Phyllis Diller
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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- Born:
- Jul 16, 1917 In Lima, Ohio, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 126
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Over the Hill to the Poorhouse 1920-09-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie Pat Rocco Dared 2021-12-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Pat Rocco Dared | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-02 |
| Movie | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-29 |
| Movie | Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials | Various (voice) (archive sound) | 2014-11-18 |
| Movie | Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | Self | 2012-01-20 |
| Movie | How to Live Forever | Self | 2011-05-13 |
| Movie | Looking for Lenny | Herself | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | I Am Comic | Self | 2010-01-10 |
| Movie | Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson | Herself (Archive footage) | 2009-09-22 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009-10-03 |
| Movie | Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face | Self | 2007-01-30 |
| Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | Unbeatable Harold | Mrs. Clancy | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Forget About It | Mrs. Hertzberg | 2006-10-14 |
| Movie | Casper's Scare School | Aunt Spitzy (voice) | 2006-10-20 |
| Movie | The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge | Herself | 2006-12-10 |
| Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
| Movie | Robot Chicken's Christmas Special | Mrs. Claus (voice) | 2005-12-22 |
| Series | Boston Legal | Self | 2004-10-03 |
| Movie | Goodnight, We Love You | Herself | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | Quintuplets | Unknown | 2004-06-16 |
| Series | Nip/Tuck | Unknown | 2003-07-22 |
| Movie | The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo | Herself | 2002-03-23 |
| Movie | The Last Place on Earth | Mrs. Baskin | 2002-01-01 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Granny Neutron (voice) | 2002-07-20 |
| Movie | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 years of Laughter Volume 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2001-02-22 |
| Movie | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 years of Laughter Volume 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2001-02-22 |
| Series | Titus | Unknown | 2000-03-20 |
| Movie | Everything's Jake | Victoria Pond | 2000-09-25 |
| Series | Even Stevens | Unknown | 2000-06-17 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Tomorrows | Self | 1999-08-09 |
| Series | Family Guy | Thelma Griffin (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Funny Is Money | Self | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | The Nuttiest Nutcracker | Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice) | 1999-10-19 |
| Movie | The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | Emily of New Moon | Unknown | 1998-01-04 |
| Series | The Wild Thornberrys | Sam (voice) | 1998-09-01 |
| Movie | A Bug's Life | Queen (voice) | 1998-11-25 |
| Series | The Powerpuff Girls | Mask Scara (voice) | 1998-11-18 |
| Series | King of the Hill | Lillian (voice) | 1997-01-12 |
| Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996-06-10 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Mabel | 1996-08-26 |
| Series | Hey Arnold! | Unknown | 1996-10-07 |
| Series | Cybill | Unknown | 1995-01-02 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | The Silence of the Hams | Old Secretary | 1994-03-11 |
| Series | Boy Meets World | Unknown | 1993-09-24 |
| Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Phyllis Diller | 1993-10-29 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Herself | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Wisecracks | 1992-06-05 | |
| Movie | Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue | Phyllis Diller | 1992-12-05 |
| Movie | The Boneyard | Miss Poopinplatz | 1991-06-12 |
| Series | Pebble Mill | Unknown | 1991-10-14 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Prince | Mousequeen (voice) | 1990-11-21 |
| Series | Blossom | Unknown | 1990-07-05 |
| Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame | Herself | 1990-09-30 |
| Movie | Dr. Hackenstein | Mrs. Trilling | 1989-01-25 |
| Movie | Happily Ever After | Mother Nature (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
| Movie | Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | Mrs. Frasco | 1989-12-29 |
| Movie | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self | 1989-07-17 |
| Movie | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self | 1988-05-16 |
| Movie | How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale | Herself | 1987-10-20 |
| Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | The White Queen | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge | Jonathan's Mother | 1987-01-01 |
| Series | Full House | Phyllis Diller | 1987-09-22 |
| Series | Larry King Live | Unknown | 1985-06-03 |
| Series | Tales from the Darkside | Nora Mills | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | The Bob Monkhouse Show | Unknown | 1983-10-24 |
| Series | Wogan | Self | 1982-05-04 |
| Movie | Pink Motel | Margaret | 1982-10-31 |
| Series | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters | Unknown | 1980-11-18 |
| Movie | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | 1979-05-16 |
| Movie | A Pleasure Doing Business | Mrs. Wildebeest | 1979-08-31 |
| Movie | Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace! | Herself | 1978-06-20 |
| Movie | Christmas at Walt Disney World | Self | 1978-12-10 |
| Movie | On Location: Phyllis Diller | himself | 1977-03-11 |
| Series | CHiPs | Wanda | 1977-09-15 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Viola Penny | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Joys | Self | 1976-03-05 |
| Series | The Gong Show | 1976-06-14 | |
| Series | Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon | Unknown | 1976-08-25 |
| Series | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | 1976-09-05 |
| Series | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
| Movie | The Lion Roars Again | Self | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Herself | 1975-11-06 |
| Series | Tattletales | Herself | 1974-02-18 |
| Series | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Unknown | 1974-12-04 |
| Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Unknown | 1973-09-14 |
| Series | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Phyllis Diller (voice) | 1972-09-09 |
| Series | Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | Unknown | 1972-09-12 |
| Series | The Julie Andrews Hour | Herself | 1972-09-13 |
| Series | The Pearl Bailey Show | Self | 1971-01-23 |
| Series | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1971-08-01 |
| Movie | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Phyllis Diller (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
| Movie | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Belva Lockwood | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians | Self (voice) | 1970-04-07 |
| Series | The Flip Wilson Show | Unknown | 1970-09-17 |
| Series | Night Gallery | Pamela (segment "Pamela's Voice") | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | The Adding Machine | Mrs. Zero | 1969-09-23 |
| Series | The Jim Nabors Hour | Unknown | 1969-09-25 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Rowan & Martin At the Movies | Self | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Nurse Nellie Krause | 1968-05-08 |
| Series | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968-06-06 |
| Movie | Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? | Agatha Knabenshu | 1968-07-14 |
| Series | The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show | Self - Host | 1968-09-15 |
| Movie | Mad Monster Party? | The Monster's Mate (voice) | 1967-03-08 |
| Movie | Eight on the Lam | Golda | 1967-04-26 |
| Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
| Series | The Carol Burnett Show | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
| Movie | The Fat Spy | Camille Salamander | 1966-05-11 |
| Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
| Movie | Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | Lily | 1966-06-08 |
| Series | The Pruitts of Southampton | Phyllis Pruitt | 1966-09-06 |
| Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
| Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Movie | Splendor in the Grass | Texas Guinan | 1961-10-10 |
| Series | Kraft Music Hall | Self - Host | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950-02-02 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Comedian | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Maniac | Mrs. Buckley | 1934-09-11 |
| Movie | Over the Hill to the Poorhouse | Adult Rebecca | 1920-09-17 |
