Joy Behar
Joy Behar | |
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Behar in 2010 | |
| Born | Josephine Victoria Occhiuto October 7, 1942 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Queens College (BA) Stony Brook University (MA) |
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| 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 (/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 and Joy Behar: Say Anything! on Current TV, from 2012 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.