She would later helm The Joan Rivers Show, for which she won a Daytime Emmy in 1990 for Outstanding Talk Show. Rivers was a constant worker, appearing regularly on every medium imaginable, from radio to stage to screen — she was chief of the Fashion Police, the subject of a Comedy Central roast in 2009, and the operator of a consistently excellent Twitter account.
As an actress, Rivers lent her distinctively raspy voice to Spaceballs, Look Who’s Talking, Shrek 2 and an episode of The Simpsons, among others. She also made appearances playing herself in Serial Mom and Iron Man 3.
For years, she and her daughter Melissa co-hosted various red carpet events before major awards shows. Beginning in 2011, Joan and Melissa co-starred on the reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, which focused on how the mother and daughter manage to live under the same roof. In recent years, she scored a notable guest appearance on Louis C.K.’s show Louie and was the subject of the 2010 documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work.