Comedienne Joan Rivers started life as Joan Melinsky; a doctor's daughter from Larchmount; N.Y.; who

CANADA - MARCH 07: Comedienne Joan Rivers started life as Joan Melinsky; a doctor's daughter from Larchmount; N.Y.; who wasn't just a bit fat - she was fat fat. And it was the memory of a cruel putdown from a blind date at college that spurred her to writer The Girl Most Likely To; the movie; that tells of a former fat girl's revenge on the men who had taunted her. (Photo by John Mahler/Toronto Star via Getty Images)