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. 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

Family Guy

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

King of the Hill

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Diagnosis: Murder

The View

All Movies (75)

• Pat Rocco Dared2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• This Is Bob Hope...2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials2014 · as Various (voice) (archive sound)
• Carol Channing: Larger Than Life2012 · as Self
• Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television2011 · as Self
• How to Live Forever2011 · as Self
• Looking for Lenny2011 · as Self
• I Am Comic2010 · as Self
• Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson2009 · as (archive footage)
• Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge2006 · as Self
• Casper's Scare School2006 · as Aunt Spitzy (voice)
• Forget About It2006 · as Mrs. Hertzberg
• Unbeatable Harold2006 · as Mrs. Clancy
• Robot Chicken's Christmas Special2005 · as Mrs. Claus (voice)
• The Aristocrats2005 · as Self
• Goodnight, We Love You2004 · as Self
• Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer2003 · as Self
• The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo2002 · as Self
• Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO2002 · as Self
• The Last Place on Earth2002 · as Mrs. Baskin
• Kiss My Act2001 · as Phyllis Diller
• The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 12001 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 22001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Everything's Jake2000 · as Victoria Pond
• Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club1999 · as Self
• The Nuttiest Nutcracker1999 · as Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
• Funny Is Money1999 · as Self
• The Debtors1999
• Yesterday's Tomorrows1999 · as Self
• A Bug's Life1998 · as Queen (voice)
• The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Perfect Man1994 · as Mother
• The Silence of the Hams1994 · as Old Secretary
• Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue1992 · as Phyllis Diller
• Wisecracks1992
• The Boneyard1991 · as Miss Poopinplatz
• The Nutcracker Prince1990 · as Mousequeen (voice)
• Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog1989 · as Mrs. Frasco
• Hanna-Barbera's 50th1989 · as Self
• Happily Ever After1989 · as Mother Nature (voice)
• Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief1989 · as Self
• Dr. Hackenstein1989 · as Mrs. Trilling
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self
• How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale1987 · as Herself
• Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge1987 · as Jonathan's Mother
• Alice Through the Looking Glass1987 · as The White Queen
• All Star Party for Clint Eastwood1986 · as Self (uncredited)
• George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business1983 · as Self
• Pink Motel1982 · as Margaret
• A Pleasure Doing Business1979 · as Mrs. Wildebeest
• The Muppets Go Hollywood1979 · as Self
• Christmas at Walt Disney World1978 · as Self
• Mickey's 501978 · as Self
• Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!1978 · as Herself
• Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic1978 · as Self
• On Location: Phyllis Diller1977 · as himself
• Joys1976 · as Self
• The Sunshine Boys1975 · as Self
• The Sunshine Boys1975 · as Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
• The Lion Roars Again1975 · as Self
• Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971 · as Phyllis Diller (uncredited)
• The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians1970 · as Self (voice)
• Swing Out, Sweet Land1970 · as Belva Lockwood
• The Adding Machine1969 · as Mrs. Zero
• Jack Benny's Bag1968 · as Self
• Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?1968 · as Agatha Knabenshu
• The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell1968 · as Nurse Nellie Krause
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rowan & Martin at the Movies1968 · as Self
• Eight on the Lam1967 · as Golda
• Mad Monster Party?1967 · as The Monster's Mate (voice)
• Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!1966 · as Lily
• The Fat Spy1966 · as Camille Salamander
• Splendor in the Grass1961 · as Texas Guinan

All TV Shows (103)

• Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Celebrity Ghost Stories2009 · as Self
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Phillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice)
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Mrs. Dorsey / Phyllis Diller (voice)
• Boston Legal2004 · as Self
• Quintuplets2004 · as Aunt Sylvia
• Nip/Tuck2003
• Life with Bonnie2002 · as Phyllis Frost
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius2002 · as Granny Neutron (voice)
• Even Stevens2000 · as Coach Korns
• Titus2000 · as Grandma Titus
• Family Guy1999 · as Thelma Griffin (voice)
• The Powerpuff Girls1998 · as Mask Scara (voice)
• The Wild Thornberrys1998 · as Sam (voice)
• Emily of New Moon1998 · as Great Aunt Nancy Priest
• Cow and Chicken1997 · as Red's Mom / Cop (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self
• I Am Weasel1997 · as Red's Mother (voice)
• King of the Hill1997 · as Lillian (voice)
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Mitzi
• 7th Heaven1996 · as Gabrielle
• 7th Heaven1996 · as Mabel
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Arli$$1996 · as Phyllis Diller
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self
• MADtv1995 · as Self - Hostess
• The Drew Carey Show1995 · as Bebe
• Cybill1995
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Phyllis Diller
• Boy Meets World1993 · as Madame Ouspenskaya
• Vicki!1992 · as Self
• Vicki!1992 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Herself
• Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers1990
• Dream On1990 · as Mrs. Barish
• Blossom1990
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1988 · as Self
• Full House1987 · as Phyllis Diller
• 2271985 · as Louanne costello
• Larry King Live1985 · as Self
• Tales from the Darkside1984 · as Nora Mills
• The Bob Monkhouse Show1983
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Madame's Place1982 · as Self
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters1980 · as Self
• The Love Boat1977 · as Martha Morse
• The Love Boat1977 · as Viola Penny
• CHiPs1977 · as Wanda
• The Muppet Show1976 · as Self - Special Guest Star
• Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon1976
• The Gong Show1976
• The Jeffersons1975
• Tony Orlando and Dawn1974 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Tattletales1974 · as Herself
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• The Bobby Darin Show1973
• The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies - The Lost Episodes1972 · as Phyllis Diller
• The Julie Andrews Hour1972 · as Self
• Wait Till Your Father Gets Home1972
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies1972 · as Phyllis Diller (voice)
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour1971
• The Pearl Bailey Show1971 · as Self
• Night Gallery1970 · as Pamela (segment "Pamela's Voice")
• The Flip Wilson Show1970 · as Self
• Love, American Style1969 · as Daphane Daniels
• Love, American Style1969 · as Bella
• Love, American Style1969 · as Edna
• Love, American Style1969 · as Sally Walker
• Love, American Style1969
• The Jim Nabors Hour1969
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969 · as Self
• That's Life1968
• The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show1968 · as Self - Host
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest
• The Pruitts of Southampton1966 · as Phyllis Pruitt
• Batman1966 · as Scrubwoman
• Get Smart1965 · as Maxwell Smart (uncredited)
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self - Guest Hostess
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Hostess
• Kraft Music Hall1958 · as Self - Host
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Greta Gargoyle
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as BoBo Van Beacon
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Clara
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Killer Diller
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Zoo Tour Guide
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade1948 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter