Phyllis Diller
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jul 17, 1917 (109 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2024 | Stand-Up: The Laughing TherapySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Pat Rocco DaredSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope...Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken: Christmas SpecialsVarious (voice) (archive sound) | |
| 2012 | Carol Channing: Larger Than LifeSelf | |
| 2011 | How to Live ForeverSelf | |
| 2011 | Looking for LennySelf | |
| 2011 | Ruth Lyons: First Lady of TelevisionSelf | |
| 2010 | I Am ComicSelf | |
| 2009 | Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson(archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf | |
| 2007 | Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty FaceSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The EdgeSelf | |
| 2006 | Unbeatable HaroldMrs. Clancy | |
| 2006 | Casper's Scare SchoolAunt Spitzy (voice) | |
| 2006 | Forget About ItMrs. Hertzberg | |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken's Christmas SpecialMrs. Claus (voice) | |
| 2005 | The AristocratsSelf | |
| 2005 | Robot ChickenPhillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice) | |
| 2005 | Robot ChickenMrs. Dorsey / Phyllis Diller (voice) | |
| 2004 | Goodnight, We Love YouSelf | |
| 2004 | QuintupletsAunt Sylvia | |
| 2004 | Boston LegalSelf | |
| 2003 | Biography: Bob Hope: America's EntertainerSelf | |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | |
| 2002 | Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USOSelf | |
| 2002 | The Last Place on EarthMrs. Baskin | |
| 2002 | The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in StereoSelf | |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusGranny Neutron (voice) | |
| 2002 | Life with BonniePhyllis Frost | |
| 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Kiss My ActPhyllis Diller | |
| 2000 | Everything's JakeVictoria Pond | |
| 2000 | TitusGrandma Titus | |
| 2000 | Even StevensCoach Korns | |
| 1999 | Yesterday's TomorrowsSelf | |
| 1999 | Funny Is MoneySelf | |
| 1999 | The Nuttiest NutcrackerSugar Plum Fairy (Voice) | |
| 1999 | Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars ClubSelf | |
| 1999 | Family GuyThelma Griffin (voice) | |
| 1998 | A Bug's LifeQueen (voice) | |
| 1998 | The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1998 | The Powerpuff GirlsMask Scara (voice) | |
| 1998 | Emily of New MoonGreat Aunt Nancy Priest | |
| 1998 | The Wild ThornberrysSam (voice) | |
| 1997 | King of the HillLillian (voice) | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1997 | Cow and Chicken | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | 7th HeavenGabrielle | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf | |
| 1996 | Hey Arnold!Mitzi | |
| 1996 | 7th HeavenMabel | |
| 1996 | Arli$$Phyllis Diller | |
| 1995 | Cybill | |
| 1995 | MADtvSelf - Hostess | |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey ShowBebe | |
| 1994 | The Silence of the HamsOld Secretary | |
| 1994 | The Perfect ManMother | |
| 1993 | Boy Meets WorldMadame Ouspenskaya | |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: MurderPhyllis Diller | |
| 1992 | Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & BluePhyllis Diller | |
| 1992 | Wisecracks | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay LenoHerself | |
| 1992 | Vicki!Self | |
| 1992 | Vicki!Self - Guest | |
| 1991 | The BoneyardMiss Poopinplatz | |
| 1991 | Pebble MillSelf | |
| 1990 | The Nutcracker PrinceMousequeen (voice) | |
| 1990 | Blossom | |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | |
| 1990 | Dream OnMrs. Barish | |
| 1989 | Dr. HackensteinMrs. Trilling | |
| 1989 | Happily Ever AfterMother Nature (voice) | |
| 1989 | Hanna-Barbera's 50thSelf | |
| 1989 | Pucker Up and Bark Like a DogMrs. Frasco | |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelf | |
| 1988 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourSelf | |
| 1987 | Jonathan Winters: On the LedgeJonathan's Mother | |
| 1987 | Alice Through the Looking GlassThe White Queen | |
| 1987 | How to Have a Moneymaking Garage SaleHerself | |
| 1987 | Full HousePhyllis Diller | |
| 1986 | All Star Party for Clint EastwoodSelf | |
| 1985 | Larry King LiveSelf | |
| 1985 | 227Louanne costello | |
| 1984 | Tales from the DarksideNora Mills | |
| 1983 | George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show BusinessSelf | |
| 1983 | The Bob Monkhouse Show | |
| 1983 | Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | Pink MotelMargaret | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1982 | Madame's PlaceSelf | |
| 1980 | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell SistersSelf | |
| 1979 | A Pleasure Doing BusinessMrs. Wildebeest | |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go HollywoodSelf | |
| 1978 | Rock 'n' Roll Sports ClassicSelf | |
| 1978 | Christmas at Walt Disney WorldSelf | |
| 1978 | Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!Herself | |
| 1978 | Mickey's 50Self | |
| 1977 | On Location: Phyllis Dillerhimself | |
| 1977 | CHiPsWanda | |
| 1977 | The Love BoatMartha Morse | |
| 1977 | The Love BoatViola Penny | |
| 1976 | JoysSelf | |
| 1976 | The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star | |
| 1976 | The Gong Show | |
| 1976 | Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon | |
| 1975 | The Sunshine BoysSelf | |
| 1975 | The Sunshine BoysPerformer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited) | |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars AgainSelf | |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons | |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando and DawnSelf | |
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1974 | TattletalesHerself | |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf | |
| 1973 | The Bobby Darin Show | |
| 1972 | The New Scooby-Doo MoviesPhyllis Diller (voice) | |
| 1972 | The Julie Andrews HourSelf | |
| 1972 | Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | |
| 1972 | The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies - The Lost EpisodesPhyllis Diller | |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to HollywoodPhyllis Diller (uncredited) | |
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey ShowSelf | |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet LandBelva Lockwood | |
| 1970 | The Mad, Mad, Mad ComediansSelf (voice) | |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson ShowSelf | |
| 1970 | Night GalleryPamela (segment "Pamela's Voice") | |
| 1969 | The Adding MachineMrs. Zero | |
| 1969 | The Jim Nabors Hour | |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelf | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleDaphane Daniels | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleBella | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleEdna | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleSally Walker | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | |
| 1968 | The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1968 | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'FarrellNurse Nellie Krause | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf | |
| 1968 | Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?Agatha Knabenshu | |
| 1968 | Jack Benny's BagSelf | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf | |
| 1968 | The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSelf - Host | |
| 1968 | That's Life | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party?The Monster's Mate (voice) | |
| 1967 | Eight on the LamGolda | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1966 | Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!Lily | |
| 1966 | The Fat SpyCamille Salamander | |
| 1966 | BatmanScrubwoman | |
| 1966 | The Pruitts of SouthamptonPhyllis Pruitt | |
| 1965 | Get SmartMaxwell Smart (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | The Hollywood PalaceSelf | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Hostess | |
| 1961 | Splendor in the GrassTexas Guinan | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Hostess | |
| 1958 | Kraft Music HallSelf - Host | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton ShowSelf / Greta Gargoyle | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton ShowSelf / BoBo Van Beacon | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton ShowClara - the Dean's Daughter | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton ShowKiller Diller | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope ShowSelf | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope ShowZoo Tour Guide | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter |














