Joan Rivers
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jun 8, 1933 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally as Joan Rivers (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014) ,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.
Known For
| 2024 | Joan Rivers at the BBCSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Stand-Up: The Laughing TherapySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven AllowedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-UpSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Dark Side of ComedySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Live at Mister Kelly'sSelf | |
| 2021 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | DisclosureSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Beastie Boys StorySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Love, Sweat and TearsSelf | |
| 2017 | Mansfield 66/67 | |
| 2016 | The Last LaughSelf | |
| 2014 | Women Aren't FunnySelf | |
| 2014 | Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?Grandma Doyle | |
| 2014 | The Story of The SwimmerSelf | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf | |
| 2013 | Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf'sSelf | |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableySelf | |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf | |
| 2013 | Why We Laugh: Funny WomenSelf | |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3Joan Rivers | |
| 2013 | Deal With ItSelf | |
| 2013 | The Jeselnik OffensiveSelf | |
| 2012 | Johnny Carson: King of Late NightSelf | |
| 2012 | Joan Rivers: Don't Start with MeSelf | |
| 2012 | Vanilla Ice ArchiveSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | The SmurfsParty Guest | |
| 2011 | The UndefeatedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Growing Up Barnard | |
| 2011 | Bob Ross: The Happy PainterSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Tower HeistSelf | |
| 2011 | Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? | |
| 2011 | Billy on the StreetSelf | |
| 2010 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of WorkSelf | |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never SleepsJoan Rivers | |
| 2010 | Hot in ClevelandAnka | |
| 2010 | Hot in ClevelandSelf | |
| 2009 | Comedy Central Roast of Joan RiversSelf | |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf | |
| 2009 | Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf | |
| 2009 | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaSelf - Comedienne | |
| 2008 | We Are Most AmusedSelf | |
| 2008 | Spaceballs: The Animated SeriesDot Matrix (voice) | |
| 2008 | Celebrity Family FeudSelf | |
| 2008 | Big Brother: Celebrity HijackHerself - Hijacker | |
| 2007 | Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish WomenSelf | |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2007 | Shrink RapSelf | |
| 2007 | Say Yes to the DressSelf | |
| 2006 | My Name is Jackie Beat | |
| 2006 | Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the PlugSelf | |
| 2006 | The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & BitsSelf | |
| 2006 | Another Audience with Joan RiversSelf | |
| 2006 | The Story of Light EntertainmentSelf | |
| 2006 | More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: ComedySelf | |
| 2005 | Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London PalladiumSelf | |
| 2005 | John Candy: Comic SpiritSelf | |
| 2005 | Spaceballs: The DocumentarySelf | |
| 2005 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListSelf | |
| 2005 | 8 Out of 10 CatsSelf | |
| 2005 | NigellaSelf | |
| 2004 | Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelf | |
| 2004 | Shrek 2Joan Rivers (voice) | |
| 2004 | First DaughterJoan Rivers | |
| 2004 | Joan Rivers Live at the ApolloSelf | |
| 2004 | Live at the Apollo | |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever | |
| 2004 | Boston LegalSelf | |
| 2004 | The SoupSelf | |
| 2004 | Project RunwaySelf - Guest Judge | |
| 2004 | Dave the BarbarianQueen Zonthara (voice) | |
| 2004 | Dave the BarbarianGhost Mom (voice) | |
| 2004 | Live at the ApolloSelf | |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf | |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2003 | Nip/TuckSelf | |
| 2003 | I'm with Her | |
| 2003 | Nip/TuckJoan Rivers | |
| 2002 | Sylvester: Mighty RealSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | CleavageSelf | |
| 2002 | The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'Self | |
| 2002 | Less than PerfectLouise | |
| 2002 | V Graham NortonSelf | |
| 2002 | Fashion PoliceHost | |
| 2002 | Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy | |
| 2001 | E! True Hollywood Story: Joan RiversSelf | |
| 2001 | Good Day LiveSelf | |
| 2000 | InternDolly Bellows | |
