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{{short description|American comedian and television host (born 1942)}}
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| name               = Joy Behar
| image              = Joybeharpic (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Behar in 2010
| birth_name         = Josephine Victoria Occhiuto
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1942|10|7}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education          = [[Queens College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Stony Brook University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|Comedian|television host|actress}}
| known for          = ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' co-host (1997–2013, 2015–present)
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Joe Behar|1965|1981|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|Steve Janowitz|2011}}
}}
| children           = 1
| yearsactive        = 1984–present
}}
'''Josephine Victoria''' "'''Joy'''" '''Behar'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/fashion/11WITH.html|title=Stand Up; Sit Down; Talk, Talk, Talk|date=July 11, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 25, 2016}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|eɪ|h|ɑː|r|}}; [[Name at birth|née]] '''Occhiuto'''; born October 7, 1942) is an American comedian, television host, and actress. She co-hosts the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] talk show ''[[The View (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 (TV network)|HLN]] from 2009 to 2011<ref name="people.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284488,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111124928/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284488,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2012|title=Joy Behar Gets a TV Show All Her Own|access-date=November 14, 2015|date=June 11, 2009|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman}}</ref><ref>Ariens, Chris. [http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/joy-behars-hln-show-canceled_b98627 Joy Behar's HLN Show Canceled], TVNewser, November 17, 2011.</ref> and ''[[Joy Behar: Say Anything!]]'' on [[Current TV]], from 2012<ref name="current.com">[http://current.com/blog/93858032_joy-behar-say-anything-to-premiere-sept-4.htm 'Joy Behar: Say Anything' to premiere Sept. 4] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113113043/http://current.com/blog/93858032_joy-behar-say-anything-to-premiere-sept-4.htm |date=November 13, 2012 }}.</ref> until the channel switched formats in August 2013. Behar's latest weekly late-night talk show, ''[[Late Night Joy]]'', aired on [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] in 2015. She also wrote ''The Great Gasbag: An A–Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World''.

==Early life==
Behar was born Josephine Victoria Occhiuto in 1942 in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]], the only child of a Roman Catholic family of Italian descent, hailing from [[Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte]], [[Calabria]].  Her mother, Rosa Diane "Rose" (''née'' Carbone), was a seamstress, and her father, Louis Ferdinand "Gino" Occhiuto, was a truck driver for [[Coca-Cola]].<ref name="nymag">{{cite journal|last=Smith|first=Dinitia|title=Joy Shtick|journal=New York Magazine|pages=50–51 |publisher=New York Media|date=November 9, 1992|issn=0028-7369|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48}}</ref><ref name="bookref1">{{cite book|last=Zukerman|first=Eugenia|title=In My Mother's Closet: An Invitation to Remember|publisher=Sorin Books|year=2003|pages=[https://archive.org/details/inmymothersclose00euge/page/192 192–193]|isbn=1-893732-47-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/inmymothersclose00euge/page/192}}</ref><ref>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', January 14, 2025</ref> Behar earned a BA in sociology from [[Queens College]] in 1964 and an MA in English education from [[Stony Brook University]] in 1966. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, she taught English on [[Long Island]] at [[Lindenhurst Senior High School]] in [[Lindenhurst, New York]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Delatiner|first=Barbara|title=A Comic Who Now Feels at Home on Island|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/03/nyregion/a-comic-who-now-feels-at-home-on-island.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|access-date=August 1, 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 3, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Joy Behar Bio |url=http://theview.abc.go.com/staff/Joy-Behar/bio |publisher=ABC |access-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722233150/http://theview.abc.go.com/staff/Joy-Behar/bio |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}</ref> She studied acting at the [[HB Studio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/|title=HB Studio - Notable Alumni &#124; One of the Original Acting Studios in NYC}}</ref>

