About
Phyllis Diller
Overview
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
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| 2021 | Pat Rocco Dared | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials | Actor | Various (voice) (archive sound) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | How to Live Forever | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Looking for Lenny | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | I Am Comic | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Casper's Scare School | Actor | Aunt Spitzy (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Forget About It | Actor | Mrs. Hertzberg | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Unbeatable Harold | Actor | Mrs. Clancy | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken's Christmas Special | Actor | Mrs. Claus (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Actor | Camille Salamander (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Goodnight, We Love You | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
| 2002 | Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | The Last Place on Earth | Actor | Mrs. Baskin | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Everything's Jake | Actor | Victoria Pond | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | The Nuttiest Nutcracker | Actor | Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice) | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Funny Is Money | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Yesterday's Tomorrows | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Actor | Queen (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 1998 | The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | The Perfect Man | Actor | Mother | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | The Silence of the Hams | Actor | Old Secretary | 56 Average |
| 1992 | Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue | Actor | Phyllis Diller | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Wisecracks | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1991 | The Boneyard | Actor | Miss Poopinplatz | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Actor | Mousequeen (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | Actor | Mrs. Frasco | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After | Actor | Mother Nature (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Dr. Hackenstein | Actor | Mrs. Trilling | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1987 | How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Actor | The White Queen | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge | Actor | Jonathan's Mother | N/A N/A |
| 1983 | George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Pink Motel | Actor | Margaret | 58 Average |
| 1979 | A Pleasure Doing Business | Actor | Mrs. Wildebeest | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Christmas at Walt Disney World | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace! | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1977 | On Location: Phyllis Diller | Actor | himself | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | The Gong Show | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1976 | Joys | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | The Sunshine Boys | Actor | Herself | 60 Fair |
| 1975 | The Sunshine Boys | Actor | Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars Again | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Actor | Phyllis Diller (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1970 | The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians | Actor | Self (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Actor | Belva Lockwood | 59 Average |
| 1969 | The Adding Machine | Actor | Mrs. Zero | 59 Average |
| 1968 | The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
| 1968 | Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? | Actor | Agatha Knabenshu | N/A N/A |
| 1968 | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Actor | Nurse Nellie Krause | 59 Average |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Eight on the Lam | Actor | Golda | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party? | Actor | The Monster's Mate (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1966 | The Pruitts of Southampton | Actor | Phyllis Pruitt | 68 Fair |
| 1966 | Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | Actor | Lily | 58 Average |
| 1966 | The Fat Spy | Actor | Camille Salamander | 58 Average |
| 1961 | Splendor in the Grass | Actor | Texas Guinan | 64 Fair |