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Melissa Rivers wants mum Joan 'acknowledged' as Marvelous Mrs. Maisel inspiration

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Melissa Rivers wants her late mother, comedian Joan Rivers, recognised as an inspiration behind Amazon's hit series The Marvelous Mrs.

Maisel. The star died in 2014 aged 81, and Melissa insists her mother's life mirrors that of the lead character Miriam 'Midge' Maisel, who swaps being a housewife for a stand-up comic in the 1950s. "Everybody's saying, 'Oh, it's Joan, it's Joan, it's Joan, it's Joan' and yet I never hear from the people that make it or the actors," Melissa said during an appearance on the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast.

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