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Josephina Victoria "Joy" Behar (née Occhiuto; born October 7, 1942) is an American comedian, writer, actress, and a co-host of the talk show The View. Behar had a commentary program, entitled The Joy Behar Show, on CNN's sister network, HLN. It was cancelled on November 17, 2011. Behar, an Italian-American, started off her career as a teacher at Lindenhurst High School. There she taught English class. "Joy" was born Josephina Victoria Occhiuto in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on October 7, 1942. Her grandfather was Giuseppe Occhiuto born in Fagnano Castello, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. Her mother,... MORE

Josephina Victoria "Joy" Behar (née Occhiuto; born October 7, 1942) is an American comedian, writer, actress, and a co-host of the talk show The View. Behar had a commentary program, entitled The Joy Behar Show, on CNN's sister network, HLN. It was cancelled on November 17, 2011. Behar, an Italian-American, started off her career as a teacher at Lindenhurst High School. There she taught English class. "Joy" was born Josephina Victoria Occhiuto in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on October 7, 1942. Her grandfather was Giuseppe Occhiuto born in Fagnano Castello, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. Her mother, Rose (née Carbone), was a seamstress, and her father, Gino Occhiuto, was a truck driver for Coca-Cola. Joy Behar got her start in show business in the early 1980s as a stand up comedian, including appearances on ABC's 'Good Morning America', and 'The New Show', a short lived Loren Michaels NBC project. In 1987 she had a talk show on Lifetime Television called 'Way Off Broadway'. From there she continued to work the comedy club circuit, was a regular on NBC's 'Baby Boom', and had minor film rolls including 'Cookie', 'This Is My Life', and 'Manhattan Murder Mystery'. She also was a WABC (AM) radio LESS