Phyllis Diller
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-07-17 (95 years old)
Deathday
2012-08-20
Place of Birth
Lima, Ohio, USA
Also known As
Phyllis Driver
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. Dill...
Acting
1968
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Old Secretary
2005
as Mrs. Claus (voice)
2000
as Victoria Pond
1998
as Queen (voice)
1961
as Texas Guinan
1990
as Mousequeen (voice)
2010
as Self
2005
as Self
2011
as Self
1966
1967
as The Monster's Mate (voice)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2011
as Self
2007
1991
as Miss Poopinplatz
1987
as Jonathan's Mother
1999
as Self
1999
as Self
1968
as Nurse Nellie Krause
2004
as Self
2009
as (archive footage)
1977
as himself
1987
as The White Queen
1999
as Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
1989
as Mrs. Trilling
1970
as Belva Lockwood
1966
as Camille Salamander
1975
as Self
2006
1982
as Margaret
1994
as Mother
1978
1989
as Mother Nature (voice)
2003
1987
as Herself
2012
1969
as Mrs. Zero
2002
2002
as Mrs. Baskin
2006
as Mrs. Clancy
1989
as Self
2011
1967
as Golda
1975
as Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
2004
as Camille Salamander (archive footage)
1968
as Self
2014
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
1989
as Mrs. Frasco
1992
as Phyllis Diller
1976
as Self
1992
2006
as Aunt Spitzy (voice)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1978
as Herself
1968
as Agatha Knabenshu
1970
as Self (voice)
2006
as Mrs. Hertzberg
1979
as Mrs. Wildebeest
1971
as Phyllis Diller (uncredited)
2001
as Self (archive footage)
2001
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1979
as Self
1975
as Self
1968
as Self
1978
as Self
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