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
2010
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1970
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Simpsons
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
1970
Saturday Night Live
1983
The View
2003
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Hollywood Squares
1999
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2007

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
186
Directing
1
Writing
15
Producing
1
Crew
3
2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Dark Side of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Super Models
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Beastie Boys Story
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Love, Sweat and Tears
as Self
2017
Mansfield 66/67
2016
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
2014
Women Aren't Funny
as Self
2014
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?
as Grandma Doyle
2014
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2013
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
as Self
2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as Self
2013
Iron Man 3
as Joan Rivers
2013
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
2013
Deal With It
as Self
2013
The Jeselnik Offensive
as Self
2012
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
as Self
2012
Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me
as Self
2012
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
2012
The Soup
as Self
2012
Billy on the Street
as Self
2012
Hot in Cleveland
as Anka
2012
Hot in Cleveland
as Self
2012
Say Yes to the Dress
as Self
2011
The Smurfs
as Party Guest
2011
The Undefeated
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Growing Up Barnard
2011
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Tower Heist
as Self
2011
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
2011
The Talk
as Self
2010
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
as Self
2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Joan Rivers
2010
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2010
Miss USA
as Self - Commentator
2010
Nip/Tuck
as Joan Rivers
2009
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers
as Self
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2009
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
as Self - Presenter
2009
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
as Self - Comedienne
2008
We Are Most Amused
as Self
2008
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
as Dot Matrix (voice)
2008
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2008
Shrink Rap
as Self
2008
Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
as Herself - Hijacker
2008
Arthur
as Bubby (voice)
2007
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
as Self
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2007
Best Week Ever
2007
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self
2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Live at the Apollo
as Self
2007
Parkinson
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
2006
My Name is Jackie Beat
2006
Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug
as Self
2006
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
2006
Another Audience with Joan Rivers
as Self
2006
Today
as Self
2006
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
2006
Boston Legal
as Self
2006
The Story of Light Entertainment
as Self
2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as Self
2005
Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium
as Self
2005
John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self
2005
Spaceballs: The Documentary
as Self
2005
Less than Perfect
as Louise
2005
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2005
Good Day Live
as Self
2005
Nigella
as Self
2004
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
2004
Shrek 2
as Joan Rivers (voice)
2004
First Daughter
as Joan Rivers
2004
Joan Rivers Live at the Apollo
as Self
2004
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Live at the Apollo
2004
Nip/Tuck
as Self
2004
I'm with Her
as Joan Rivers
2004
Dave the Barbarian
as Ghost Mom (voice)
2004
Dave the Barbarian
as Queen Zonthara (voice)
2004
Parkinson
as Self - Guest
2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
The View
as Self
2002
Sylvester: Mighty Real
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Cleavage
as Self
2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self
2002
V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Joan Rivers
2002
Fashion Police
as Host
2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
The South Bank Show
2001
E! True Hollywood Story: Joan Rivers
as Self
2001
E! True Hollywood Story
2000
Intern
as Dolly Bellows
2000
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
as Spike (voice)
2000
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
1999
Goosed
as Blanche
1999
Knitwits Revisited
as Becky (voice)
1999
The Simpsons
as Annie Dubinsky (voice)
1999
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1999
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
Suddenly Susan
as Edie
1997
Knitwits
as Becky (voice)
1997
Another World
as Meredith Dunston
1997
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Joan (voice)
1996
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
as Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video)
1995
Napoleon
as Mother Penguin (voice)
1994
Serial Mom
as Joan Rivers
1994
Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story
as Joan Rivers
1994
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
as Self
1992
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
as Self
1992
Rosa Does Joan
as Herself
1992
Lady Boss
as Bibi Grant
1991
Public Enemy #2
as Joan Rivers
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
How to Murder a Millionaire
as Irma
1990
Comic Relief '90
as Self
1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
as Self
1989
Look Who's Talking
as Julie (voice) (uncredited)
1989
The Joan Rivers Show
as Self - Host
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Joan Rivers
1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Self
1987
Spaceballs
as Dot Matrix (voice)
1987
Les Patterson Saves the World
as President Rivers (uncredited)
1987
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
1986
WrestleMania II
as Ring Announcer
1986
The Late Show
as Self - Host
1985
The Bob Monkhouse Show
as Self
1984
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Perfume Saleswoman
1984
An Audience with Joan Rivers
1984
Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas
as Self
1984
An Audience with...
as Self
1984
Wogan
as Self
1983
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1983
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1983
The Love Boat
as Allison Newman
1981
Lily: Sold Out
as Joan Rivers
1980
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
1979
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self
1978
Rabbit Test
as Second Nurse
1978
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess
1977
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1975
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1973
Here's Lucy
as Joan Reynolds
1973
Needles and Pins
1973
The Midnight Special
as Self
1971
The Electric Company
as Letterman Narrator (voice)
1971
The Jim Nabors Hour
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1971
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1970
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1970
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Hostess
1968
The Swimmer
as Joan
1968
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1968
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1968
Frost on Sunday
as Self – Guest
1966
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1966
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1965
Hootenanny a Go-Go
as Self
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1951
Mister Universe
as Teenage Girl in Audience
Untitled Joan Rivers Documentary
as Self (archive footage)