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Joan Rivers

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
8 June 1933, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name / Gerçek Adı
Joan Alexandra Molinsky

Trivia / Önemsiz Şeyler
Mother of Melissa Rivers.Graduated from Barnard College.Educated at Connecticut College for Women.Educated at Barnard College, New York, New York; studied English and anthropology; B.A. (1954).Worked in the shoe department of Lord & Taylor.Collects Faberge eggs.Said the most difficult celebrity she ever interviewed was Tommy Lee Jones, whom she thought was rude.Is the national spokesperson for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.Hosted daily radio show on WOR-AM in New York City, until fired in Feb 2002.Measurements: 34B-25-36 (post ""lift"" surgery), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)Infuriated Johnny Carson when she signed on to become the hostess of her own talk show, ""The Late Show"", without consulting him first.She won an Daytime Emmy in 1990 for best talk show host and was nominated for a Tony Award for the play ""Donna Marr and her escorts"" in 1994. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording in 1985.Was one of the final guests to appear on "The Wayne Brady Show" (2002).Attended Adelphi Academy before going to college.Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for portraying the title character, Sally Marr, in ""Sally Marr...and Her Escorts.""Is a vegetarian.Started performing as a stand-up comedienne using the stage name Pepper January.She is a Phi Beta Kappa key holder from Barnard College, where she studied anthropology.She had her first cosmetic surgery procedure (an eye-lift) in 1965 at age 32.She had her nose thinned in 1983.The majority of her plastic surgery was performed by Santa Monica surgeon Steven Hoefflin (who also performed plastic surgery on Michael Jackson's nose). She also receives Botox and collagen injections every four months from New York City dermatologist Patricia Wexler.She is an advocate of plastic surgery for older women saying that if a woman can afford it, it is worth it for her self-esteemEarly in her career she performed as half of the comedy team of ""Joanie and Bill"". ""Bill"" was former actor William Perry (1936-2006) who was the nephew of actress Toby Wing.

Personal Quotes / Kişisel Alıntılar
""Can we talk?!"" - trademark""I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio.""(Her idea of a perfect childbirth experience) ""Knock me out with the first pain, and wake me up when the hairdresser arrives.""""If you're not a wreck in this business, you're not around.""""Once I was having lunch in a fancy restaurant with Lily Tomlin and Richard Pryor. We were all struggling comics together and the day we had lunch, any one of us could have picked up the check. That's when I knew I'd made it.""""Camilla Parker-Bowles is an earthy, funny woman. You can swear in front of her"".[In The Parkinson Show, when entering] I am a dike! And I'm DAMN proud of it!My gynecologist examines me over the phone.