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Comedian
TV Host CEO and Founder, Joan Rivers Worldwide
Profile
A legendary entertainer and an icon of American culture, Joan Rivers has had a remarkable life that defies categorization. She is an Emmy Award-winning talk show host, Tony-nominated actress, comedian, writer, director, bestselling author and savvy business woman who has overcome great odds to reinvent herself and her career time and time again.
As a speaker, Rivers gives audiences a frank, touching and hilarious look at her life and the challenges she has met along the way. She demonstrates the same unflinching self-awareness and commitment that has carried her through 35 years in show business, from her great successes to
her most terrifying moments.
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In 1987 shortly after her Fox talk show, The Late Show with Joan Rivers, was canceled, Rivers’ husband of 22 years, producer Edgar Rosenberg, committed suicide, leaving her numb with grief, debt-ridden and at the mercy of an industry that seemed content to pass her by.
Undaunted, Rivers slowly began to rebuild both her professional and personal lives. The author of 8 books, she wrote the New York Times bestsellers Enter Talking and Still Talking; premiered Can We Shop?; wrote and starred in three Broadway plays; and founded her own line of jewelry, “Joan Rivers Classic Collections.” Her most recent book, Don’t Count the Candles, shows women how to be the best they can be and stay youthful, healthy and mellow at any age.
From 1994 to 2004, Rivers, with daughter Melissa, hosted Joan and Melissa: On the Red Carpet, interviewing Hollywood stars before the Golden Globes, Emmys, Grammys and Academy Awards. The shows enjoyed record ratings, making last year’s pre-Oscar telecast the highest rated
program in E! network history. In June 2004 Rivers announced that she and Melissa were moving to the TV Guide Channel where
they will continue their popular red carpet
commentary.
In her special program, “From the Red Carpet,” Rivers gives audiences an inside look at the best and worst seen fashions from Hollywood’s biggest nights. A natural for fundraising events, this entertaining presentation includes photographs and stories, as well as family anecdotes, and can even be done with Melissa.
Rivers performs her trademark stand-up comedy act in front of sold-out audiences in the U.S. and abroad, appears regularly on television, and is now in full control of a thriving international enterprise, Joan Rivers Worldwide, which produces some of QVC’s most successful brands.
At an age when many entertainers are rendered irrelevant by trends or the scrutiny of the tabloid press, Rivers continues to beat the odds and is enjoying more success than ever, recently launching her own television series in England.