Lenny Bruce, the saint of American outlaw comics, left this note for Joan Rivers after seeing her act at Upstairs at the Downstairs: § “You’re right and they’re wrong.” § The story, as ...

And through her failures, Joan Rivers found her comedic voice. "I had found the key," she wrote. "My comedy would flow from that poor, vulnerable schlepp, Joan Molinsky, the nerd I felt sorry for." ...

Comedienne, talk-show host, fashion critic, trailblazer: The riveting Rivers kept audiences laughing for more than 50 years Born Joan Molinsky in Brooklyn, New York, on June 8, 1933, Joan Rivers ...

Joan Molinsky was a girl who desperately wanted a husband. Joan Rivers, Bennetts argues, was a pioneer. “Fierce and indomitable, the ugly duckling was the one who helped to change the world,” ...

Everything to laugh with and cry about is in the soon-due book “Joan Rivers Confidential.” Subtitle: “The unseen scrapbooks, joke cards, personal files, and photos of a very funny woman who ...

Joan Rivers Funeral: Family and Friends, Including More Than 40 Celebrities, Mourn Comedy Legend The comedienne and host of E!'s Fashion Police died three days earlier, on Sept. 4, at age 81 ...

Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress Can she talk! Two parts candid conversation to one part groaner farce, veteran comedienne Joan Rivers, nee Joan Molinsky from Larchmont, N.Y ...

"I first met Joan Molinsky, that was her real name, when I was 17 years old and we were both in a off, off Broadway show called 'Driftwood.' She was a real character then and now.