Joan Rivers

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.

Known For: Acting

Birthday: 1933-06-08

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As: Joan Alexandra Molinsky, The Queen of the Barbed One-liners

Joan Rivers

Popular Movies

Spaceballs (1987)

Rabbit Test (1978)

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)

Public Enemy #2 (1991)

Live at Mister Kelly's (2021)

Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium (2005)

Predicaments (1986)

Look Who's Talking (1989)

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)

Intern (2000)

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012)

Attack of the Doc! (2023)

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's (2013)

Parkinson at 50 (2021)

Moms Mabley (2013)

Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me (2012)

The Last Laugh (2016)

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)

The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up (2022)

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip (1979)

Serial Mom (1994)

Mister Universe (1951)

An Audience with Joan Rivers (1984)

Disclosure (2020)

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977)

Goosed (1999)

Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (1994)

Hootenanny a Go-Go (1965)

Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)

Beastie Boys Story (2020)

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest (1994)

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)

Night of 100 Stars III (1990)

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)

Women Aren't Funny (2014)

Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (2007)

How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)

E! True Hollywood Story: Joan Rivers (2001)

Why We Laugh: Funny Women (2013)

My Name is Jackie Beat (2006)

We Are Most Amused (2008)

Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (2009)

Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas (1984)

Lily: Sold Out (1981)

Sylvester: Mighty Real (2002)

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)

Vanilla Ice Archive (2012)

The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2 (1996)

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Love, Sweat and Tears (2017)

Shrek 2 (2004)

The Smurfs (2011)

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)

Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014)

The Undefeated (2011)

Growing Up Barnard (2011)

Joan Rivers: Abroad in London (1992)

Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug (2006)

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011)

Cleavage (2002)

The Swimmer (1968)

John Candy: Comic Spirit (2005)

The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006)

George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2009)

First Daughter (2004)

Napoleon (1995)

Knitwits Revisited (1999)

Knitwits (1997)

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002)

WrestleMania II (1986)

The Story of The Swimmer (2014)

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

Comic Relief '90 (1990)

Joan Rivers at the BBC (2024)