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Joan Rivers

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Joan Rivers was an American comedian and television show host born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. Rivers first rose to fame as a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1965. She went on to host shows such as The Late Show, The Joan Rivers Show, Fashion Police, and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? Movies that she appeared in include The Swimmer, Serial Mom, Les Patterson Saves The World, and The Intern. In 1989, she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Rivers also won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 1990. She was married to James Sanger in 1955 and to producer Edgar Rosenberg from 1965 to 1987. Her daughter is television show host Melissa Rivers. In 2014, Rivers died in Manhattan, New York at the age of 81.

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23 Jun, 1992

Daytime Emmy nominations

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Rivers is a Daytime Emmy nominee for Outstanding Writing-Special Class for The Joan Rivers Show and for Outstanding Talk Show Host for The Joan Rivers Show.

28 Jan, 1990

Wins Daytime Emmy

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Rivers wins Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host for The Joan Rivers Show.

I didn’t think I was going to win. So I had no speech prepared.

Joan Rivers 1990 Daytime Emmy Award Win

26 Jul, 1989

Hollywood Walk of Fame

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indexRivers accepts a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in the 7000 block on Hollywood Boulevard. The official conducting the ceremony mistakenly calls Rivers ‘Joan Collins’:

Both Joan Collins and I are thrilled about this.