Joan Rivers
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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Simpsons
1989
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Hostess · 1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014
The Simpsons
as Annie Dubinsky (voice) · 1989
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess · 1961
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist · 1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
· 1988
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Joan Rivers · 2000
The Love Boat
as Allison Newman · 1977
Nip/Tuck
as Self · 2003
Nip/Tuck
as Joan Rivers · 2003
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge · 2004
Boston Legal
as Self · 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Good Day Live
as Self · 2001
The Talk
as Self · 2010
Wogan
as Self · 1982
The South Bank Show
· 1978
Intimate Portrait
as Self · 1993
Hot in Cleveland
as Anka · 2010
Hot in Cleveland
as Self · 2010
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2009
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self · 1967
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1967
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest · 2004
The Soup
as Self · 2004
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self · 2005
Dinah!
as Self · 1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
Arthur
as Bubby (voice) · 1996
The Electric Company
as Letterman Narrator (voice) · 1971
Here's Lucy
as Joan Reynolds · 1968
Iron Man 3
as Joan Rivers · 2013
Today
as Self · 1952
An Audience with...
as Self · 1978
V Graham Norton
as Self · 2002
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self · 2007
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self · 2009
Shrek 2
as Joan Rivers (voice) · 2004
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self · 1970
Kraft Music Hall
as Self · 1958
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Joan (voice) · 1995
Parkinson
as Self - Guest · 2004
Parkinson
as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 2004
Miss USA
as Self - Commentator · 1963
Best Week Ever
· 2004
Less than Perfect
as Louise · 2002
The Midnight Special
as Self · 1972
The Smurfs
as Party Guest · 2011
Spaceballs
as Dot Matrix (voice) · 1987
Another World
as Meredith Dunston · 1964
Dave the Barbarian
as Queen Zonthara (voice) · 2004
Dave the Barbarian
as Ghost Mom (voice) · 2004
Suddenly Susan
as Edie · 1996
Entertainment Tonight
as Self · 1981
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest · 1998
Say Yes to the Dress
as Self · 2007
Billy on the Street
as Self · 2011
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self · 2005
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
I'm with Her
as Joan Rivers · 2003
Live at the Apollo
· 2004
Live at the Apollo
as Self · 2004
Look Who's Talking
as Julie (voice) (uncredited) · 1989
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Tower Heist
as Self · 2011
The Super Models
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Joan Rivers · 2010
Beastie Boys Story
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
The Jim Nabors Hour
· 1969
Dark Side of Comedy
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
as Self - Presenter · 1994
Deal With It
as Self · 2013
First Daughter
as Joan Rivers · 2004
Serial Mom
as Joan Rivers · 1994
The Jeselnik Offensive
as Self · 2013
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self · 1987
The Emmy Awards
as Self · 1949
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
as Herself - Hijacker · 2008
Shrink Rap
as Self · 2007
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
as Dot Matrix (voice) · 2008
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self · 1971
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
· 2009
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
· 2011
Nigella
as Self · 2005
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Perfume Saleswoman · 1984
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
as Self · 2012
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self · 2008
Frost on Sunday
as Self – Guest · 1968
E! True Hollywood Story
· 1996
Needles and Pins
· 1973
Lady Boss
as Bibi Grant · 1992
The Story of Light Entertainment
as Self · 2006
The Swimmer
as Joan · 1968
The Bob Monkhouse Show
as Self · 1983
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
as Self - Comedienne · 2009
Napoleon
as Mother Penguin (voice) · 1995
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as Self · 2006
We Are Most Amused
as Self · 2008
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Fashion Police
as Host · 2002
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?
as Grandma Doyle · 2014
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage) · 2004
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
· 2002
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Self · 1988
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self · 2003
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Spike (voice) · 2000
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2016
Mister Universe
as Teenage Girl in Audience · 1951
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self · 2007
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
· 1980
Love, Sweat and Tears
as Self · 2017
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self · 2013
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as Self · 2013
The Joan Rivers Show
as Self - Host · 1989
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self · 2002
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self · 1990
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self · 2021
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
as Self · 2010
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self · 2014
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
as Self · 1990
Les Patterson Saves the World
as President Rivers (uncredited) · 1987
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers
as Self · 2009
WrestleMania II
as Ring Announcer · 1986
How to Murder a Millionaire
as Irma · 1990
Goosed
as Blanche · 1999
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
as Self (archive footage) · 2011
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self · 2004
Intern
as Dolly Bellows · 2000
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self · 2013
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
as Self · 2007
Women Aren't Funny
as Self · 2014
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self · 2006
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Joan Rivers · 1988
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self · 1986
Comic Relief '90
as Self · 1990
Joan Rivers at the BBC
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self · 1979
Lily: Sold Out
as Joan Rivers · 1981
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
as Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video) · 1996
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
· 1977
My Name is Jackie Beat
· 2006
Spaceballs: The Documentary
as Self · 2005
Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story
as Joan Rivers · 1994
Mansfield 66/67
· 2017
Rabbit Test
as Second Nurse · 1978
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage) · 2012
Hootenanny a Go-Go
as Self · 1965
The Undefeated
as Self (archive footage) · 2011
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
as Self · 1994
John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self · 2005
Untitled Joan Rivers Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
Cleavage
as Self · 2002
Public Enemy #2
as Joan Rivers · 1991
Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me
as Self · 2012
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
as Self · 1992
Sylvester: Mighty Real
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
An Audience with Joan Rivers
· 1984
Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas
as Self · 1984
The Late Show
as Self - Host · 1986
Knitwits Revisited
as Becky (voice) · 1999
Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug
as Self · 2006
Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium
as Self · 2005
Rosa Does Joan
as Herself · 1992
E! True Hollywood Story: Joan Rivers
as Self · 2001
Joan Rivers Live at the Apollo
as Self · 2004
Another Audience with Joan Rivers
as Self · 2006
Growing Up Barnard
· 2011
Knitwits
as Becky (voice) · 1997
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
as Self · 2013