Arguably no female comedian since Lucille Ball had a greater impact on popular culture than Joan Rivers. Unlike Ball, who got her start in movies, Rivers made her initial impact in nightclubs in the 1950s and ‘60s, when the stand-up scene was almost entirely off-limits to women. She would end up fighting against institutional sexism in the comedy world for the rest of her career and challenge convention by being intentionally outrageous and tackling taboo subjects. Rivers appeared frequently on the landmark US comedy programme The Tonight Show until Johnny Carson banned her for launching her own late-night comedy show – the first ever hosted by a woman – on the rival Fox network. She continued touring, as well as anchoring the TV network E’s red carpet coverage, until nearly the end – and the new Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon finally welcomed her back to the programme on 17 February. She died on 4 September aged 81, after complications from surgery.
基本介紹
作品
- 1968: Der Schwimmer (The Swimmer)
- 1978: Ja, lüg’ ich denn? (Rabbit Test, auch Regie)
- 1984: Die Muppets erobern Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan)
- 1987: Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs (Spaceballs, Stimme)
- 1989: Kuck mal, wer da spricht! (Look Who’s Talking, Stimme)
- 1990: Wie killt man eine Millionärin? (How to Murder a Millionaire)
- 1994: Serial Mom – Warum läßt Mama das Morden nicht? (Serial Mom)
- 1999: Märchenprinz verzweifelt gesucht (Goosed)
- 2000: Intrigen – erotisch und gefährlich (The Intern)
- 2004: Shrek 2 – Der tollkühne Held kehrt zurück (Shrek 2, Stimme)