==Career==

===Career beginnings===
Behar started her career in show business in the early 1980s as a receptionist and later a producer on ''[[Good Morning America]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/pat-gallagher/joy-behar-standing-up-laughing_b_3061330.html|title=Joy Behar — Standing Up Laughing|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=April 15, 2013|first=Pat|last=Gallagher|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref>

She was a stand-up comedian and made appearances on ABC's ''[[Good Morning America]]'' and ''[[The New Show]]'', a short-lived [[Lorne Michaels]] NBC project. In 1987, she hosted a variety talk show on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime Television]] called ''Way Off Broadway'' that  included [[Larry David]] as a writer and performer.<ref>{{cite web |last=Radenhausen |first=Jim |title=Joy Behar to give her 'View,' bring comedy and laughs to Mt. Airy |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/entertainment/2015/04/24/joy-behar-to-give-her/22486088007/ |website=Pocono Record|date=April 26, 2015|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=McCall |first=Douglas |date= 6 November 2013|title=Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969–2012 |edition=2nd | publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina]] |page=124 |isbn=978-0-7864-7811-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Levine |first=Josh |title=Pretty, pretty, pretty good : Larry David and the making of Seinfeld and Curb your enthusiasm |date=2010 |publisher=[[ECW Press]]|location=[[Toronto]] |page=25 |isbn=978-1550229479}}</ref> She also hosted the show ''Live from Queens''; was a regular on NBC's ''[[Baby Boom (U.S. TV series)|Baby Boom]]''; and continued to work the comedy club circuit.  She had minor film roles including ''[[Cookie (film)|Cookie]]'', ''[[This Is My Life (1992 film)|This Is My Life]]'', and ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]''. In the early 1990s, she hosted a talk-show on 77 [[WABC (AM)|WABC]] radio in New York City. She also made appearances on [[HBO]] comedy specials ''[[One Night Stand (U.S. TV series)|One Night Stand]]'' and ''Women of the Night 2''.

===''The View''===
[[File:Barack Obama guests on The View.jpg|thumb|250px|upright|''The View''{{'}}s panel (left–right [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Barbara Walters]], Behar, [[Sherri Shepherd]], and [[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]]) interview U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] on July 29, 2010]]
In 1997, Behar became one of the original panelists of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime talk show ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'', which was co-created by [[Barbara Walters]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/21/arts/feet-on-the-ground-heads-without-bubbles.html|title=Feet on the Ground, Heads Without Bubbles|first=Caryn|last=James|date=August 21, 1997|access-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227233144/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/21/arts/feet-on-the-ground-heads-without-bubbles.html|archive-date=December 27, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Behar originally appeared only on the days when Walters was off, but she ultimately became a permanent co-host.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/joy-ride-vol-48-no-16/|first=Steven|last=Lang|title=Joy Ride|newspaper=Peoplemag |access-date=February 23, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224224423/http://people.com/archive/joy-ride-vol-48-no-16/|archive-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref> Behar occasionally hosted a segment called "Joy's Comedy Corner" in which she presented both established and up-and-coming comedians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwcomedy/article/Sunda-Croonquist-Visits-Joys-Comedy-Corner-on-THE-VIEW-20130716|title=Sunda Croonquist Visits 'Joy's Comedy Corner' on THE VIEW|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref>

