Joan Rivers

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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

Iron Man 3

Joan Rivers

Shrek 2

Joan Rivers (voice)

The Simpsons

Annie Dubinsky (voice)

The Smurfs

Party Guest

Spaceballs

Dot Matrix (voice)

Tower Heist

Self

Look Who's Talking

Julie (voice) (uncredited)

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Joan Rivers

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

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