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Rivers, Joan

LC control no.n 84007634
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3618.I858
Personal name headingRivers, Joan
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Variant(s)Molinsky, Joan Alexandra
Rosenberg, Joan Alexandra
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1933-06-08
Death date2014-09-04
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityStand-up comedy
Profession or occupationComedians Television talk show hosts Television personalities Actresses Actors Authors Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters Television comedy writers Television producers and directors
Found inHer The life and hard time of Heidi Abromowitz, 1984: CIP t.p. (Joan Rivers)
Bronaugh, R.B. Celebrity birthday book, c1981: p. 168 (Rivers, Joan; comedienne, b. Joan Molinsky, 10/12/1935)
LC data base, 4/9/84 (hdg.: Rivers, Joan)
Joan Rivers, a comedic stiletto, is dead at 81, via New York times online, September 4, 2014 (Joan Rivers died on Thursday [September 4, 2014] in Manhattan; Joan Alexandra Molinsky was born in Brooklyn on June 8, 1933)
   <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/arts/television/joan-rivers-dies.html>
Wikipedia, September 4, 2014 (Joan Rivers; Joan Alexandra Rosenberg (née Molinsky; June 8, 1933-September 4, 2014), known by her stage name Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host, best known for her stand-up comedy, for co-hosting the E! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police, and for starring in the reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? alongside her daughter Melissa Rivers)
IMDb, September 4, 2014 (Joan Rivers (1933-2014); Writer, Actress, Producer; Joan Rivers was born on June 8, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA as Joan Alexandra Molinsky. She was a writer and actress, known for The Joan Rivers Show (1968), Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) and The Joan Rivers Show (1989). She was married to Edgar Rosenberg and James Sanger. She died on September 4, 2014 in New York City.)
Associated languageeng