)
Movie
Host
Predicaments (1986)
Movie
Perfume Saleswoman
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Movie
5.82
Self
An Audience with Joan Rivers (1984)
Movie
Self
Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas (1984)
Movie
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Joan Rivers
Lily: Sold Out (1981)
Movie
Self
Hour Magazine (1980)
TV
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic (1980)
TV
Self
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip (1979)
Movie
Director
Rabbit Test (1978)
Movie
Writer
Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978)
TV
Self
An Audience with... (1978)
TV
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977)
Movie
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Self
Dinah! (1974)
TV
Self
The Mac Davis Show (1974)
TV
Writer
The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)
Movie
Needles and Pins (1973)
TV
Self
The Midnight Special (1972)
TV
The Electric Company (1971)
TV
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
TV
Self
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
TV
4
The Jim Nabors Hour (1969)
TV
Joan Reynolds
Here's Lucy (1968)
TV
8
Joan
The Swimmer (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Self / Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
TV
5.33
Self
Personality (1967)
TV
Herself
Hootenanny a Go-Go (1965)
Movie
Meredith Dunston
Another World (1964)
TV
Presenter
Miss USA (1963)
TV
Self - Guest Host / Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Self
Kraft Music Hall (1958)
TV
Self
Concentration (1958)
TV
Self
Today (1952)
TV
Teenage Girl in Audience
Mister Universe (1951)
Movie
Self
The Emmy Awards (1949)
TV
6.08
Self - Comedienne / Self - Singer
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Self
The Hollywood Fashion Machine
TV
Ratings
Average 5.81
Based on 3.07 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1948
1986
2002
1988
2023
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1933-06-08
Deathday2014-09-04 (81 years old)
Birth NameJoan Alexandra Molinsky
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
Height
RelationshipsEdgar Rosenberg (1965-01-01 - 1987-08-14), James Sanger (1955-01-01 - 1955-01-01)
ChildrenMelissa Rivers
FatherMeyer C. Molinsky
MotherBeatrice Grushman Molinsky
SiblingsBarbara Waxler
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLarchmont · Flatbush, United States of America
Also Known AsJoan Alexandra Molinsky, The Queen of the Barbed One-liners
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
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