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Phyllis Diller
Lima, Ohio, USA
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 stag…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phyllis Diller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2021
Pat Rocco Dared
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Movie Various (voice) (archive sound)
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2012
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Movie Self
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2011
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Movie Self
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2011
How to Live Forever
Movie Self
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2011
Looking for Lenny
Movie Self
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2010
I Am Comic
Movie Self
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV show Self
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2009
Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson
Movie (archive footage)
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2007
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge
Movie Self
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2006
Casper's Scare School
Movie Aunt Spitzy (voice)
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2006
Forget About It
Movie Mrs. Hertzberg
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2006
The Megan Mullally Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2006
Unbeatable Harold
Movie Mrs. Clancy
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2005
The Aristocrats
Movie Self
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2005
Robot Chicken
TV show Phillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice)
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2004
Boston Legal
TV show Self
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2004
Quintuplets
TV show Aunt Sylvia
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2004
Goodnight, We Love You
Movie Self
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2003
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Movie Self
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2003
Nip/Tuck
TV show
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2002
Life with Bonnie
TV show Phyllis Frost
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2002
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
TV show Granny Neutron (voice)
- 2002
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2002
The Last Place on Earth
Movie Mrs. Baskin
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2002
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Movie Self
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2001
Kiss My Act
Movie Phyllis Diller
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2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Everything's Jake
Movie Victoria Pond
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2000
Even Stevens
TV show Coach Korns
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2000
Titus
TV show Grandma Titus
- 1999
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1999
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
Movie Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
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1999
Funny Is Money
Movie Self
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1999
The Debtors
Movie
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1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Movie Self
