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Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand: the myth of their lesbian play by Ryan Gilbey

Before they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage " or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny Girls In the late 1950s, a 25-year-old struggling actor named Joan Molinsky " later to become better known as the acerbic comedian Joan Rivers " landed a small part as a lesbian stalker in an off-off-Broadway play called Seaweed. "The primary qualifica…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM on August 16, 2021

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