Cast & creator
Joan Rivers
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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.
Also known as: Joan Alexandra Molinsky, The Queen of the Barbed One-liners
102
film credits
105
television credits
186
1948–2024 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 5.0Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2009
★ 5.8The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2014
★ 7.6The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host · 1962
★ 7.6The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1962
★ 7.6The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Hostess · 1962
Across film & television
Filmography (207)
Showing 207 of 207 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Hostess
1962
The Simpsons
Annie Dubinsky (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Joan Rivers
2000
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
2004
The Love Boat
Allison Newman
1977
Nip/Tuck
Self
2003Nip/Tuck
Joan Rivers
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The South Bank Show
1978
The Talk
Self
2010
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Boston Legal
Self
2004
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Wogan
Self
1982
Hot in Cleveland
Anka
2010Hot in Cleveland
Self
2010
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
The Soup
Self
2004
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Here's Lucy
Joan Reynolds
1968
The Electric Company
Letterman Narrator (voice)
1971
Arthur
Bubby (voice)
1996
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories
In Memory Of
2009The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Iron Man 3
Joan Rivers
2013
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Today
Self
1952
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Joan (voice)
1995Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Additional Writing
1995
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004Parkinson
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2004
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Miss USA
Self - Commentator
1963
Best Week Ever
2004
Shrek 2
Joan Rivers (voice)
2004
Less than Perfect
Louise
2002
Spaceballs
Dot Matrix (voice)
1987
Another World
Meredith Dunston
1964
The Smurfs
Party Guest
2011
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Suddenly Susan
Edie
1996
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
Dave the Barbarian
Ghost Mom (voice)
2004Dave the Barbarian
Queen Zonthara (voice)
2004
Say Yes to the Dress
Self
2007
Billy on the Street
Self
2011
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self
2005
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Self (archive footage)
2024
I'm with Her
Joan Rivers
2003
Live at the Apollo
2004Live at the Apollo
Self
2004Live at the Apollo
Writer
2004The Jim Nabors Hour
1969
Look Who's Talking
Julie (voice) (uncredited)
1989
Tower Heist
Self
2011Tower Heist
Thanks
2011
The Super Models
Self (archive footage)
2023
Beastie Boys Story
Self (archive footage)
2020
Dark Side of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
2022
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Self - Presenter
1994
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
2023
Deal With It
Self
2013
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Joan Rivers
2010
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
1987
The Jeselnik Offensive
Self
2013
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack
Herself - Hijacker
2008The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Self
2012
First Daughter
Joan Rivers
2004
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
Dot Matrix (voice)
2008
Shrink Rap
Self
2007
Serial Mom
Joan Rivers
1994
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2008
Nigella
Self
2005
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Perfume Saleswoman
1984Frost on Sunday
Self – Guest
1968
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
2011
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
2006
Lady Boss
Bibi Grant
1992The Bob Monkhouse Show
Self
1983Needles and Pins
1973
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self (archive footage)
2021
Napoleon
Mother Penguin (voice)
1995
The Swimmer
Joan
1968
Fashion Police
Host
2002
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self
2006
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
Self - Comedienne
2009
We Are Most Amused
Self
2008
The Girl Most Likely To...
Teleplay
1973The Girl Most Likely To...
Story
1973
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016Husbands, Wives & Lovers
Creator
1978
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Self
1988
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?
Grandma Doyle
2014
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)
2020
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Spike (voice)
2000
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Self
2002
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
2003The Joan Rivers Show
Self - Host
1989
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self
2013
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
1980
Women Aren't Funny
Self
2014
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Self
2013Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Executive Producer
2013
How to Murder a Millionaire
Irma
1990
Mister Universe
Teenage Girl in Audience
1951
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
1990
WrestleMania II
Ring Announcer
1986
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
Self (archive footage)
2022
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Joan Rivers
1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Writer
1988
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Self (archive footage)
2011
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Self
2007
Les Patterson Saves the World
President Rivers (uncredited)
1987
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers
Self
2009
The Story of The Swimmer
Self
2014
Love, Sweat and Tears
Self
2017
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Self
2010
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
2013
Goosed
Blanche
1999
Live at Mister Kelly's
Self
2021
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video)
1996
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Self
1979
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
2004
Intern
Dolly Bellows
2000
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2024
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
1986
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
2006
Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story
Joan Rivers
1994
Lily: Sold Out
Joan Rivers
1981
My Name is Jackie Beat
2006Comic Relief '90
Self
1990
Spaceballs: The Documentary
Self
2005
Rabbit Test
Second Nurse
1978Rabbit Test
Director
1978Rabbit Test
Writer
1978John Candy: Comic Spirit
Self
2005Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
Mansfield 66/67
2017
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Self
1994
Hootenanny a Go-Go
Self
1965Vanilla Ice Archive
Self (archive footage)
2012Untitled Joan Rivers Documentary
Self (archive footage)
The Undefeated
Self (archive footage)
2011
Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me
Self
2012Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me
Writer
2012
An Audience with Joan Rivers
1984An Audience with Joan Rivers
Writer
1984
Cleavage
Self
2002Sylvester: Mighty Real
Self (archive footage)
2002
Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas
Self
1984
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
Self
1992Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
Writer
1992The Late Show
Self - Host
1986
Public Enemy #2
Joan Rivers
1991
E! True Hollywood Story: Joan Rivers
Self
2001
Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug
Self
2006Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug
Writer
2006Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium
Self
2005Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium
Writer
2005
Joan Rivers Live at the Apollo
Self
2004Joan Rivers Live at the Apollo
Writer
2004
Knitwits Revisited
Becky (voice)
1999Knitwits Revisited
Dialogue
1999
Another Audience with Joan Rivers
Self
2006Another Audience with Joan Rivers
Writer
2006Rosa Does Joan
Herself
1992Growing Up Barnard
2011
Knitwits
Becky (voice)
1997Knitwits
Writer
1997
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Self
2013