In August 2009, Behar and the other co-hosts, [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]], [[Sherri Shepherd]], and Walters, won a [[36th Daytime Emmy Awards|Daytime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Talk Show Host following over a decade of nominations for the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/08/bold-and-the-beautiful-scores-bold-victory-at-daytime-emmy-awards.html|title=Bold wins at Daytime Emmy Awards|date=August 30, 2009|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=November 14, 2015|archive-date=September 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181755/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/08/bold-and-the-beautiful-scores-bold-victory-at-daytime-emmy-awards.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On March 7, 2013, it was announced that Behar would be leaving the show at the end of that season.<ref name="Deadline Hollywood Behar Leaving">{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Update: Joy Behar Leaving ABC's 'The View'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/joy-behar-the-view-abc-leaving-448287/|access-date=April 17, 2013|newspaper=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="People Joy Behar Leaving">{{cite news|title=Joy Behar Leaving ''The View''|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20680368,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311095441/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20680368,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2013|access-date=April 17, 2013|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=March 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="WP Behar to exit">{{cite news|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|title=Joy Behar to exit 'The View'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/joy-behar-to-exit-the-view/2013/03/08/340b202e-881a-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html|access-date=April 17, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="CBS News Joy Behar leaving">{{cite news|title=Joy Behar leaving "The View"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joy-behar-leaving-the-view/|access-date=April 18, 2013|newspaper=CBS News|date=March 7, 2013}}</ref> She told ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'', "It seemed like the right time...You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do&nbsp;— I've been writing a play, I've been neglecting my standup".<ref name="Deadline Hollywood Behar Leaving" /> Her last show was on August 9, 2013, in which the program staged a ''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]''-style tribute to Behar.<ref>{{cite news|title=Highlights of Joy Behar's last show on 'The View'|first=Mani|last=Bierly|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2013/08/09/joy-behar-the-view-final-day|access-date=August 9, 2013|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=August 9, 2013}}</ref>

After departing in 2013, Behar continued to guest co-host throughout 2014 and 2015. On August 25, 2015, ABC announced that Behar would return as a regular co-host starting with the premiere of the 19th season on September 8, 2015. Behar was quoted as saying, "Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. Plus, Steve was getting tired of applauding every time I gave my opinion. But I'm happy to be back home. And I'm looking forward to sticking my two cents into the hot topics, especially now that Hillary and the Donald are in the spotlight."<ref>[http://www.danspapers.com/2015/08/joy-behar-returns-to-the-view-for-season-19/ "Joy Behar Returns to 'The View' for Season 19"] ''Dan's Papers''</ref>

In 2018, while analyzing television personality [[Omarosa]]'s comments in regards to U.S. Vice President [[Mike Pence]]'s religiosity, Behar stated: "It's one thing to talk to Jesus, it's another thing when Jesus talks to you. That's called mental illness, if I'm not correct, hearing voices."<ref name="intolerance">{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/373886-pence-blasts-the-view-for-religious-intolerance-after-behar/|title=Pence accuses 'The View' of 'religious intolerance'|first=Morgan|last=Gstalter|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=February 14, 2018|access-date=March 14, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222042224/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/373886-pence-blasts-the-view-for-religious-intolerance-after-behar|archive-date=February 22, 2018}}</ref> Content analysis organization [[Media Research Center]] subsequently launched a campaign demanding an apology from Behar and urging viewers to do the same, resulting in 40,000 calls to ABC as well as 6,000 complaints to the show's advertisers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eltagouri|first1=Marwa|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-joy-behar-mike-pence-apology-20180308-story.html|title='The View's' Joy Behar calls Mike Pence to apologize for calling his Christian faith a 'mental illness'|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=March 8, 2018|access-date=March 14, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314003222/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-joy-behar-mike-pence-apology-20180308-story.html|archive-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref> Pence himself responded and accused the show of expressing "religious intolerance".<ref name="intolerance"/> [[The Walt Disney Company]] CEO [[Bob Iger]] later stated that Behar had directly apologized to Pence.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Concha|first1=Joe|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/377429-the-view-host-apologizes-to-pence-about-comments-on-religion/|title='The View' host apologizes to Pence about comments on religion|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=March 8, 2018|access-date=July 19, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103092930/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/377429-the-view-host-apologizes-to-pence-about-comments-on-religion|archive-date=November 3, 2018}}</ref> On March 13, 2018, she issued an apology on air, stating: "I think Vice President Pence is right; I was raised to respect everyone's religious faith, and I fell short of that. I sincerely apologize for what I said."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/03/13/vice-president-pence-is-right-joy-behar-publicly-apologizes-for-mocking-christianity/|title=Joy Behar publicly apologizes for calling Pence's Christianity a 'mental illness'|first=Marwa|last=Eltagouri|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 14, 2018|access-date=March 14, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314033642/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/03/13/vice-president-pence-is-right-joy-behar-publicly-apologizes-for-mocking-christianity/|archive-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref>

