Melissa Rivers

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Melissa Rivers (born Melissa Warburg Rosenberg on January 20, 1968) is an American television co-host and the daughter of Joan Rivers.

1 Biography
2 Career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Melissa is the only child of Rivers and the late British-born producer Edgar Rosenberg, who committed suicide in 1987. She took on her mother's stage surname for notoriety.

Rivers attended the private John Thomas Dye School in Bel-Air^[1] and then The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks (Joan always joked that Melissa went to Beverly Hills High School). She is a 1989 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

On December 12, 1999 she married horse breeder John Endicott; their divorce was finalized on June 19, 2003. The two have a son, Edgar Cooper Endicott, who was born on December 1, 2000.

[edit] Career

She raised $100,000 for Make-A-Wish foundation^[2] In 1990 Melissa Rosenberg (Rivers) was crowned Queen Shenandoah LXIII at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival In winchester Va. Her mother, Joan Rivers was in attendance.(thebloom.com) As an actress, she has appeared in shows including Beverly Hills, 90210, Silk Stalkings, The Comeback and The L Word.

She hosted fashion/red carpet interviews with her mother Joan Rivers for the E! cable network. After being fired from E! the Rivers' worked for the TV Guide channel until fired again as both the Rivers' were replaced by actress Lisa Rinna.

Melissa is also a regular guest on Tom Green's webcast show, Tom Green Live.

[edit] References

^ Biography of Melissa Rivers archived at web.archive.org.
^ List of charity contributions resulting from ABC's 2006 television show "I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here!", LIVE (archived at web.archive.org)