Joan Rivers

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

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1933-06-08

Died: 2014-09-04

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Mister Universe	Teenage Girl in Audience	50
2	1965	Hootenanny a Go-Go	Self	0
3	1968	The Swimmer	Joan	73
4	1977	Happy Birthday, Las Vegas		70
5	1978	Rabbit Test	Second Nurse	42
6	1979	Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip	Self	0
7	1981	Lily: Sold Out	Joan Rivers	65
8	1984	Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas	Self	80
9	1984	An Audience with Joan Rivers		70
10	1984	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Perfume Saleswoman	65
11	1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special	Self	90
12	1986	Predicaments	Host	0
13	1986	WrestleMania II	Ring Announcer	64
14	1987	Les Patterson Saves the World	President Rivers (uncredited)	48
15	1987	Spaceballs	Dot Matrix (voice)	68
16	1988	Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz	Joan Rivers	0
17	1988	Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special	Self	74
18	1989	Look Who's Talking	Julie (voice) (uncredited)	63
19	1990	Comic Relief '90	Self	0
20	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
21	1990	How to Murder a Millionaire	Irma	100
22	1991	Public Enemy #2	Joan Rivers	0
23	1992	Joan Rivers: Abroad in London	Self	0
24	1994	Serial Mom	Joan Rivers	67
25	1994	Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story	Joan Rivers	70
26	1994	Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest		0
27	1995	Napoleon	Mother Penguin (voice)	61
28	1996	The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2	Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video)	0
29	1997	Knitwits	Becky	0
30	1999	Knitwits Revisited	Becky	0
31	1999	Goosed	Blanche	37
32	2000	Intern	Dolly Bellows	32
33	2000	Whispers: An Elephant's Tale	Spike (voice)	55
34	2001	E! True Hollywood Story: Joan Rivers	Self	60
35	2002	The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'	Self	100
36	2002	Sylvester: Mighty Real	Self (archive footage)	0
37	2002	Cleavage	Self	65
38	2004	Shrek 2	Joan Rivers (voice)	73
39	2004	First Daughter	Joan Rivers	62
40	2004	Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde	Self	20
41	2005	John Candy: Comic Spirit	Self	60
42	2005	Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium	Self	0
43	2006	Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug	Self	0
44	2006	My Name is Jackie Beat		0
45	2006	The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits	Self	60
46	2007	Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women	Self	0
47	2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Self	68
48	2008	We Are Most Amused	Self	72
49	2009	George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize	Self	76
50	2009	Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers	Self	67
51	2010	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work	Self	69
52	2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self (archive footage)	78
53	2011	Growing Up Barnard		0
54	2011	The Undefeated	Self (archive footage)	21
55	2011	The Smurfs	Party Guest	58
56	2011	Bob Ross: The Happy Painter	Self (archive footage)	72
57	2012	Johnny Carson: King of Late Night	Self	76
58	2012	Vanilla Ice Archive	Self (archive footage)	0
59	2012	Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me	Self	64
60	2013	Why We Laugh: Funny Women	Self	72
61	2013	Iron Man 3	Joan Rivers	69
62	2013	Moms Mabley	Self	67
63	2013	Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's	Self	61
64	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self	82
65	2014	The Story of The Swimmer	Self	0
66	2014	Women Aren't Funny	Self	51
67	2014	Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?	Grandma Doyle	57
68	2016	The Last Laugh	Self	69
69	2017	Love, Sweat and Tears	Self	80
70	2020	Beastie Boys Story	Self (archive footage)	75
71	2020	Disclosure	Self (archive footage)	79
72	2021	Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It	Self (archive footage)	74
73	2021	Parkinson at 50	Self (archive footage)	100
74	2021	Live at Mister Kelly's	Self	0
75	2022	The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up	Self (archive footage)	64
76	2023	Attack of the Doc!	Self	54
77	2023	Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed	Self (archive footage)	67
78	2024	Joan Rivers at the BBC	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	75
3	1952	Today	Self	55
4	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	44
5	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
6	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
7	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Host	74
8	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
9	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Hostess	74
10	1964	Another World	Meredith Dunston	54
11	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	76
12	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	76
13	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	66
14	1968	Here's Lucy	Joan Reynolds	67
15	1969	The Jim Nabors Hour		0
16	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
17	1971	The Pearl Bailey Show	Self	0
18	1971	The Electric Company		71
19	1972	The Midnight Special	Self	76
20	1973	Needles and Pins		50
21	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
22	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	69
23	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
24	1980	Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic		70
25	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	41
26	1982	Wogan	Self	45
27	1983	The Bob Monkhouse Show	Self	60
28	1985	The Golden Girls		75
29	1986	Pee-wee's Playhouse		72
30	1986	The Late Show	Self - Host	60
31	1987	The Dame Edna Experience	Self	50
32	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		54
33	1989	The Joan Rivers Show	Self - Host	0
34	1989	The Simpsons	Annie Dubinsky (voice)	80
35	1992	Lady Boss	Bibi Grant	0
36	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
37	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
38	1996	Suddenly Susan	Edie	57
39	1997	The View	Self	45
40	1998	So Graham Norton	Self - Guest	63
41	1998	Hollywood Squares		65
42	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Joan Rivers	80
43	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
44	2002	Fashion Police	Host	33
45	2002	V Graham Norton	Self	50
46	2002	Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy		63
47	2002	Less than Perfect	Louise	69
48	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
49	2003	Nip/Tuck		72
50	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	58
51	2003	I'm with Her		66
52	2004	Best Week Ever		63
53	2004	Dave the Barbarian	Ghost Mom (voice)	75
54	2004	Dave the Barbarian	Queen Zonthara (voice)	75
55	2004	The Soup		62
56	2004	Live at the Apollo		71
57	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
58	2004	Boston Legal	Self	79
59	2004	Project Runway	Self - Guest Judge	62
60	2005	8 Out of 10 Cats	Self	71
61	2005	Nigella	Self	60
62	2005	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Self	50
63	2006	The Story of Light Entertainment	Self	50
64	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
65	2007	Shrink Rap	Self	70
66	2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	37
67	2008	Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack	Herself - Hijacker	0
68	2008	Celebrity Family Feud	Self	93
69	2008	Spaceballs: The Animated Series	Dot Matrix (voice)	41
70	2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Self	60
71	2009	Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik		0
72	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	48
73	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
74	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Anka	74
75	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Self	74
76	2011	Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?		0
77	2011	Billy on the Street	Self	66
78	2013	The Jeselnik Offensive	Self	72
79	2013	Deal With It	Self	0
80	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		58
81	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	54
82	2022	Dark Side of Comedy	Self (archive footage)	81
83	2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields	Self (archive footage)	72
84	2024	Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy	Self (archive footage)	0