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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-07-17 (107 years old)

Place of Birth

Lima, Ohio, USA

Phyllis Diller

Biography:

Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and exaggerated, cackling laugh.

Diller was one of the first female comics to become a household name in the U.S., credited as an influence by Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, and Ellen DeGeneres, among others. She had a large gay following and is considered a gay icon. She was also one of the first celebrities to openly champion plastic surgery, for which she was recognized by the cosmetic surgery industry.

Diller contributed to more than 40 films, beginning with 1961's Splendor in the Grass. She appeared in many television series, featuring in numerous cameos as well as her own short-lived sitcom and variety show. Some of her credits include Night Gallery, The Muppet Show, The Love Boat, Cybill, and Boston Legal, plus 11 seasons of The Bold and the Beautiful. Her voice-acting roles included the monster's wife in Mad Monster Party, the Queen in A Bug's Life, Granny Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and Thelma Griffin in Family Guy.

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Known For

Acting

2024

Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy as Self (archive footage)

2021

Pat Rocco Dared as Self (archive footage)

2017

This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)

2014

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials as Various (voice) (archive sound)

2012

2011

2010

I Am Comic as Self

2009

2007

2006

Unbeatable Harold as Mrs. Clancy
Casper's Scare School as Aunt Spitzy (voice)
Forget About It as Mrs. Hertzberg
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest

2005

Robot Chicken's Christmas Special as Mrs. Claus (voice)
Robot Chicken as Mrs. Claus
Robot Chicken as Phillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice)
Robot Chicken as Mrs. Dorsey / Phyllis Diller (voice)

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Camille Salamander (archive footage)
Boston Legal as Self

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

A Bug's Life as Queen (voice)
The Powerpuff Girls as Mask Scara (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys as Sam (voice)

1997

King of the Hill as Lillian (voice)
The View as Self

1996

1995

MADtv as Self - Hostess

1994

The Silence of the Hams as Old Secretary
The Perfect Man as Mother

1993

1992

1991

The Boneyard as Miss Poopinplatz
Pebble Mill as Self

1990

1989

Dr. Hackenstein as Mrs. Trilling
Happily Ever After as Mother Nature (voice)

1988

1987

1985

227 as Louanne costello

1984

1983

1982

Pink Motel as Margaret
Wogan as Self

1980

1979

1978

1977

CHiPs as Wanda
The Love Boat as Martha Morse
The Love Boat as Viola Penny

1976

1975

The Sunshine Boys as Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)

1974

Dinah! as Self
Tattletales as Herself

1973

1972

1971

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land as Belva Lockwood
Night Gallery as Pamela (segment "Pamela's Voice")

1969

1968

1967

Mad Monster Party? as The Monster's Mate (voice)
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest

1966

The Fat Spy as Camille Salamander
Batman as Scrubwoman
The Pruitts of Southampton as Phyllis Pruitt

1965

Get Smart as Maxwell Smart (uncredited)

1964

The Hollywood Palace as Self - Host

1963

1962

1961

1958

Kraft Music Hall as Self - Host

1957

1953

The Oscars as Self

1951

The Red Skelton Show as Self / Greta Gargoyle
The Red Skelton Show as Self / BoBo Van Beacon
The Red Skelton Show as Clara - the Dean's Daughter
The Red Skelton Show as Killer Diller

1950

The Bob Hope Show as Zoo Tour Guide
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1948

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter