Joan Rivers Net Worth
Joan Rivers Net Worth is
$150 Million
Joan Rivers's salary
$40 Million Per Year
Joan Rivers Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Joan Rivers net worth is 50 million dollars as of right now and it’s growing every year. Joan Rivers whose actual name is Joan Alexandra Molinsky was born in ny and she pursues her career as an actress, a comic and television host. Joan Rivers began her career as a stand-up comic in small nyc nightclubs. Also, Joan Rivers has received Grammy nominations and awards for a number of her comic performance records.
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After this kind of tremendous rise in JoanRivers course of playing, Joan Rivers hosted a variety of TV shows and today she mostly works as a pre-show Awards host and she can also be a star commentator. These are JoanRivers primary occupations from which Joan Rivers net worth comes. Also, she’s among the stars whose plastic surgeries are extensively discussed and some people even credit her to the set of the worst plastic surgeries ever. JoanRivers comic performances are adored by many because she’s not frightened to mock at herself and additionally at other Hollywood stars.
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Joan Rivers Net Worth $50 Million Dollars
| Full Name | Joan Rivers |
| Net Worth | $150 Million |
| Salary | $40 Million Per Year |
| Date Of Birth | June 8, 1933, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States) |
| Died | September 4, 2014, New York City, New York, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Brooklyn |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m) |
| Profession | Comedian, Talk show host, Actor, Screenwriter, TV Personality, Writer, Voice Actor, Television producer |
| Education | Connecticut College, Barnard College |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Edgar Rosenberg (m. 1965–1987), James Sanger (m. 1955–1955) |
| Children | Melissa Rivers |
| Parents | Meyer C. Molinsky, Beatrice Molinsky |
| Siblings | Barbara Cushman Waxler |
| Nicknames | Joan Alexandra Molinsky , Queen of the Barbed One-liners , Pepper January , The Queen Of Comedy , @joan_rivers , Ms. Joan Rivers , Jake and Joan Jim , Rivers, Joan |
| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host |
| Nominations | MTV Movie Award for Best Cameo, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Writing, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play |
| Movies | Spaceballs, Shrek 2, Iron Man 3, Rabbit Test, The Swimmer, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?, The Smurfs, The Intern, How to Murder a Millionaire, Goosed, Whispers: An Elephant's Tale, Napoleon, The Human Face, Lady Boss, KnitWits Revisited, Hip! Edgy! Quirky! |
| TV Shows | Fashion Police, Joan & Melissa |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dark sense of humor |
| 2 | Her self-deprecating persona |
| 3 | Had made fun towards each other |
| 4 | "What a tramp!" or "Such a tramp!" |
| 5 | Said "Can we talk?" frequently in both her acting roles and stand-up routines. |
| 6 | Loud, raspy voice with New York accent. |
| 7 | Had had a lot of plastic surgery, had never denied it, and as a matter of fact, made lots of jokes about her own (and other people's) plastic surgery. |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| The Late Show (1986) | $5,000,000 /year |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | My sex life is so bad, my G-spot has been declared a historical landmark. |
| 2 | All my mother told me about sex was that the man goes on top, and that the woman goes on bottom. For three years, my husband and I slept in bunk beds. |
| 3 | I have no sex appeal. If my husband didn't toss and turn, we'd never have had any kids. |
| 4 | I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery. |
| 5 | All I ever heard when I was a kid was,"Why can't you be more like your cousin Sheila?" And Sheila had died at birth. |
| 6 | People say that money is not the key to happiness. But I've always figured that, with enough money, you can hire a battering ram. |
| 7 | The great thing about irrigating your colon is that sometimes you find old jewelry. |
| 8 | My love life is like a piece of Swiss cheese: much of it's missing, and what's there stinks. |
| 9 | If you don't want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly. |
| 10 | [on Renee Zellweger] Push her face against a glass door, and you'll see what all babies look like at birth. |
| 11 | Want to know why women don't blink during foreplay? Not enough time. |
| 12 | [on Justin Bieber] He looks like the daughter Cher wishes she'd had. |
| 13 | At my funeral, I want Meryl Streep crying in five different accents. |
| 14 | [on daughter Melissa Rivers] She and I are very close. We speak every single day. Literally, I call her every day and leave the same message on her answering machine: "Pick the hell up, Melissa. I know you're there, damn it." And she always calls me back with the same response: "Mom, how in God's name did you get this new number?" |
| 15 | A study says owning a dog makes you 10 years younger. I'd rescue two more, but who wants to go through menopause twice? |
| 16 | There are three things all children should be taught never to do: touch a hot stove; pull lamps off tables; and wake their mother before noon. |
| 17 | I hate housework. You make the beds, you do the dishes...and six months later, you have to start all over again. |
| 18 | Never be afraid to laugh at yourself; after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. |
| 19 | Look at Gwyneth Paltrow being named the Most Beautiful this year. Congratulations, Gwyneth! Now look at who she got to vote: Ray Charles, José Feliciano, Helen Keller, Ronnie Milsap, Tom Sullivan, and Stevie Wonder. |
| 20 | I haven't missed the Emmys since that year my makeup team was nominated for "Best Special Effects"! |
| 21 | The secret of my success is just saying what everybody else has been thinking. |
| 22 | My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on. |
| 23 | [her trademark line] Can we talk? |
| 24 | [on the red-carpet] Who are you wearing? |
| 25 | I don't exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor. |
| 26 | [In 2010, on Twitter] With all the plastic surgery I've had, I'm worried that when I die, God won't recognize me! |
| 27 | [on antiques] If Louis XIV hasn't sat on it, I don't want it. |
| 28 | That awful, vulgar, loud woman on stage, that's not me. I wouldn't want to be her friend. |
| 29 | Men who look down my dress usually compliment me on my shoes. |
| 30 | New York was the magic city. New York was Oz. All I wanted to do was get out of Brooklyn and get into Oz. We'd go to the theater district -- I saved my money, and I would go with a girlfriend and sit in Sardi's, order an avocado for 60 cents, and wait to be discovered. They must have been thrilled to see us. We went to Howard Johnson's, and my friend smoked a cigarette. We're sitting at the Howard Johnson's, and we're smoking cigarettes -- say no more. |
| 31 | Boy George is all England needs. Another queen who can't dress. |
| 32 | Having my daughter, I screamed for twenty-three hours straight. And that was just during conception. |
| 33 | [on reality shows] When was the last time you went to a dinner party where three women got up and slapped each other? Everybody's punching and slapping. This is not reality. We got a second season because everybody that has a parent, a mother, anyone can relate to what really happens between adult children and parents. |
| 34 | [on the passing of Elaine Kaufman] Elaine's was a place you went to let everyone know you were in town. It was first stop L.A./N.Y. You knew your name was above the title when Elaine sat with you. I also loved that the prices changed constantly. |
| 35 | [Interview with Andrew Scott, June 10, 2010] I've never been in the "in" group. I've never been considered. But that's what keeps me punching, if that makes sense. I'm still in the "I'll show you" mentality. |
| 36 | [In an interview, on the British chat show Loose Women (1999) in 2008, on working the red carpet for the E! Channel]: You get someone like Russell Crowe, and you want to say to the camera, he is a piece of - get ready to bleep this - f***ing shit. (Rivers was immediately pulled from the British chat show - they had no bleep.) These idiots came running onto the set, ripped me off my seat and dragged me off, saying, "Let's go, let's go, let's go." When the audience saw my empty chair, I worried that, because of my age, they might think I'd wet it because my diaper leaked. People always ask me, "What haven't you done, Miss Rivers? You've done this and that, been nominated for an Emmy and a Tony. You've hosted shows, you've acted, done stand-up, lost your husband to suicide, been bankrupted by a business partner [who made off with $37m in the 1990s] - what haven't you done?". Well, until today, I'd never been kicked off live television. Assholes. |
| 37 | I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio. |
| 38 | My husband wanted to be cremated. I told him I'd scatter his ashes at [the department store] Neiman Marcus - that way, I'd visit him every day. |
| 39 | One of the earliest jokes I did about my husband was that I was the one who really caused Edgar's suicide, because, while we were making love, I took the bag off my head. |
| 40 | There is not one female comic who was beautiful as a little girl. Tell me one funny woman who was ever beautiful. Gwyneth Paltrow, stop, please, stop, I can't stand it. Angelina Jolie? Men don't want you funny. It's all about coping when you're not being the pretty girl, and you're not being the first one asked to dance, and the bottle spins and lands on you and Stuart Wein doesn't want to kiss you. |
| 41 | I was just interviewed for a documentary [Making Trouble (2007)] on my least favorite subject - women comedians and how we've all been kept out. These two women came to my house, very serious, and asked, "How long did it take for you to get into the room?". I said, "Let me tell you something: if Adolf Hitler had four good jokes, he'd be in the room." It has to do with funny. Then they talked about how women help each other. I said, "I hate to tell you, but if it was between Sarah Silverman and me for a job? I'll kill her and she'll kill me. There's no sisterhood in comedy". |
| 42 | [June 29, 2008] One of the reasons I am so happy - there's lots happening again. Four times in my life, I woke up and the diary was empty. That's the worst feeling in the world. My Broadway show and my talk show were canceled on the same Friday. And I went that night to see Barbra Streisand, whom I'd started with, perform for 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden. That was a very bad night. Now I'm doing a pilot, I have two books coming, I have my play, I'm in a series that they've shot and they hope will be successful, I'm doing stand-up and I've got my jewelry company. At this age, to be wanted - you are fighting every single step of the way. |
| 43 | [on young female comics]: They all come up to me and say, "Without you, I couldn't be here, the barriers you broke down." I say, "Get the f*** away from me. I still could take every one of you with one hand behind my back. Outta here. Talk like that at my funeral, but not till then". |
| 44 | There is not one female comic who was beautiful as a little girl. |
| 45 | The only thing that's saving me is my age. Because I don't care. I've been up, I've been down. I've been fired, I've been hired. I've been broke. What are you gonna to do me? Not like me? I don't give a damn. |
| 46 | I'm in nobody's circle, I've always been an outsider. I don't have those wonderful dinners with Woody, I've never been asked by Jay. And it makes you sad, because I think it would be wonderful to sit and talk about things that very few people understand. But I'm very competitive, and I'm sure they feel that. I'm jealous of that little slut Paris Hilton. Why? I'm very competitive. And I think that's what has kept me going. I'm not gracious. |
| 47 | I want them to know I don't think I'm wonderful, or better than they are. Part of comedy is saying: "I am you and you are me, and we're all feeling the same thing". |
| 48 | [on Parkinson (1971), when entering] I am a dyke! And I'm DAMN proud of it! |
| 49 | Camilla Parker-Bowles is an earthy, funny woman. You can swear in front of her. |
| 50 | 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. |
| 51 | If you're not a wreck in this business, you're not around. |
| 52 | [on her idea of a perfect childbirth experience] Knock me out with the first pain, and wake me up when the hairdresser arrives. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | A big influence on Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan. |
| 2 | Served as an Honorary Director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. |
| 3 | Celebrated her 80th birthday on an episode of Fashion Police (2002) and on QVC, on June 8, 2013. |
| 4 | Had briefly attended Brooklyn Ethical Culture School in Brooklyn, New York. |
| 5 | Before she was a successful actress and comedienne, she was part of "Jim, Jake, and Joan", a comedic musical trio, in 1964. |
| 6 | Was merciless with subjects of popular piety. |
| 7 | Best remembered by the public as the hostess of The Joan Rivers Show (1989), Fashion Police (2002) and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (2011). |
| 8 | In 2012, Rivers protested against the warehouse-club Costco because they would not sell her New York Times bestselling book, "I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me". She handcuffed herself to a person's shopping cart and shouted through a megaphone. The police were called to the scene and she left without incident and no arrests were made. |
| 9 | After her death, the friends who attended her funeral on September 7, 2014 were Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Kathy Griffin, Donald Trump, Kelly Osbourne, Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Kathie Lee Gifford, Rachael Ray, Geraldo Rivera, Sally Jessy Raphael, Sarah Jessica Parker, Judy Sheindlin, Barbara Walters, Rosie O'Donnell, Diane Sawyer and her daughter Melissa Rivers. |
| 10 | Had never retired from comedy. |
| 11 | Her father, Dr. Meyer C. Molinsky, who graduated from medical school at Long Island College and in the mid-1930s kept an office at 760 Montgomery Street in Crown Heights, New York, historical records show. |
| 12 | Though she was born in Brooklyn, New York, Rivers was also raised in the following cities: Crown Heights and portions of the Prospect Heights and Brownsville neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn. |
| 13 | At a very early age, she wanted to be an actress. |
| 14 | Attended the funeral of Ernest Borgnine, when the actor passed away in 2012. |
| 15 | Her older sister, Barbara Waxler, passed away on June 3, 2013 at age 82. |
| 16 | Mentor and friends with Kathy Griffin, Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and her daughter Melissa Rivers. |
| 17 | Knew Kelly Osbourne when she was only 6, she later worked with her on Fashion Police (2002). |
| 18 | Protegee of Phyllis Diller. |
| 19 | Friends with: Bob Barker, Wink Martindale, Mike Wallace, Phyllis Diller, Geraldo Rivera, Doris Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Channing, Lauren Bacall, Barbara Bush, Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford, Donald Trump, Don Rickles, Carol Burnett, Robert Conrad, Larry Manetti, Richard Simmons, Paul Reubens, Ernest Borgnine, Marla Gibbs, Charlotte Rae, Della Reese, Angela Lansbury, Betty White, Dick Van Dyke, Chuck Norris, Florence Henderson, Phil Donahue, Phil McGraw, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Dick Clark, Casey Kasem, Hugh Downs, Joy Behar, Peter Marshall, Joan Collins, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mickey Rooney and Barbara Walters. |
| 20 | Upon her death, her body was cremated at the Garden State Crematory in Union City, New Jersey, and her ashes are in possession of her daughter Melissa. |
| 21 | Joan Rivers passed away on September 4, 2014, at age 81. This was a month, after her longtime friend Lauren Bacall had passed away. |
| 22 | On August 28, 2014, she was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital after experiencing complications during throat surgery being performed at a New York City Clinic. |
| 23 | She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7030 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 26, 1989. |
| 24 | Most recently lived in Malibu, California with her daughter, Melissa Rivers, and her grandson, Edgar Cooper Endicott. |
| 25 | (June 30, 2004) Announced that she and her daughter, Melissa Rivers, were leaving E! Entertainment to fashion-bash red-carpet-wise over at the TV Guide Channel. They had been with E! Entertainment since 1996. |
| 26 | Performed stand-up comedy, prior to hopeful Broadway run, at Club Fez in Manhattan. [June 2002] |
| 27 | Used to maintain a residence in Litchfield County, Connecticut adjacent to the former Bill Blass estate. |
| 28 | Was a Republican. |
| 29 | Her publicist was Judy Katz. |
| 30 | Grandmother of Edgar Cooper Endicott. |
| 31 | Early in her career, she was a writer for Candid Camera (1953). |
| 32 | Her parents, Beatrice (Grushman) and Meyer Molinsky, were Russian Jewish immigrants. |
| 33 | Her father, Meyer C. Molinsky, was a doctor. |
| 34 | An accomplished author, she has written several candid autobiographies, including "Enter Talking" and "Still Talking". Author of self-help books, including "Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything... and I Mean Everything... and You Can Too!" and "Don't Count the Candles: Just Keep the Fire Lit!". Author of several comedy books, including "Having a Baby Can Be a Scream" and "The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz". |
| 35 | Early 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. |
| 36 | She was an advocate of plastic surgery for older women saying that if a woman can afford it, it is worth it for her self-esteem. |
| 37 | 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 received Botox and collagen injections every four months from New York City dermatologist Patricia Wexler. |
| 38 | She had her nose thinned in 1983. |
| 39 | She had her first cosmetic surgery procedure (an eye-lift) in 1965 at age 32. |
| 40 | She was a Phi Beta Kappa Sorority key holder from Barnard College, where she studied anthropology. |
| 41 | Started performing as a stand-up comedienne using the stage name Pepper January. |
| 42 | Was a vegetarian. |
| 43 | 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". |
| 44 | Was one of the final guests to appear on The Wayne Brady Show (2002). |
| 45 | She won a Daytime Emmy Award 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. |
| 46 | About 1982, she was appointed the first permanent guest hostess on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). She infuriated Johnny Carson when she left to host her own show, The Late Show (1986) on rival Fox network. Johnny Carson never spoke to her again. |
| 47 | Hosted a daily talk show on WOR-AM radio in New York City from 1997 until 2002, syndicated to about 50 stations. |
| 48 | Was the national spokesperson for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. |
| 49 | Said the most difficult celebrity she ever interviewed was Tommy Lee Jones, whom she thought was rude. |
| 50 | Collected Faberge eggs. |
| 51 | After graduating from college and before getting into show business, she was briefly a shoe buyer for Lord & Taylor, a department store in New York City. |
| 52 | Received her Bachelor's degree in English literature and anthropology from Barnard College in New York City (1954). |
| 53 | Attended Connecticut College for Women in New London, Conneticut. |
| 54 | Attended Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. |
