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(Q240933)

English

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

  • Joan Alexandra Molinsky
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Joan Rivers 1987.jpg
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Joan Rivers 1.jpg
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signature
Joan-Rivers-Signature.svg
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birth name
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (English)
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family name
Rosenberg
start time
1965
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Rivers
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pseudonym
Joan Rivers
start time
1950s
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date of death
4 September 2014
6 references
reference URL
http://joanrivers.com/2014/09/04/from-melissa/
publication date
4 September 2014
author
Melissa Rivers
retrieved
4 September 2014
quotation
It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Rivers. She passed peacefully at 1:17pm surrounded by family and close friends. (English)
stated in
Integrated Authority File
GND ID
134020820
retrieved
15 October 2015
stated in
Internet Broadway Database
Internet Broadway Database person ID
6752
subject named as
Joan Rivers
retrieved
9 October 2017
stated in
Internet Broadway Database
Internet Broadway Database person ID
69422
subject named as
Joan Alexandra Molinsky
retrieved
9 October 2017
stated in
Find a Grave
Find a Grave memorial ID
135411896
subject named as
Joan Rivers
retrieved
9 October 2017
stated in
FemBio database
FemBio ID
23340
subject named as
Joan Rivers
retrieved
9 October 2017
place of death
Mount Sinai Hospital
1 reference
reference URL
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/05/showbiz/joan-rivers/
quotation
Rivers, 81, died in a New York hospital Thursday afternoon, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure, her daughter said. Rivers had been on life support at Manhattan's Mount Sinai hospital, where she was taken after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on August 28. (English)
father
Meyer C. Molinsky
1 reference
stated in
Joan Rivers, a Comic Stiletto Quick to Skewer, Is Dead at 81
quotation
Joan Alexandra Molinsky was born in Brooklyn on June 8, 1933, to Meyer and Beatrice Grushman Molinsky, immigrants from Russia. (English)
mother
Beatrice Grushman Molinsky
1 reference
stated in
Joan Rivers, a Comic Stiletto Quick to Skewer, Is Dead at 81
quotation
Joan Alexandra Molinsky was born in Brooklyn on June 8, 1933, to Meyer and Beatrice Grushman Molinsky, immigrants from Russia. (English)
sibling
Barbara Waxler
1 reference
reference URL
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mainlinemedianews/obituary.aspx?n=barbara-waxler&pid=165153015&fhid=18292
quotation
She is survived by her... sister, Joan Rosenberg. She was predeceased by her parents Dr. Meyer and Beatrice Molinsky (English)
spouse
Edgar Rosenberg
start time
1965
end time
14 August 1987
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James Sanger
start time
1955
end time
1955
2 references
stated in
Joan Rivers, a Comic Stiletto Quick to Skewer, Is Dead at 81
quotation
Her marriage to James Sanger, the son of the Bond stores’ merchandiser, was annulled after six months in the 1950s. (English)
stated in
Enter Talking
page(s)
67-71
imported from Wikimedia project
English Wikipedia
child
Melissa Rivers
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native language
English
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residence
Flatbush
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Larchmont
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member of political party
Republican Party
2 references
reference URL
http://web.archive.org/web/20021116053759/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/070402/comedy1.html
publication date
July 2012
quotation
M: One of the most surprising things to me is that you’re a Republican… JR: How can you not be? How can anyone not be? How can you live in a country when you can not say the Pledge of Allegiance anymore? (English)
reference URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSnM3t7giOg
quotation
Then, on January 28, 2014, during a conversation with Reza Farahan, she announced that she was in fact a Republican. (English)
religion or worldview
Judaism
member of
Temple Emanu-El
2 references
reference URL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/joan-rivers-judaism_n_5767934.html
quotation
As she pursued a career in acting and eventually found her way into comedy, her Jewish faith made its way into her humor. (English)
reference URL
http://www.newyorkjourney.com/attractions/temple-emanu-el.htm
quotation
Thousands travel to Temple Emanu-El every year to visit its museum and sanctuaries. Many wealthy and prominent New Yorkers are members of the congregation including Michael Bloomberg and Joan Rivers. (English)
medical condition
cardiac arrest
point in time
28 August 2014
1 reference
reference URL
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/05/showbiz/joan-rivers/
quotation
Rivers, 81, died in a New York hospital Thursday afternoon, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure, her daughter said.Rivers had been on life support at Manhattan's Mount Sinai hospital, where she was taken after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on August 28. (English)
social media followers
1,803,168
X user numeric ID
21414413
point in time
6 January 2021
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1,863,080
X user numeric ID
21414413
point in time
25 April 2020
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1,728,095
X user numeric ID
21414413
point in time
26 February 2022
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1,685,427
X user numeric ID
21414413
point in time
7 February 2023
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Identifiers

FAST ID
128039
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ACMI ID
creators/31558
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AlloCiné person ID
58194
0 references
Behind The Voice Actors person ID
Joan-Rivers
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Joan-Rivers/
title
Joan Rivers (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors (American English)
retrieved
17 August 2021
CineMagia person ID
93519
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Comic Vine ID
4005-34073
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4040-106607
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ČSFD person ID
24782
0 references
Decine21 person ID
27818
0 references
Elonet person ID
103904
0 references
Europeana entity
agent/base/62770
1 reference
retrieved
12 December 2019
Fandango person ID
571869
0 references
FemBio ID
23340
0 references
FilmTv.it person ID
9259
0 references
ISzDb person ID
4840
0 references
Kinobox person ID
829986
0 references
Kinopoisk person ID
16535
0 references
Last.fm ID
Joan+Rivers
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Listal ID
joan-rivers
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MYmovies person ID
166936
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Open Library ID
OL24519A
1 reference
reference URL
https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL24519A/Joan_Rivers
title
Joan Rivers | Open Library (English)
retrieved
17 July 2023
PORT person ID
112793
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Scope.dk person ID
32033
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SNAC ARK ID
w6q64qsx
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Songkick artist ID
403234
0 references
The Top Tens ID
800
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TMDB person ID
14670
0 references
WikiTree person ID
Molinsky-4
subject named as
Joan Alexandra Rivers (Molinsky) aka Sanger, Rosenberg (8 Jun 1933 - certain 4 Sep 2014)
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