Joy Behar Biography
Joy Behar is a comedian, television personality, actor, and writer from the United States. She is the only original panelist currently appearing on ABC’s daytime talk show The View, which she co-hosts. From 2009 to 2011, she hosted The Joy Behar Show on HLN, and from 2012 to August 2013, she presented Joy Behar: Say Anything! on Current TV. Late Night Joy, Behar’s most recent weekly late-night chat show, premiered on TLC in 2015. She’s also the author of The Great Gasbag: An A–Z Study Guide for Surviving the Trump Era.
How old is Joy Behar? – Age
She is 79 years old as of 7 October 2021. She joined the station in 1942 in Williamsburg, New York, United States. Her real name is Josephine Victoria “Joy” Behar.
Joy Behar Family
Behar was born into a Roman Catholic household of Italian origin as the only child. Rose (née Carbone), her mother, was a seamstress, and Gino Occhiuto, her father, was a Coca-Cola truck driver. Behar graduated from Queens College with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1964 and a master’s degree in English education from Stony Brook University in 1966. She taught English at Lindenhurst Senior High School in Lindenhurst, New York, from the late 1960s until the early 1970s. She went to the HB Studio to study acting.
Joy Behar Husband
Behar was married to Joe Behar, a college professor, from 1965 till 1981. Eve Behar Scotti is their daughter. Luca is her grandson’s name. Behar married Steve Janowitz in 2011 after 29 years together.
Joy Behar Education
Behar graduated from Queens College with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1964 and a master’s degree in English education from Stony Brook University in 1966. She taught English at Lindenhurst Senior High School in Lindenhurst, New York, from the late 1960s until the early 1970s. She went to the HB Studio to study acting.
Joy Behar Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $30 Million.
Joy Behar Salary
She erans an annual salary of $7 Million.
Joy Behar The Joy Behar Show
Since 2007, she has appeared as a guest host on Larry King Live on a sporadic basis. Behar announced on June 11, 2009, that she would be presenting her own news/talk show, The Joy Behar Show, on CNN’s HLN beginning in the fall of 2009. She did not leave The View; instead, she worked on both shows at the same time. HLN chose to cancel the chat show after only two years, despite it being the network’s second-highest-rated show. The Joy Behar Show aired its final episode on December 15, 2011.
Joy Behar Joy Behar: Say Anything
Joy Behar: Say Anything! will premiere on the Current TV network on September 4, 2012. It was officially confirmed in June 2012 that Behar will be receiving another talk show. Behar began filling in for Eliot Spitzer’s Current TV talk show, Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer, on July 18, 2012, before the new show debuted. Current TV was purchased by Al Jazeera in August 2013, and the show was replaced by Al Jazeera America.
Joy Behar Late Night Joy
Late Night Joy, Behar’s short-lived weekly late-night chat program, launched on TLC on November 4, 2015. At each episode, Behar has private conversations with friends in her New York City apartment. After five episodes, it was canceled.
Joy Behar The View
Behar joined the ABC daytime talk show The View, which was co-created by Barbara Walters, as one of the first panelists in 1997. In 2009, Behar and her co-hosts took home the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Behar revealed on March 7, 2013, that she would be departing the program at the end of the current season.
Mike Pence, Vice President, is a devout Christian. “Talking to Jesus is one thing; talking to Jesus is another,” she explained. Viewers demanded an apology from Behar, and ABC received 40,000 calls and 6,000 complaints. Bob Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, indicated that Behar had apologized to Pence directly.
Joy Behar TV Shows
♦ 2018 – Crashing
♦ 2016 – Nashville
♦ 2016 – Crisis in Six Scenes
♦ 2009 – Ugly Betty
♦ 2007 – One Life to Live
♦ 2007 – 30 Rock
♦ 2005–17 – Real Time with Bill Maher
♦ 2001 – Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
♦ 2000 – Spin City
♦ 2015–present – The View
♦ 1996 – Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
♦ 1991 – Wisecracks
♦ 1990 – The Rock
Joy Behar Movies
♦ 2012 – Ice Age: Continental Drift
♦ 2011 – Hall Pass
♦ 2009 – Madea Goes to Jail
♦ 1996 – ‘M’ Word
♦ 1996 – Love Is All There Is
♦ 1993 – Manhattan Murder Mystery
♦ 1992 – This Is My Life
♦ 1989 – Cookie
♦ 1987 – Hiding Out