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Joy Behar
Behar attending the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, March 13, 2010
Born
Josephina Victoria Occhiuto

(1942-10-07) October 7, 1942 (age 81)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress
Comedian
Writer
Co-host on The View
Host on The Joy Behar Show
Years active1984–present
Spouse(s)Joe Behar
(m.1965–1981; divorced)
Steve Janowitz
(m. 2011–present)

Joy Behar (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈbeɪhɑːr/; born Josephina Victoria Occhiuto; October 7, 1942)[1] is an American comedian, writer, actress and a co-host on the ABC talk show The View. She hosted The Joy Behar Show on HLN from 2009 to 2011.[2][3] Her new show on Current TV, Joy Behar: Say Anything! debuted in 2012.[4]

Early life

Behar was born Josephina Victoria Occhiuto, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, to a Catholic family of Italian descent. Her mother, Rose (née Carbone), was a seamstress, and her father, Gino Occhiuto, was a truck driver for Coca-Cola.[5][6] From January 1965 to 1981, she was married to Joe Behar, a college professor, and they had a daughter, Eve Behar, who was born on November 26, 1970.[7][8]

Behar earned a BA in sociology from Queens College in 1964 and a MA in English education from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1966. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, she taught English at Lindenhurst Senior High School in Lindenhurst, New York.[9][10]

Career

The early years and The View

Behar started her career in show business in the early 1980s as a stand up comedian, including appearances on ABC's Good Morning America, and The New Show, a short lived Lorne Michaels NBC project. In 1987 she had a talk show on Lifetime Television called Way Off Broadway. From there she continued to work the comedy club circuit, was a regular on NBC's Baby Boom, and had minor film roles including Cookie, This Is My Life, and Manhattan Murder Mystery. She also was a WABC radio talk show host, and made appearances on HBO Comedy Specials One Night Stand and Women Of The Night 2.

In 1997, Behar became one of the original cast members of Barbara Walters's ABC television creation, The View. Originally, Behar appeared only on the days when Walters was away from the show; ultimately, Behar became a regular co-host, with the panel expanding to five when Walters rejoined. Behar often hosts a segment called "Joy's Comedy Corner" in which she presents up-and-coming comedians.

Star Jones, former co-host on The View, and Behar had well-publicized disputes. On March 27, 2006, Star Jones called in to the show to discuss a recent operation that she had undergone. After talking with the show's co-hosts, Behar abruptly stated to Jones, "OK, Star. That's enough about you. On to us. Bye. Keep your tits perky!"[11] Jones then responded, "Even today, you [Behar] are still a bitch."[11][12]

In August 2009, Behar and her co-hosts, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, and Barbara Walters, won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host following over a decade of nominations for the show.[13]

The Joy Behar Show

Beginning in 2007, she has occasionally filled in as a guest host on Larry King Live. On June 11, 2009, Behar announced that she would be hosting her own news/talk program on CNN's HLN beginning in the fall of 2009, titled The Joy Behar Show. She did not leave The View, but worked on both shows simultaneously.[2] Despite reportedly being the network's second highest-rated show, HLN decided to cancel the talk show after only two years.[14] The final broadcast of the The Joy Behar Show aired on December 15, 2011.[15]

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

In June 2012, it was formally announced[16] that Behar would be getting another talk show, Joy Behar: Say Anything!,[4] premiering September 4, 2012[4] on the Current TV network. Its content is expected to be in line with her previous HLN series.[17] Before the new show's launch, Behar began acting as fill-in host for Eliot Spitzer's Current TV talk show, Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer, starting on July 18, 2012.[18]

Other work

Behar has also made theater appearances in The Food Chain and The Vagina Monologues. Behar wrote a book of humorous essays and stories called Joy Shtick – Or What is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments?, published in 1999. She has also written a children's book called Sheetzucacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog, published in 2006.

Behar frequently incorporates her Italian-American culture into her comedy and once told Charlie Rose on his PBS program that her grandmother kept a picture of Mussolini in her home.

She 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. She played for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

Behar played the part of "Dr. Lucy" in the 2011 comedy film Hall Pass.[19]

Personal life

Since July 12, 1982, Behar has been in a relationship with Steve Janowitz, to whom she referred as her "spousal equivalent".[20] On March 17, 2009, Behar announced on The View that she might eventually marry Janowitz,[21] but she called off the engagement three months later[22] because she wanted people to stop talking about it. On August 11, 2011, Behar and Janowitz married, but she chose to maintain her last name.[23] The couple resides in Manhattan, New York. On February 28, 2011, Behar became a grandmother when her daughter Eve had a son, Luca.[24] She has identified herself as agnostic [25]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

GLAAD Media Award

  • 2010 Excellence in Media Award

Daytime Emmy Award

  • 1998 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 1999 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2000 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2001 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2002 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2003 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2003 Award for Best Talk Show (The View)
  • 2004 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2005 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2006 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2007 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2008 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show (The View)
  • 2009 Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)
  • 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)

References

  1. ^ Behar turned 67 in October 2009, according to http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/7478
  2. ^ a b Joy Behar Gets a TV Show All Her Own – TV News, Joy Behar : People.com
  3. ^ Ariens, Chris. Joy Behar's HLN Show Canceled, TVNewser, November 17, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c 'Joy Behar: Say Anything' to premiere Sept. 4.
  5. ^ Smith, Dinitia (1992-11-09). "Joy Shtick". New York Magazine. New York Media: 50–51. ISSN0028-7369. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ Zukerman, Eugenia (2003). In My Mother's Closet: An Invitation to Remember. Sorin Books. pp. 192–193. ISBN 1-893732-47-9.
  7. ^ Righi, Len (November 10, 2008). "Joy Behar relishes her "View"". The Seattle Times (from The Morning Call). Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  8. ^ Joy Behar at IMDb
  9. ^ DELATINER, Barbara (September 3, 2000). "A Comic Who Now Feels at Home on Island". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  10. ^ "Joy Behar Bio". ABC. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Star, Joy Bleeped, Cut Off in On-Air Fight on 'View'"
  12. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rybqL5yxjGE "The View Joy Behar Star Jones"
  13. ^ "Bold wins at Daytime Emmy Awards", Los Angeles Times
  14. ^ "Joy Behar on Her Comeback Talk Show on Current TV". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  15. ^ "Joy Behar to Anchor New Primetime Show "The Joy Behar Show"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  16. ^ "Joy Behar To Host Show On Al Gore's Current TV". The Inquisitr. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  17. ^ "Joy Behar Joins Current TV". The Hollywood Reporteraccessdate=28 July 2012.
  18. ^ "Al Gore announces new Joy Behar show". USA Today. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  19. ^ "Hall Pass (2011) - Full cast and crew". IMDb. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  20. ^ "Talk show host Joy Behar weds boyfriend of 29 years". CNN. August 13, 2011.
  21. ^ Joy Behar May Marry Boyfriend People, March 17, 2009
  22. ^ Joy Behar Marriage Can Wait OK!, July 31, 2009
  23. ^ Shira, Dahvi (August 12, 2011). "Joy Behar Marries Steve Janowitz". People. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  24. ^ Behar becomes a grandmother
  25. ^ Joy Behar (1999), Joy Shtick – Or What is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments?, Hyperion, p. 178

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