text: Josephina Victoria `` Joy '' Behar ( Occhiuto ; born October 7 , 1942 ) is an American comedian , writer , actress , and a co-host of the talk show The View . Behar began hosting a commentary program in the fall of 2009 , titled The Joy Behar Show on CNN 's sister network , HLN .
simplified: Joy Behar is an American actress , comedian and writer .