Joan Rivers’ Life and Career in Pictures

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‘If I should die,’ said I to myself, ‘I have left no immortal work behind me - nothing to make my friends proud of my memory - but I have lov’d the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remember’d.’ - John Keats “Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.” - Kurt Vonnegut || 36. watcher of movies. taco lover extraordinaire. drinker of coffee. listener of music. I freelance writer for hire. working on a book about female directors for Rizzoli. | newsletter: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com | Letterboxd | All opinions are my own.

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“ Joan: Are you a friend of Biswangers?
Ned Merrill: They’re not even on our Christmas card list.
Joan: Then what are you?
Ned Merrill: I’m an explorer.
Joan: No, I mean, what are you doing here?
Ned Merrill: I’m swimming home.
Joan: You, uh, you... — **Joan:** Are you a friend of Biswangers?
**Ned Merrill:** They’re not even on our Christmas card list.
**Joan:** Then what are you?
**Ned Merrill:** I’m an explorer.
**Joan:** No, I mean, what are you doing here?
**Ned Merrill:** I’m swimming home.
**Joan:** You, uh, you married?
**Ned Merrill:** What’s that got to do with it?
**Joan:** Are you divorced? What?
**Ned Merrill:** Do you wanna come with me?
**Joan:** Where?
**Ned Merrill:** A long a river of sapphire pools.
**Joan:** I never heard anyone talk like you.
**Ned Merrill:** Come with me. Be my lover.
**Joan:** Oh. That I’ve heard before.
**Ned Merrill:** Not from me.
**Joan:** You’re no different than any other guy.
**Ned Merrill:** Oh, but I am. I’m a very special human being.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Swimmer, 1968 (dir. Frank Perry) | the diary of a film history fanatic

Source: cinema-fanatic.com film Burt Lancaster Joan Rivers The Swimmer Frank Perry John Cheever

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Joan Rivers on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1967 (x)

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HOW IN THE WORLD DID SHE TALK LIKE THIS BACK THEN AND END UP HOSTING A SHOW TEARING APART WHAT PEOPLE LOOK FOR A FRIGGING LIVING????

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SHOCKED when I got to the bottom and saw “Joan Rivers”

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You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Happy Birthday Joan Rivers (born June 8, 1933) — Happy Birthday **Joan Rivers** (born June 8, 1933)

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