===''The Joy Behar Show''===
Beginning in 2007, she occasionally filled in as a [[guest host]] on ''[[Larry King Live]]''. On June 11, 2009, Behar announced that she would be hosting her own news/talk program on CNN's HLN beginning in the fall of 2009, titled ''The Joy Behar Show''. She did not leave ''The View'' but worked on both shows simultaneously.<ref name="people.com" /> Despite reportedly being the network's second-highest-rated show, HLN decided to cancel the talk show after only two years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/18/joy-behar-on-her-comeback-talk-show-on-current-tv.html|title=Joy Behar on Her Comeback Talk Show on Current TV|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref> The final broadcast of ''The Joy Behar Show'' aired on December 15, 2011.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/06/11/joy-behar-to-anchor-new-primetime-show-the-joy-behar-show-for-current-tv-beginning-september-589305/20120611currenttv01|title=Joy Behar to Anchor New Primetime Show "The Joy Behar Show"|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|publisher=Futon Media|date=June 11, 2012|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>

===''Joy Behar: Say Anything!''===
In 2012, Behar began hosting another talk show, ''[[Joy Behar: Say Anything!]]'', on the [[Current TV]] network.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/252898/joy-behar-to-host-show-on-al-gores-current-tv/|title=Joy Behar To Host Show on Al Gore's Current TV|work=The Inquisitr|date=June 12, 2012|first=E.B.|last=Hawkins|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="current.com" /> It premiered September 4, 2012.<ref name="current.com" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/joy-behar-joins-current-tv-335772|title=Joy Behar Joins Current TV|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=November 14, 2015|first=Marisa|last=Guthrie|date=June 11, 2012}}</ref> Before the new show's launch, Behar began acting as fill-in host for [[Eliot Spitzer]]'s Current TV talk show, ''[[Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer]]'', starting on July 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/06/al-gore-announces-new-joy-behar-show/1#.UBSZrGGe5n8|first=Ann|last=Oldenburg|title=Al Gore announces new Joy Behar show|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=July 28, 2012|date=June 11, 2012}}</ref> The show ended in August 2013 after Current TV was sold to [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]; the channel was replaced by [[Al Jazeera America]].

===''Late Night Joy''===
Behar's short-lived weekly late night talk show, ''[[Late Night Joy]]'', premiered on [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] on November 4, 2015. Each episode features Behar having intimate chats with friends in her New York City apartment.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/article/joy-behar-late-night-joy-tlc-show|title=Joy Behar Launching TLC Talk Show ''Late Night Joy'': 'We're Not Afraid' to Speak Out|access-date=November 11, 2015|date=October 9, 2015|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Aaron|last=Couch}}</ref> It was cancelled after 5 episodes.

===Other work===
Behar has performed in theatrical plays, including ''The Food Chain'', ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'', and ''[[Love, Loss and What I Wore]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eu.capecodtimes.com/story/entertainment/events/2014/10/01/people-joy-behar-to-star/36023244007/ | title=People: Joy Behar to star in one-woman show }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/behar-taylor-goodman-exit-obs-vagina-monologues-june-11-com-89866|title=Behar, Taylor & Goodman Exit OB's Vagina Monologues June 11|date=June 10, 2000|website=Playbill}}</ref> She has also performed in an Off-Broadway one-woman show entitled ''Me, My Mouth and I''.<ref name="DL">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/joy-behar-goes-solo-next-stop-greenwich-village-844272/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003050413/http://deadline.com/2014/10/joy-behar-goes-solo-next-stop-greenwich-village-844272/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2014|title=Joy Behar Goes Solo; Next Stop, Greenwich Village|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=October 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/joy-behar-solo-comedy-me-my-mouth-and-i-closes-off-broadway-com-337821|title=Joy Behar Solo Comedy Me, My Mouth and I Closes Off-Broadway|first=Adam|last=Hetrick|date=December 21, 2014|website=Playbill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/my-new-play-like-the-vagi_b_162226|title=My New Play: Like the Vagina Monologues but Without the Vaginas|first1=Nora|last1=Ephron|date=March 1, 2009|website=HuffPost}}</ref>

She has written multiple books, such as a collection of humorous essays and stories called ''Joy Shtick&nbsp;— Or What is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments?'' and a children's book called ''Sheetzucacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog'', published in 2006.<ref name="DL"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/story?id=7114529|title=READ EXCERPT: 'Sheetzucacapoopoo,' by Joy Behar|work=ABC News}}</ref>

She appeared on the eighth season of [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]'s [[Celebrity Poker Showdown]] and finished in fourth place, behind [[Robin Tunney]], [[Christopher Meloni]] and [[Macy Gray]], but ahead of [[Andy Dick]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} On October 27, 2017, Behar appeared as a guest on ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher (season 15)|Real Time with Bill Maher]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/10/28/bill-maher-joy-behar-sexual-harassers/|title=Bill Maher gets shut down for saying sexual harassers have 's---ty sex lives'|website=EW.com}}</ref>

Behar portrayed the role of Dr. Lucy in the 2011 comedy film ''[[Hall Pass (film)|Hall Pass]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134003336/a-hall-pass-to-cheat-keeps-marital-despair-at-bay|title=A 'Hall Pass' To Cheat Keeps Marital Despair At Bay|website=NPR.org|date=February 25, 2011 |last1=Edelstein |first1=David }}</ref> She also recurred in [[Woody Allen]]'s Amazon series, ''[[Crisis in Six Scenes]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/woody-allen-amazon-tv-show-photos-crisis-in-six-scenes-miley-cyrus-1201847856/|title=Photos: First Look at Woody Allen's Amazon Series 'Crisis in Six Scenes'|first=Elizabeth|last=Wagmeister|date=August 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/08/crisis-in-six-scenes-photos-woody-allen-miley-cyrus|title=Woody Allen's Crisis in Six Scenes Finds Miley Cyrus Be-wigged Once More|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=August 30, 2016}}</ref>

Behar's debut play premiered in 2025 in New York City [[Off-Broadway]], ''[[My First Ex-Husband]]''.<ref name=PB>{{cite web|website=[[Playbill]]|title=What Did Reviewers Think of Joy Behar's My First Ex-Husband Off-Broadway?|author=Hall, Margaret|date=February 7, 2025|url=https://playbill.com/article/what-did-reviewers-think-of-joy-behars-my-first-ex-husband-off-broadway}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Behar married college professor Joe Behar in 1965.<ref>{{cite news|last=Righi|first=Len|title=Joy Behar relishes her "View"|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008367719_joybehar10.html|access-date=August 1, 2012|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=November 10, 2008}}</ref> They divorced in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schutte|first1=Lauren|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joy-behar-says-i-do-222784|title=Joy Behar Says 'I Do'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=August 12, 2011|access-date=November 21, 2020}}</ref> They have one daughter, Eve Behar Scotti.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eve Behar, Alphonso Scotti |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 16, 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/fashion/weddings/16behar.html |access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> Behar has a grandson named Luca.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Banks|first1=Alicia|url=https://www.thewrap.com/abc-view-guest-former-host-joy-behar-brings-f-bombs-and-flare-to-show-video/|title=Former 'View' Host Joy Behar Returns Bearing F-Bombs (Video)|work=[[TheWrap]]|date=January 30, 2015|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> Behar began to date Steve Janowitz in 1982; they married in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schutte|first1=Lauren|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joy-behar-says-i-do-222784|title=Joy Behar Says 'I Do'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=August 12, 2011|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref>

