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Mother of Melissa Rivers. Educated at Connecticut College for Women. After graduating from college and before getting into show business, she was briefly a shoe buyer for Lord & Taylor, a department store in New York. Said the most difficult celebrity she ever interviewed was Tommy Lee Jones, whom she thought was rude. Hosted daily talk show on WOR-AM radio in New York City from 1997 until 2002, syndicated to about 50 stations. About 1982, she was appointed the first permanent guest hostess on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962). She infuriated Johnny Carson when she left to host her own show, "The Late Show" (1986) on rival Fox network. Johnny Carson never spoke to her again. Was one of the final guests to appear on "The Wayne Brady Show" (2002). Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for portraying the title character, Sally Marr, in "Sally Marr...and Her Escorts." Started performing as a stand-up comedienne using the stage name Pepper January. She had her first cosmetic surgery procedure (an eye-lift) in 1965 at age 32. The majority of her plastic surgery was performed by Santa Monica surgeon Steven Hoefflin (who also performed plastic surgery on Michael Jackson's nose). She also receives Botox and collagen injections every four months from New York City dermatologist Patricia Wexler. Early in her career she performed as half of the comedy team of "Joanie and Bill". "Bill" was former actor William Perry (1936-2006) who was the nephew of actress Toby Wing. Her father was a doctor. Early in her career, she was a writer for TV's "Candid Camera" (1953).