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Profile of Joy Behar
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Joy Behar |
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7th October 1943 |
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Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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Joy Behar (born Josephina Victoria Occhiuto on October 7, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Italian-American comedienne and co-host of the talk show The View. Behar holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Queens College. She is a former NYC teacher with a Master of Arts degree in English Education from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
On the show Behar is best known for her humorous comments during the two segment of "Hot Topics." Behar often hosts a segment called "Joy's Comedy Corner," in which she presents up-and-coming comedians.
Behar provides a point of view from the left side of the political aisle. Behar is in favor of stem-cell research and gay marriage. She has expressed her opposition to the war in Iraq and her dislike of Medicare's coverage of Viagra prescriptions.
Behar has appeared in a number of films including Cookie, with Peter Falk, a guest appearance in The Stepford Wives, and This Is My Life, which was directed by Nora Ephron. She fulfilled a lifelong dream of acting in a movie with Woody Allen, in Manhattan Murder Mystery. Behar has also made successful 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.
In 2003, Behar became a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. She lost 23 pounds in 11 weeks on the program. She no longer is a spokeperson for the company.
Behar frequently brings up her Italian heritage and incorporates her Italian-American culture into her humor. She is mistakenly thought to be Jewish, although her first husband is Sephardic Jewish (by whom she has one daughter), but that marriage did not last. Behar hilariously referred to herself on one occasion as the "shiksa non grata" of his family. Behar's long-time boyfriend, Steve, is also Jewish.
She once carried that joke to an amusing extreme, as she reported a phone conversation she had: "No, I'm not Jewish. I'm not Jewish. I keep telling you, Ma, I'm not Jewish!"
(To students of humor, the above is an example of a "comedic triple").
For three years, Behar hosted a political radio show on WABC. Before her career as a comedienne, she was a teacher and a phone receptionist at Good Morning America.
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