Behar resides in [[The Hamptons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/joy-behar-retire-the-view-1234574576/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Joy Behar Plans to Retire From 'The View' in 2022 (EXCLUSIVE)|date=April 8, 2020|access-date=April 8, 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408161326/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/joy-behar-retire-the-view-1234574576/}}</ref> She also owns a home on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/dirt/real-estalker/joy-behar-new-york-city-apartment-1202616852/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Joy Behar Lists Upper West Side Co-Op, Buys Lincoln Center Condo|last1=David |first1=Mark|date=November 16, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2021}}</ref> She is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2007/05/a-not-so-rosie-view-004241 |work=[[Politico]] |title=A Not-So-Rosie 'View' |last1=Andrews |first1=Helena |author-link1=Helena Andrews |date=May 30, 2007 |access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Hiding Out]]'' || Gertrude || 
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Cookie (film)|Cookie]]'' || Dottie ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[This Is My Life (1992 film)|This Is My Life]]'' || Rudy ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]'' || Marilyn || 
|-
| rowspan=2|1996 || '''M' Word'' || Carol || 
|-
| ''[[Love Is All There Is]]'' || Mary || 
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Madea Goes to Jail]]'' || Joy Behar || 
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Hall Pass]]'' || Dr. Lucy || 
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Ice Age: Continental Drift]]'' || Eunice (voice) || 
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Gilbert (film)|Gilbert]]'' || Herself || 
|-
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1988–1989 || ''[[Baby Boom (U.S. TV series)|Baby Boom]]'' || Helga Von Haput || 13 episodes 
|- 
| 1989–1990 || ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'' || Joy Mull/Joy Smith || 2 episodes
|-
| 1990 || ''The Rock'' || Joy Capedeluca || Television Series 
|-
| 1991 ||''[[Wisecracks]]'' || Herself || Documentary
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]'' || Joy || 2 episodes
|-
| 1997–2013<br>2015–present || ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' || Herself ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Spin City]]'' || Joy Behar || Episode: The Marry Caitlin Moore Show 
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' || 42 || Episode: 42 
|-
| 2005–17 || ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' || Herself || 4 episodes 
|-
|2007
|[[One Life to Live]]
|Herself
|
|-
| 2007 || ''[[30 Rock]]'' || Joy Behar || Episode: Up All Night
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' || Joy Behar || Episode: Curveball 
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]'' || Joy Behar || Episode: It's Sure Gonna Hurt
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Crisis in Six Scenes]]'' || Ann || 3 episodes
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Crashing (American TV series)|Crashing]]'' || Joy Behar || Episode: Bill Burr
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Hacks (TV series)|Hacks]]'' || Herself|| Episode: Join the Club
|-
|}

== Stage ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1994 || ''Comedy Tonight'' || Performer || [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], Broadway || rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joy Behar Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Joy-Behar/|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=www.broadwayworld.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1999 || ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' || Performer || [[Westside Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|-
|2008 || ''The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken'' || Performer || [[Gershwin Theatre]], Broadway ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joy Behar|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/joy-behar-vault-0000111881|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2014 || ''Me, My Mouth and I'' || Herself || [[Cherry Lane Theatre]], Off-Broadway ||<ref>{{Cite web|last=Millward|first=Tom|date=October 19, 2017|title=Joy Behar's Me, My Mouth and I at Cherry Lane Theatre|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/joy-behars-me-my-mouth-and-i-at-cherry-lane-theatre|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=New York Theater Guide|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2025 || ''[[My First Ex-Husband]]'' || Performer, writer || MMAC Theater, Off-Broadway ||<ref name=PB/>
|}

==Bibliography==
Behar has authored several books, including several children's books:

