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Phyllis Diller

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Phyllis Diller

Born July 17, 1917 in Lima, Ohio, USADied August 20, 201233 films

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.

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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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Splendor in the Grass posterFirst watchSplendor in the Grass19617.5as Texas GuinanA fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
A Bug's Life poster7.0A Bug's Life1998The Sunshine Boys poster6.9The Sunshine Boys1975The Nutcracker Prince poster6.5The Nutcracker Prince1990Mad Monster Party? poster6.5Mad Monster Party?1967The Silence of the Hams poster4.8The Silence of the Hams1994Happily Ever After poster5.8Happily Ever After1989Casper's Scare School poster5.3Casper's Scare School2006The Boneyard poster5.7The Boneyard1991

Filmography

33 films as actor
  1. 2014Robot Chicken: Christmas SpecialsVarious (voice) (archive sound)
  2. 2006Casper's Scare SchoolAunt Spitzy (voice)
  3. 2006Forget About ItMrs. Hertzberg
  4. 2006Unbeatable HaroldMrs. Clancy
  5. 2002The Last Place on EarthMrs. Baskin
  6. 2001Kiss My ActPhyllis Diller
  7. 2000Everything's JakeVictoria Pond
  8. 1999The Nuttiest NutcrackerSugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
  9. 1999The Debtors
  10. 1998A Bug's LifeQueen (voice)
  11. 1994The Perfect ManMother
  12. 1994The Silence of the HamsOld Secretary
  13. 1992Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & BluePhyllis Diller
  14. 1991The BoneyardMiss Poopinplatz
  15. 1990The Nutcracker PrinceMousequeen (voice)
  16. 1989Pucker Up and Bark Like a DogMrs. Frasco
  17. 1989Happily Ever AfterMother Nature (voice)
  18. 1989Dr. HackensteinMrs. Trilling
  19. 1987Jonathan Winters: On the LedgeJonathan's Mother
  20. 1987Alice Through the Looking GlassThe White Queen
  21. 1982Pink MotelMargaret
  22. 1979A Pleasure Doing BusinessMrs. Wildebeest
  23. 1975The Sunshine BoysPerformer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
  24. 1971Mooch Goes to HollywoodPhyllis Diller (uncredited)
  25. 1970Swing Out, Sweet LandBelva Lockwood
  26. 1969The Adding MachineMrs. Zero
  27. 1968Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?Agatha Knabenshu
  28. 1968The Private Navy of Sgt. O'FarrellNurse Nellie Krause
  29. 1967Eight on the LamGolda
  30. 1967Mad Monster Party?The Monster's Mate (voice)
  31. 1966Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!Lily
  32. 1966The Fat SpyCamille Salamander
  33. 1961Splendor in the GrassTexas Guinan