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Joan Rivers

(1933–2014) Film Actor United States

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Joan Rivers was a film actor from the United States, best known for Having a baby can be a scream.

Quick Facts About Joan Rivers

Born: June 8, 1933
Died: September 4, 2014
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Having a baby can be a scream
Spouse: James Sanger

About Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona that was heavily self-deprecating and acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians, delivered in her signature New York accent. She is considered a pioneer of women in comedy. She received an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nomination for a Tony Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Joan Rivers

I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about…

About

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I was getting dressed and a peeping tom looked in the window, took a look and pulled down the shade.

Getting dressed

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All my way through college, I worked my way as a window dresser for Lord & Taylor, so I always liked fashion.…

Always

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Everyone thinks Angelina Jolie was the first celebrity baby hoarder, but she wasn't. Before Angelina there was Mia Farrow. Mia had an…

Baby

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I have no sex appeal, which kills me. The only way I can ever hear heavy breathing from my husband's side of…

Appeals

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Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny.

Calm

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If you hate something, you hate it, and if you like something or somebody, you like it, but tell the truth. And…

Break

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I have no line. If I think it's funny, it's funny.

Funny

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I know now that everybody in the arts is forever a beginner. Experience counts for a great deal and very little. Every…

Art

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Why women don't blink during foreplay... not enough time.

Blink

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My breasts are so low now I can have a mammogram and a pedicure at the same time.

Age

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I love Vines. You make this 6.4-second drama, and you can reach 6 million viewer, and make people laugh. I find it…

Drama

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Grandchildren can be annoying - how many times can you go: "And the cow goes moo and the pig goes oink"? It's…

Annoying

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I'm a New York girl. I come out of New York theater.

Come

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All babies look like Renée Zellweger pushed against a glass window.

Baby

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[On plastic surgery:] My motto is: 'Anything that can be lifted should be lifted. Anything that falls should be caught. And try…

Caught

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Being Jewish has always been important to me. I now have 6M tattooed on the inside of my left arm. It's only…

Always

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You've gotta understand - when you interview someone, it's not an interrogation. It's not the Nuremberg Trials.

Gotta

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I've always hate child stars, starting from way back when, when I was a child. The first child star I saw was…

Back when

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Edgar had a heart attack, and I'm to blame. We were making love, and I took the bag off my head.

Bags

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She's so hairy - when she lifted up her arm I thought it was Tina Turner in her armpit.

Armpits

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Show business is - you're there by somebody's fluke. And as long as somebody likes you, and the show is going well,…

Anything

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I have a million dollar figure ... but it's all loose change.

Change

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I've learned from my dealings with Johnny Carson that no matter what kind of friendship you think you have with people you're…

Business

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I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery.

Plastic

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Joan Rivers by topic

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