* ''The Great Gasbag: An A–Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World'' (2017)
* ''Sheetzucacapoopoo 2: Max Goes to the Dogs'' (2009)
* ''When You Need a Lift: But Don't Want to Eat Chocolate, Pay a Shrink, or Drink a Bottle of Gin'' (2007)
* ''Sheetzu Caca Poopoo: My Kind of Dog'' (2006)
* ''Joy Shtick: Or What Is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments'' (1999)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|- 
|1995 || [[CableACE Awards]] || Animated Programming Series || ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]'' || {{won}} || rowspan=21 align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joy Behar|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066877/awards|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=IMDb}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2022}}
|-
|1998 || rowspan=13|[[Daytime Emmy Award]] || rowspan=13 |[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host|Outstanding Talk Show Host]] || rowspan=13 |''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|1999 || {{nom}}
|-
|2000 || {{nom}}
|-
|2001 || {{nom}}
|-
|2002 || {{nom}}
|-
|2003 || {{nom}}
|-
|2004 || {{nom}}
|-
|2005 || {{nom}}
|-
|2006 || {{nom}}
|-
|2007 || {{nom}}
|-
|2008 || {{nom}}
|-
|2009 || {{won}}
|-
|2010 || {{nom}}
|-
|2010 || [[GLAAD Media Award]] || Excellence in Media Award || {{n/a}} || {{won}}
|-
|2011 || Daytime Emmy Award || Outstanding Talk Show Host || rowspan=9|''The View'' || {{nom}}
|-
|2013 || [[People's Choice Award]] || Favorite Daytime TV Host || {{nom}}
|-
|2016 || rowspan=7|Daytime Emmy Award || rowspan=4|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host|Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host]] || {{nom}}
|-
|2017 || {{nom}}
|-
|2018 || {{nom}}
|-
|2019 || {{nom}}
|-
|[[47th Daytime Emmy Awards|2020]] || rowspan=2|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host|Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host]] || {{nom}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nordyke|first1=Kimberly|last2=Howard|first2=Annie|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/daytime-emmy-awards-2020-full-list-nominees-1289414/item/outstanding-drama-series-1289415|title=Daytime Emmy Awards: 'General Hospital' Tops Nominations|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 21, 2020|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[49th Daytime Emmy Awards|2022]] || {{nom}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schneider|first1=Michael|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/daytime-emmys-2022-winners-list-1235303165/|title=Daytime Emmys 2022 Winners List|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626055855/https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/daytime-emmys-2022-winners-list-1235303165/|archive-date=June 26, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[51st Daytime Emmy Awards|2024]] || [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host|Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host]] || {{pending}} || align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=KiMi|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/04/18/daytime-emmy-awards-2024-nominations-list/73378046007/|title=2024 Daytime Emmys: List of nominees, including Dick Van Dyck, more|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 18, 2024|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430083718/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/04/18/daytime-emmy-awards-2024-nominations-list/73378046007/|archive-date=April 30, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Broadcast journalism]]
* [[New Yorkers in journalism]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/fashion/11WITH.html|first=Leah|last=Rozen|date=July 9, 2010|work=The New York Times|title=After Work With Joy Behar:Stand Up; Sit Down; Talk, Talk, Talk}}
*{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joy-behar-left-front-center/|publisher=[[CBS News]]|title=Joy Behar: Left Front Center|date=March 28, 2010|first=Russ|last=Mitchell|author-link=Russ Mitchell}}
*{{cite news|url=http://outsmartmagazine.com/2012/09/joy-to-her-world|publisher=OutSmart Magazine|title=Joy To Her World|date=September 1, 2012|first=Blase|last=DiStefano}}

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*[https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/joy-behar-faith-part-comediene-view-cohost-religion-spirituality-13160120 ABC News: Joy Behar on Faith Part One]
*[https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/joy-behar-faith-part-comedienne-view-co-host-catholic-religion-spirituality-13160143?tab=4806329&section=4806330 ABC News: Joy Behar on Faith Part Two]
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