Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story

May 15, 1994

1h 36m

★ 7.0

Overview

After the loss of her husband, comedienne Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa must discover a way to heal there broken relationship and provide each other the strength to start again.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

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Cast

Joan Rivers

Melissa Rivers

Dorothy

Dorothy Lyman

Porter

Mark Kiely

Jerry Werner

Denis Arndt

Shrink

Jay Brazeau

Coral Browne

Sheila Moore

Tommy Pileggi

Ken Kramer

Marty Milton

Matthew Bennett

Max

Jerry Wasserman

Tina

Tasha Simms

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