Arc biography brief joan rivers

She became an instant hit, and her first syndicated talk show on daytime television, "That Show" with Joan Rivers , combined with appearances on Carson and The Ed Sullivan Show , made Rivers a household name. She was the youngest of two daughters, and her father was a doctor who had a great sense of humor. Rivers attended Barnard College, where she pursued her interest in performing.

She appeared in numerous campus productions during her time there. After graduation, however, Rivers abandoned her dreams of being an entertainer for a more practical career. She went to work as a buyer for a chain store and eventually fell in love with the owner's son. But this relationship didn't last—the couple split up six months after tying the knot.

Rivers returned to her passion for performing. Determined to succeed, she appeared in a number of small plays, including a role as a lesbian opposite an equally unknown Barbra Streisand.

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When it became apparent that acting was not her forte, she switched to comedy and spent the next seven years doing the rounds of New York's comedy clubs. Her years as a struggling performer in the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village gave Rivers the experience she needed, and her big break finally came along in A booking on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ignited her career, as she was an instant hit.

Before long, Rivers became a household name. Around this time, Rivers tried her hand with movie work. She had a small part in the film The Swimmer with Burt Lancaster. By , Rivers was headlining Las Vegas, had a Grammy Award-nominated comedy album and two best-selling books.