Melissa Warburg Rosenberg was born in New York City, the only child of Joan Rivers and Edgar Rosenberg. She spent the majority of her childhood in Los Angeles, California.\n', '

Rivers first started dancing at the age of 8, taking once-a-week group lessons. She became more serious about the activity at the age of 12, taking regular private lessons.\n', '

In 1990, she took on her mother\'s stage surname, after which she became known as Melissa Rivers.\n', '

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