Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer.
23 Facts About Joy Behar
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Joy Behar's mother, Rose, was a seamstress, and her father, Gino Occhiuto, was a truck driver for Coca-Cola.
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Joy Behar earned a BA in sociology from Queens College in 1964 and an MA in English education from Stony Brook University in 1966.
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Joy Behar started her career in show business in the early 1980s as a receptionist and later a producer on Good Morning America.
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Joy Behar was a stand-up comedian and made appearances on ABC's Good Morning America and The New Show, a short-lived Lorne Michaels NBC project.
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Joy Behar hosted the show Live from Queens; was a regular on NBC's Baby Boom; and continued to work the comedy club circuit.
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Joy Behar had minor film roles including Cookie, This Is My Life, and Manhattan Murder Mystery.
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Joy Behar made appearances on HBO comedy specials One Night Stand and Women of the Night 2.
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In 1997, Joy Behar became one of the original panelists of the ABC daytime talk show The View, which was co-created by Barbara Walters.
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Joy Behar originally appeared only on the days when Walters was off, but she ultimately became a permanent co-host.
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On March 7,2013, it was announced that Joy Behar would be leaving the show at the end of that season.
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Joy Behar's last show was on August 9,2013 in which the program staged a This Is Your Life-style tribute to Behar.
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The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger later stated that Joy Behar has directly apologized to Pence.
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Joy Behar did not leave The View but worked on both shows simultaneously.
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The final broadcast of The Joy Behar Show aired on December 15,2011.
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Each episode features Joy Behar having intimate chats with friends in her New York City apartment.
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Joy Behar has performed in theatrical plays, including The Food Chain, The Vagina Monologues, and Love, Loss and What I Wore.
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Joy Behar appeared on the eighth season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown and finished in fourth place, behind Robin Tunney, Christopher Meloni and Macy Gray, but ahead of Andy Dick.
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On October 27,2017, Joy Behar appeared as a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher.
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Joy Behar portrayed the role of Dr Lucy in the 2011 comedy film Hall Pass.
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Joy Behar recurred in Woody Allen's Amazon series, Crisis in Six Scenes.
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Joy Behar began to date Steve Janowitz in 1982; they married in 2011.
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Joy Behar owns a home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.