| 55 | Mother of Melissa Rivers. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Bed with Joan | 2013 | TV Series | |
| Joan Rivers: Reality TV | 2013 | TV Movie written by | |
| Joan Rivers: Ugly Children | 2013 | TV Movie written by | |
| Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me | 2012 | TV Special material | |
| Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug | 2006 | TV Movie | |
| The Joan Rivers Position | 2004-2006 | TV Series 18 episodes | |
| Joan Rivers' Straight Talk | 2006 | TV Movie | |
| CMT: 40 Greatest Done Me Wrong Songs | 2004 | TV Special | |
| Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | 1997 | TV Series additional material - 1 episode | |
| The Joan Rivers Show | 1989-1993 | TV Series 27 episodes | |
| The Late Show | 1986-1987 | TV Series writer - 11 episodes | |
| Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | 1985 | TV Movie screenplay / writing supervisor | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1983 | TV Series guest writer - 1 episode | |
| Husbands, Wives & Lovers | 1978 | TV Series creator - 10 episodes | |
| Rabbit Test | 1978 | written by | |
| Husbands and Wives | 1977 | TV Movie written by | |
| The Girl Most Likely to... | 1973 | TV Movie story / teleplay | |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1965 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Candid Camera | 1960 | TV Series 4 episodes |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? | 2014 | Video | Grandma Doyle |
| Iron Man Three | 2013 | Joan Rivers | |
| Hot in Cleveland | 2012 | TV Series | Anka |
| The Simpsons | 2011 | TV Series | Annie Dubinsky |
| The Smurfs | 2011 | Party Guest | |
| Louie | 2011 | TV Series | Joan Rivers |
| Arthur | 2008-2010 | TV Series | Bubbe Camel |
| The Hipsters | 2009 | Floressa Malone | |
| Spaceballs: The Animated Series | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Dot Matrix |
| Less Than Perfect | 2005 | TV Series | Louise |
| Dave the Barbarian | 2004 | TV Series | Queen Zonthara |
| First Daughter | 2004 | Joan Rivers | |
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | Joan Rivers (voice) | |
| I'm with Her | 2004 | TV Series | Joan Rivers |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | 2002 | TV Series | Joan Rivers |
| Hip! Edgy! Quirky! | 2002 | Floressa | |
| Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | 2000 | Spike (voice) | |
| Intern | 2000 | Dolly Bellows | |
| KnitWits Revisited | 1999 | TV Movie | Becky |
| Goosed | 1999 | Mom Blanche | |
| Suddenly Susan | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Edie |
| KnitWits | 1997 | Short | Becky |
| Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | 1997 | TV Series | Joan |
| Napoleon | 1995 | Mother Penguin (English version, voice) | |
| Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story | 1994 | TV Movie | Joan Rivers |
| Serial Mom | 1994 | Joan Rivers | |
| Lady Boss | 1992 | TV Movie | Bibi Grant |
| How to Murder a Millionaire | 1990 | TV Movie | Irma |
| Look Who's Talking | 1989 | Julie (voice, uncredited) | |
| Sesame Street | 1989 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Spaceballs | 1987 | Dot Matrix (voice) | |
| Les Patterson Saves the World | 1987 | President Rivers (uncredited) | |
| Shalom Sesame | 1987 | TV Series | Special Guest (1992) |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | 1984 | Perfume Saleswoman | |
| The Love Boat | 1983 | TV Series | Allison Newman |
| Rabbit Test | 1978 | Second Nurse | |
| Needles and Pins | 1973 | TV Series | |
| Here's Lucy | 1973 | TV Series | Joan Reynolds |
| The Swimmer | 1968 | Joan | |
| Another World | 1964 | TV Series | Meredith Dunston (1997) |
| Mister Universe | 1951 | Teenage Girl in Audience (uncredited) |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? | 2011-2013 | TV Series co-executive producer - 26 episodes | |
| Why We Laugh: Funny Women | 2013 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
| In Bed with Joan | 2013 | TV Series executive producer | |
| Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me | 2012 | TV Special executive producer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Test | 1978 |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store | 2015 | TV Special dedicatee | |
| The Apprentice | 2015 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode | |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2014 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode | |
| Saturday Night Live | 2014 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode | |
| Ryan & Ruby | 2014 | TV Series short very special thanks - 1 episode | |
| Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me | 2012 | TV Special special thanks | |
| Tower Heist | 2011 | special thanks | |
| Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | 2010 | Documentary special thanks - as Ms. Joan Rivers | |
| Spaceballs: The Documentary | 2005 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| John Candy: Comic Spirit | 2005 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Welcome to Hollywood | 1998 | special thanks | |
| 25 B.C.: The Best of 25 Years of Billy Connolly | 1992 | Video thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Day L.A. | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Movie Game | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Irv Kupcinet Show | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| Project Runway | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Judge |
| You're Putting Me On | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| Show People with Paul Wontorek | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Joan Rivers Show | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| Howard Stern on Demand | 2006-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Personality | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| Katie | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Operation: Entertainment | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2009-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Frost on Sunday | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| Joan Rivers: Reality TV | 2013 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pioneers of Television | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| The Match Game | 1965-1968 | TV Series | Herself - Team Captain |
| Joan Rivers: Ugly Children | 2013 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Girl Talk | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Xtra Factor | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Actress & Comedienne |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1966 | TV Series | Herself - Comedienne |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2007-2012 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show | 1966 | TV Series | Herself - Comedienne |
| Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me | 2012 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Jack Paar Program | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
| Anderson Live | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Once Upon a Coffee House | 1965 | Herself (as Jim, Jake and Joan) | |
| This Morning | 1989-2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Candid Camera | 1965 | TV Series | Herself / Bait |
| Larry King Now | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Today | 1985-2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Drop Dead Diva | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Colbert Report | 2010-2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2001-2012 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Hot in Cleveland | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Chew | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Daily Buzz | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Rachael Ray | 2009-2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Good Morning America | 1978-2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tori & Dean: Inn Love | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tower Heist | 2011 | Herself (uncredited) | |
| My Favourite Joke | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Chelsea Flower Show | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Growing Up Barnard | 2011 | Short | Herself |
| Lopez Tonight | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2007-2011 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Presenter |
| TMI with Joan Rivers | 2011 | Video short | Herself |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 2010 | TV Movie | Herself |
| 30 Years of 'An Audience With...' | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Charlie Rose | 1997-2010 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Larry King Live | 2004-2010 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself / Herself - Guest Host |
| How'd You Get So Rich? | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | 2010 | Herself (uncredited) | |
| The Battle for Late Night | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Nip/Tuck | 2004-2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | 2010 | Documentary | Herself |
| Piers Morgan On... | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| What's the Name of the Dame? | 2009 | Documentary | Herself |
| Celebrity Ghost Stories | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Roastee |
| Z Rock | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Söndagsparty med Filip och Fredrik | 2009 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Just for Laughs | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself - Comedienne |
| 11th Annual the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: George Carlin | 2008 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Cho Show | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Every Little Step | 2008 | Documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | 2005-2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Celebrity Family Feud | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Loose Women | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 6th Annual TV Land Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Herself |
| Martha | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Shrink Rap | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Shootout | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Jack Dee Live at the Apollo | 2004-2007 | TV Series | Herself - Host / Herself |
| The Royal Variety Performance 2007 | 2007 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Parkinson | 2004-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | 2007 | Documentary | Herself |
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | 2006-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Making Trouble | 2007 | Documentary | Herself |
| The BAFTA TV Awards 2007 | 2007 | TV Movie | Herself |
| 100 Greatest Stand-Ups | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Academy Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Grammy Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| Golden Globes Fashion Wrap with Joan and Melissa | 2007 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Golden Globe Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Joan Rivers Position | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Herself - Presenter |
| Boston Legal | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Joan Rivers' Straight Talk | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself - Hostess |
| The Story of Light Entertainment | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Emmy Awards Fashion Wrap with Joan and Melissa | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Emmys | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself - Hostess |
| The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
| Tom Green's House Tonight | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Academy Awards Fashion Wrap with Joan and Melissa | 2006 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Academy Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| The Tony Danza Show | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| An Audience with Joan Rivers | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 50 Greatest Comedy Films | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Golden Globes | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Grammys | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| Joan Rivers: (Still A) Live at the London Palladium | 2005 | Video | Herself |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the CMA Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| A Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show | 2005 | Video | Herself |
| 50 Questions of Political Incorrectness | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Favouritism | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Spaceballs: The Documentary | 2005 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| John Candy: Comic Spirit | 2005 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles | 2005 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Distinguished Artists | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Late Late Show | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Joan & Melissa: Live at the Academy Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| Good Day Live | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1995-2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Nigella | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Comedians' Comedian | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Howard Stern | 1994-2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| CMT: 40 Greatest Done Me Wrong Songs | 2004 | TV Special | Herself - Hostess |
| Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Best of 'So Graham Norton' | 2004 | Video | Herself |
| The Graham Norton Effect | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| ALF's Hit Talk Show | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hollywood Squares | 1999-2004 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
| Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute | 2004 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Just for Laughs | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 1996-2004 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
| Film '72 | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| I'm with Her | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| NY Graham Norton | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 100 Greatest Musicals | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| 100 Greatest Sexy Moments | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Wayne Brady Show | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| When I Was a Girl | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| Heroes of Jewish Comedy | 2003 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| 100 Years of Hope and Humor | 2003 | TV Special | Herself |
| I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| Cleavage | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| V Graham Norton | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The South Bank Show | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Biography | 1993-2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| E! News Live | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
| Just for Laughs | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Hollywood Greats | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Stars: An Oscar's Party | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Heroes of Black Comedy | 2002 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' | 2002 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Human Face | 2001 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | 2000-2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| So Graham Norton | 2000 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Talk Show Story | 2000 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Intimate Portrait | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Heroes of Comedy | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Howard Stern Radio Show | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
| Linehan | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Hollywood Fashion Machine | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Noel's House Party | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Most Unlikely Heroes | 1996 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Royal Variety Performance | 1996 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Daily Show | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
| Shopping for Fitness | 1996 | Video | Herself |
| The Beatles: All Together Now | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Clive Anderson Talks Back | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| Can We Shop? | 1995 | TV Series | Host |
| The 48th Annual Tony Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
| The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Barbara Walters | 1994 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Des O'Connor Tonight | 1994 | TV Series | Herself |
| Public Enemy #2 | 1993 | Herself | |
| The Joan Rivers Show | 1989-1993 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| The Howard Stern Interview | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
| Alistair Cooke Salute | 1992 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Howard Stern Show | 1990-1992 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tonight with Jonathan Ross | 1991 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind | 1991 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| CBS This Morning | 1989-1991 | TV Series | Herself |
| Square One Television | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Full Wax | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
| Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The 44th Annual Tony Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Scenic, Costume & Lighting Design |
| Night of 100 Stars III | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Comic Relief IV | 1990 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Donahue | 1978-1990 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Geraldo Rivera Show | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
| 227 | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
| The World of Jewish Humor | 1990 | Documentary | Herself |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1989 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Byron Allen Show | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| The New Hollywood Squares | 1987-1989 | TV Series | Herself - Center Square / Herself - Panelist |
| Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse | 1988 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Offshore Television | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The Dame Edna Experience | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hour Magazine | 1981-1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Late Show | 1986-1987 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| Aspel & Company | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series |
| Love, Sweat and Tears | 2016 | Documentary | Herself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
| Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing | 2016 | Documentary | Herself |
| NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The Apprentice | 2009-2015 | TV Series | Herself - Comedienne / Herself - Boardroom Advisor / Herself / ... |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1965-1986 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Hostess / Herself / Herself - Guest / ... |
| Where the Sun Kisses the Ocean | 2014 | Documentary | Herself |
| Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? | 1986 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| Choccywoccydoodah | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| WrestleMania 2 | 1986 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special | 1986 | TV Special | Herself |
| Fashion Police | 2002-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
| Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | 1985 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Inside Edition | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself - Author, Diary of a Mad Diva |
| America | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Bob Monkhouse Show | 1983-1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| Women Aren't Funny | 2014 | Herself | |
| Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas | 1984 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The International Fashion Film Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself |
| Johnny Carson Presents the Tonight Show Comedians | 1984 | TV Movie | Herself |
| E! News | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| An Audience with Joan Rivers | 1984 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 26th Annual Grammy Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Talk | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Live... And in Person | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| In Bed with Joan | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Herself - Host & Presenter: Outstanding Limited Series |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2002-2014 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| On Stage America | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| HuffPost Live Conversations | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Saturday Night Live | 1983 | TV Series | Herself - Host / Various |
| The View | 2003-2014 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Phone Interview / Herself - Co-Host |
| The Barbara Walters Summer Special | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
| Howard Stern Birthday Bash | 2014 | Video | Herself |
| The Regis Philbin Show | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
| Last Comic Standing | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Lynn's Mentor |
| Uncle Scam | 1981 | Herself | |
| Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Lily: Sold Out | 1981 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2010-2014 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest / Herself - Co-Host |
| Circus of the Stars #5 | 1980 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Performer |
| The Dr. Oz Show | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1970-1980 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
| Watch What Happens: Live | 2010-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
| The 3th Annual People's Command Performance | 1979 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Extra | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bonkers! | 1979 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee | 1978 | TV Special | Herself - Interview |
| Unsung Hollywood | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1966-1978 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Comedienne / Herself - Co-Hot / ... |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 1999-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| America 2-Night | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Story of the Swimmer | 2014 | Video documentary | Herself |
| ABC Presents Tomorrow's Stars | 1978 | TV Movie | Herself - Comedienne |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2014 | TV Series | Herself (segment "Watters' World") |
| The Joe Franklin Show | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
| Matzav Ha'Uma | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bernard Manning in Las Vegas | 1978 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Access Hollywood Live | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jim Nabors Show | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
| Greatest Stand Up Comedians | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - 23rd Place |
| Happy Birthday, Las Vegas | 1977 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Trend on Zappos | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Dinah! | 1974-1976 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Broadway.com Show | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Second Annual Comedy Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Herself |
| Heller Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Magnificent Marble Machine | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
| Romancing the Joan | 2013 | TV Series | Joan Rivers |
| Sammy and Company | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
| Fashion News Live | 2005-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Carol Burnett Show | 1970-1975 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Kris | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1974 | TV Series | Herself - Comedienne |
| The Jeselnik Offensive | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Shape of Things | 1973 | TV Special | |
| Deal with It | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Flip | 1971-1973 | TV Series | Herself |
| 2013 Do Something Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Helen Reddy Show | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
| Celebrity Wife Swap | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The $10,000 Pyramid | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
| Celebrity Style Story | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Stand Up and Cheer | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Soup | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. | 1972 | TV Series | Herself |
| Access Hollywood | 2008-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1972 | TV Series | Herself |
| Live from E! | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1968-1972 | TV Series | Herself |
| American Masters | 2012-2013 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1971 | TV Series | Semi-Regular |
| Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's | 2013 | Documentary | Herself |