| 2000 | Whispers: An Elephant's TaleSpike (voice) | |
| 2000 | Curb Your EnthusiasmJoan Rivers | |
| 1999 | GoosedBlanche | |
| 1999 | Knitwits RevisitedBecky (voice) | |
| 1998 | So Graham NortonSelf - Guest | |
| 1998 | Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist | |
| 1997 | KnitwitsBecky (voice) | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video) | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | Suddenly SusanEdie | |
| 1996 | ArthurBubby (voice) | |
| 1995 | NapoleonMother Penguin (voice) | |
| 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistJoan (voice) | |
| 1994 | Serial MomJoan Rivers | |
| 1994 | Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers StoryJoan Rivers | |
| 1994 | Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and ProtestSelf | |
| 1994 | Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi GrasSelf - Presenter | |
| 1993 | Intimate PortraitSelf | |
| 1992 | Joan Rivers: Abroad in LondonSelf | |
| 1992 | Rosa Does JoanHerself | |
| 1992 | Lady BossBibi Grant | |
| 1991 | Public Enemy #2Joan Rivers | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars IIISelf | |
| 1990 | How to Murder a MillionaireIrma | |
| 1990 | Comic Relief '90Self | |
| 1989 | Look Who's TalkingJulie (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsAnnie Dubinsky (voice) | |
| 1989 | The Joan Rivers ShowSelf - Host | |
| 1988 | Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzJoan Rivers | |
| 1988 | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas SpecialSelf | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
| 1987 | SpaceballsDot Matrix (voice) | |
| 1987 | Les Patterson Saves the WorldPresident Rivers (uncredited) | |
| 1987 | The Dame Edna ExperienceSelf | |
| 1986 | PredicamentsHost | |
| 1986 | Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday SpecialSelf | |
| 1986 | WrestleMania IIRing Announcer | |
| 1986 | The Late ShowSelf - Host | |
| 1984 | The Muppets Take ManhattanPerfume Saleswoman | |
| 1984 | An Audience with Joan Rivers | |
| 1984 | Garry Shandling: Alone in VegasSelf | |
| 1983 | The Bob Monkhouse ShowSelf | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1981 | Lily: Sold OutJoan Rivers | |
| 1981 | Entertainment TonightSelf | |
| 1980 | Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic | |
| 1979 | Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical TripSelf | |
| 1978 | Rabbit TestSecond Nurse | |
| 1978 | An Audience with...Self | |
| 1977 | Happy Birthday, Las Vegas | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1973 | Needles and Pins | |
| 1972 | The Midnight SpecialSelf | |
| 1971 | The Electric CompanyLetterman Narrator (voice) | |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey ShowSelf | |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson ShowSelf | |
| 1969 | The Jim Nabors Hour | |
| 1968 | The SwimmerJoan | |
| 1968 | Here's LucyJoan Reynolds | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1968 | Frost on SundaySelf – Guest | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett ShowSelf | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest / Various Characters | |
| 1965 | Hootenanny a Go-GoSelf | |
| 1964 | Another WorldMeredith Dunston | |
| 1963 | Miss USASelf - Commentator | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Host | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Hostess | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Hostess | |
| 1958 | Kraft Music HallSelf | |
| 1952 | TodaySelf | |
| 1951 | Mister UniverseTeenage Girl in Audience | |
| 1949 | The Emmy AwardsSelf | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| - | Untitled Joan Rivers DocumentarySelf (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Why We Laugh: Funny WomenExecutive Producer |
| 1978 | Rabbit TestDirector |
| 2012 | Joan Rivers: Don't Start with MeWriter | |
| 2006 | Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the PlugWriter | |
| 2006 | Another Audience with Joan RiversWriter | |
| 2005 | Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London PalladiumWriter | |
| 2004 | Joan Rivers Live at the ApolloWriter | |
| 2004 | Live at the ApolloWriter | |
| 1999 | Knitwits RevisitedDialogue | |
| 1997 | KnitwitsWriter | |
| 1992 | Joan Rivers: Abroad in LondonWriter | |
| 1988 | Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzWriter | |
| 1984 | An Audience with Joan RiversWriter | |
| 1978 | Rabbit TestWriter | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveWriter | |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely To...Teleplay | |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely To...Story |
| 2011 | Tower HeistThanks | |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost StoriesIn Memory Of | |
| 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistAdditional Writing |