Phyllis Diller
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1917
- Died
- August 20, 2012 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Lima, Ohio, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phyllis Diller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Pat Rocco Dared
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Movie · as Various (voice) (archive sound)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Movie · as Self
How to Live Forever
Movie · as Self
Looking for Lenny
Movie · as Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Movie · as Self
I Am Comic
Movie · as Self
Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson
Movie · as (archive footage)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge
Movie · as Self
Unbeatable Harold
Movie · as Mrs. Clancy
Casper's Scare School
Movie · as Aunt Spitzy (voice)
Forget About It
Movie · as Mrs. Hertzberg
The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Aristocrats
Movie · as Self
Robot Chicken
TV · as Phillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice), Mrs. Dorsey / Phyllis Diller (voice) · 1 ep
Goodnight, We Love You
Movie · as Self
Quintuplets
TV · as Aunt Sylvia · 1 ep
Boston Legal
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Movie · as Self
Nip/Tuck
TV · 1 ep
Last Comic Standing
TV · as Self - Celebrity Talent Scout · 1 ep
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Movie · as Self
The Last Place on Earth
Movie · as Mrs. Baskin
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Movie · as Self
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
TV · as Granny Neutron (voice) · 2 eps
Life with Bonnie
TV · as Phyllis Frost · 1 ep
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kiss My Act
Movie · as Phyllis Diller
Everything's Jake
Movie · as Victoria Pond
Titus
TV · as Grandma Titus · 2 eps
Even Stevens
TV · as Coach Korns · 1 ep
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Movie · as Self
Funny Is Money
Movie · as Self
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
Movie · as Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Movie · as Self
The Debtors
Movie
Family Guy
TV · as Thelma Griffin (voice) · 3 eps
A Bug's Life
Movie · as Queen (voice)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Powerpuff Girls
TV · as Mask Scara (voice) · 1 ep
Emily of New Moon
TV · as Great Aunt Nancy Priest · 3 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Sam (voice) · 1 ep
King of the Hill
TV · as Lillian (voice) · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Cow and Chicken
TV · as Red's Mom / Cop (voice) · 1 ep
I Am Weasel
TV · as Red's Mother (voice) · 1 ep
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 3 eps
7th Heaven
TV · as Gabrielle, Mabel · 2 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hey Arnold!
TV · as Mitzi · 1 ep
Arli$$
TV · as Phyllis Diller · 1 ep
Cybill
TV · 1 ep
MADtv
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Drew Carey Show
TV · as Bebe · 1 ep
The Silence of the Hams
Movie · as Old Secretary
The Perfect Man
Movie · as Mother
Boy Meets World
TV · as Madame Ouspenskaya · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Phyllis Diller · 1 ep
Animaniacs
TV · as Suzy Squirrel (voice) · 1 ep
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
Movie · as Phyllis Diller
Wisecracks
Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
Vicki!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Boneyard
Movie · as Miss Poopinplatz
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Nutcracker Prince
Movie · as Mousequeen (voice)
Blossom
TV · 4 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV · 1 ep
Dream On
TV · as Mrs. Barish · 1 ep
Dr. Hackenstein
Movie · as Mrs. Trilling
Happily Ever After
Movie · as Mother Nature (voice)
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Movie · as Self
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Movie · as Mrs. Frasco
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Movie · as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
Movie · as Jonathan's Mother
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as The White Queen
How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale
Movie · as Herself
Full House
TV · as Phyllis Diller · 1 ep
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Larry King Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
227
TV · as Louanne costello · 1 ep
Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Nora Mills · 1 ep
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie · as Self
The Bob Monkhouse Show
TV · 1 ep
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Pink Motel
Movie · as Margaret
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Madame's Place
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Pleasure Doing Business
Movie · as Mrs. Wildebeest
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic
Movie · as Self
Christmas at Walt Disney World
Movie · as Self
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
Movie · as Herself
Mickey's 50
Movie · as Self
On Location: Phyllis Diller
Movie · as himself
CHiPs
TV · as Wanda · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Martha Morse, Viola Penny · 1 ep
Joys
Movie · as Self
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular
Movie · as Self
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
The Gong Show
TV · 7 eps
Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon
TV · 1 ep
The Sunshine Boys
Movie · as Self, Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
The Lion Roars Again
Movie · as Self
The Jeffersons
TV · 1 ep
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Tattletales
TV · as Herself · 11 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Bobby Darin Show
TV · 1 ep
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV · as Phyllis Diller (voice) · 1 ep
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
TV · 1 ep
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Phyllis Diller (uncredited)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV · 1 ep
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie · as Belva Lockwood
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Movie · as Self (voice)
The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Night Gallery
TV · as Pamela (segment "Pamela's Voice") · 1 ep
The Adding Machine
Movie · as Mrs. Zero
The Jim Nabors Hour
TV · 1 ep
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Daphane Daniels, Bella, Edna, Sally Walker · 1 ep
The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Movie · as Nurse Nellie Krause
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Movie · as Self
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
Movie · as Agatha Knabenshu
Jack Benny's Bag
Movie · as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 3 eps
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
TV · as Self - Host · 12 eps
That's Life
TV · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Mad Monster Party?
Movie · as The Monster's Mate (voice)
Eight on the Lam
Movie · as Golda
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Movie · as Lily
The Fat Spy
Movie · as Camille Salamander
Batman
TV · as Scrubwoman · 1 ep
The Pruitts of Southampton
TV · as Phyllis Pruitt · 30 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Get Smart
TV · as Maxwell Smart (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self, Self - Guest Hostess · 32 eps
Splendor in the Grass
Movie · as Texas Guinan
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self, Self - Co-Hostess · 6 eps
Kraft Music Hall
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Greta Gargoyle, BoBo Van Beacon, Clara, Killer Diller · 1 ep
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self, Zoo Tour Guide · 16 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep