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Joan Rivers

Highest Rated: 100% The Swimmer (1968)

Lowest Rated: 38% Intern (2000)

Birthday: Jun 8, 1933

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

For more than four decades, Joan Rivers remained a staple of American pop culture, culminating in her trademark catch phrase "Can We Talk?" First making her name as a comedienne, she followed up as talk show host, author, playwright, actress, director and red carpet interviewer until only one form of all-encompassing nomenclature was finally needed - simply, Joan Rivers. One of stand-up comedy's first female practitioners Rivers landed her big break on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (NBC, 1962-1992) in 1965. That appearance began a lengthy working friendship with Carson that ended acrimoniously years later to disastrous effect for Rivers. Soon after the cancellation of her short-lived "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers" (Fox, 1986-87), the host was devastated by the suicide of her husband-producer Edgar Rosenberg. While many predicted the end of Rivers' career, the indomitable yenta soon began an arduous journey of reinvention. An attempt at a daytime talk show later gave way to a second career alongside daughter Melissa Rivers as an interviewer-fashion commentator at red carpet events. By then, Rivers had perfected her self-deprecating persona to a point where she somehow managed to be both abrasive and endearing. Even as a septuagenarian, Rivers was a tireless self-promoter, winning the 2009 season of "Celebrity Apprentice" (NBC, 2004- ) and co-starring on her own reality series, "Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?" (WE tv, 2011-14). Beloved for her biting satire, or scorned for her personal foibles, one thing was undeniable - Rivers was the ultimate Hollywood survivor. That sense of seeming indestructibility made her death at the age of 81 on September 4, 2014 seem all the more surprising; she had been working only days before the cardiac arrest that claimed her life.

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Highest rated movies

100% 82% The Swimmer
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92% 82% Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
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85% 76% The Muppets Take Manhattan
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38% 28% Intern
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29% Mostly Ghostly 2: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?
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75% Love, Sweat & Tears Watchlist
Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story
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38% Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
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59% Napoleon
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How to Murder a Millionaire
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 75% Love, Sweat & Tears Self $512 2016
No Score Yet 29% Mostly Ghostly 2: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? Grandma Doyle (Character) - 2014
92% 82% Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work Unknown (Character) $2.9M 2010
38% 28% Intern Dolly Bellows (Character) $4.0K 2000
No Score Yet 38% Whispers: An Elephant's Tale Spike (Voice) - 2000
No Score Yet 0% Goosed Mom/Blanche (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 59% Napoleon Mother Penguin (Character) $130.0K 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story Self - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Murder a Millionaire Irma (Character) - 1990
85% 76% The Muppets Take Manhattan Perfume saleswoman (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 17% Rabbit Test Director - 1978
100% 82% The Swimmer Joan (Character) - 1968

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fashion Police Host 2004 2010-2014 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Apprentice Unknown (Guest Star),
Guest,
Contestant
2009-2011 2013 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014
No Score Yet 55% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2012 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2011-2012 2014
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2014
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest,
Host
2009-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2013-2014
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deal With It Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wife Swap Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doctors Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Project Runway Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2009-2010 2012-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Unknown (Guest Star),
Guest
2007-2009 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2012
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Joan Rivers (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Arthur Unknown (Guest Voice) 2008 2012
No Score Yet 84% Hot in Cleveland Anka (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2009-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Revolution Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2009-2010 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Funny or Die's Billy on the Street Guest 2012
85% 76% The Simpsons Annie Dubinsky (Guest Voice) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Live at the Apollo Host,
Self
2004 2011
93% 95% Louie Herself (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez Tonight Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Guest 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet How'd You Get So Rich Host 2009-2010
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Herself (Guest Star) 2004-2005 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Z Rock Unknown (Guest Star) 2008-2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Contestant 2008
86% 90% Boston Legal Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Less Than Perfect Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
58% No Score Yet I'm With Her Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
92% 90% Curb Your Enthusiasm Herself (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Suddenly Susan Unknown (Guest Star) 1998-1999
85% 83% The Critic Unknown (Guest Voice) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet 227 Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Husbands, Wives & Lovers Creator 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Carol Burnett Show Guest 1970 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here's Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Toast of the Town Guest 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1968