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Comedienne Joan Rivers started life as Joan Melinsky, a doctor's daughter from Larchmount, N
Comedienne Joan Rivers started life as Joan Melinsky, a doctor's daughter from Larchmount, N

Comedienne Joan Rivers started life as Joan Melinsky, a doctor's daughter from Larchmount, N

Date3/7/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Comedienne Joan Rivers started life as Joan Melinsky, a doctor's daughter from Larchmount, N.Y., who wasn't just a bit fat - she was fat fat. And it was the memory of a cruel putdown from a blind date at college that spurred her to writer The Girl Most Likely To, the movie, that tells of a former fat girl's revenge on the men who had taunted her.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0076388F