| Can You Top This | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You | 2013 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Pearl Bailey Show | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| Steve Harvey | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jim Nabors Hour | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| Why We Laugh: Funny Women | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Concentration | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Doctors | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1966-1970 | TV Series | Herself - Comedienne / Herself - Singer |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2010-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Eighties | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - The Late Show |
| The Drunken Peasants | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - In Memoriam |
| 20 Moments That Rocked Comedy | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2008-2015 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - 'Pinhead' (segment "Pinheads & Patriots") |
| Inside Edition | 2014-2015 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Dr. Oz Show | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Wogan: The Best Of | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
| The Apprentice | 2012-2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - In Memoriam |
| Genesis: Together and Apart | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Irrefutable Proof That Alex Jones Is Bill Hicks | 2014 | Video documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
| E! News | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Fashion Police | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
| The View | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pioneers of Television | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| WWE Raw | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Geraldo at Large | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Insider | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| On the Record w/ Brit Hume | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Media Buzz | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - episode of The Ed Sullivan Show |
| The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Chelsea Lately | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Host of 'Fashion Police' |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Vanilla Ice Archive | 2012 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling | 2012 | Documentary | Herself |
| Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials 2012 | 2012 | TV Movie | Go Daddy Girl |
| Bob Ross: The Happy Painter | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| My Favourite Joke | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Undefeated | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
| Give It Up for Greg Giraldo | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Miss Representation | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Working with Lucy: A Conversation with James E. Brodhead | 2010 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Live from Studio Five | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jay Leno Show | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| VH1 News Presents: Plastic Surgery Obsession | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| 2009 World Series of Poker | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| CNN Presents | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Queens of Disco | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Best of the Royal Variety | 2006 | TV Series | |
| 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time | 2004 | TV Mini-Series | Herself #44 |
| 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops | 2004 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The Award Show Awards Show | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The Unforgettable Kenneth Williams | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Heroes of Comedy | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Frontline | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Man of the Year | 1995 | Herself (uncredited) | |
| 50 Years of Funny Females | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| One Nation Under God | 1993 | Documentary | Herself |
| 25 B.C.: The Best of 25 Years of Billy Connolly | 1992 | Video | Herself |
| The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Our World | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| Captain Kangaroo and His Friends | 1985 | Video | Herself |
| The Great Standups | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1984 | TV Series | Perfume Saleswoman |
| Johnny Carson's 21st Anniversary | 1983 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Johnny Carson's 18th Anniversary Special | 1980 | TV Movie | Herself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Spoken Word Album | For the album "Diary of a Mad Diva" (Won posthumously). |
| 2011 | EDA Female Focus Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Perseverance Award | |
| 1990 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host | The Joan Rivers Show (1989) |
| 1989 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | At 7030 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1984 | Woman of the Year | Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA | ||
| 1983 | Sour Apple | Golden Apple Awards |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Cameo | Iron Man Three (2013) |
| 2014 | WIN Award | Women's Image Network Awards | Actress Comedy Series | Fashion Police (2002) |
| 2011 | WIN Award | Women's Image Network Awards | Actress Comedy Series | Fashion Police (2002) |
| 2010 | Maverick Movie Award | Maverick Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actress: Feature | The Hipsters (2009) |
| 2009 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Arthur (1996) |
| 1993 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Joan Rivers Show (1989) |
| 1993 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Writing - Special Class | The Joan Rivers Show (1989) |
| 1992 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host | The Joan Rivers Show (1989) |
| 1992 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Writing - Special Class | The Joan Rivers Show (1989) |
| 1991 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host | The Joan Rivers Show (1989) |
| 1991 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Writing | The Joan Rivers Show (1989) |
| 1978 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!) | Rabbit Test (1978) |
Known for movies
Fashion Police (2002-2014)
as Herself - Host
The Joan Rivers Show (1989-1993)
as Writer
The Joan Rivers Show (1968-1969)
as Herself - Hostess
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965-1986)
as Writer