Joy Behar | |
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.jpg) Behar in 2010 | |
| Born | Josephine Victoria Occhiuto October 7, 1942 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Queens College (BA) Stony Brook University (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, television host, actress |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Known for | The View co-host (1997–2013, 2015–present) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Joe Behar
(m. 1965; div. 1981)Steve Janowitz (m. 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar[1] (/ˈbeɪhɑːr/; née Occhiuto; born October 7, 1942) is an American comedian, television host, and actress. She co-hosts the ABC talk show The View, on which she has appeared since the beginning of the series. For her work on The View, Behar won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009. She hosted The Joy Behar Show on HLN from 2009 to 2011[2][3] and Joy Behar: Say Anything! on Current TV, from 2012[4] until the channel switched formats in August 2013. Behar's latest weekly late-night talk show, Late Night Joy, aired on TLC in 2015. She also wrote The Great Gasbag: An A–Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World.
- ^ "Stand Up; Sit Down; Talk, Talk, Talk". The New York Times. July 11, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (June 11, 2009). "Joy Behar Gets a TV Show All Her Own". People. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- ^ Ariens, Chris. Joy Behar's HLN Show Canceled, TVNewser, November 17, 2011.
- ^ 'Joy Behar: Say Anything' to premiere Sept. 4 Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.