Phyllis Diller
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
Pat Rocco Dared
2021
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
2011
How to Live Forever
2011
Looking for Lenny
2011
I Am Comic
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson
2009
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
2007
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge
2006
Casper's Scare School
2006
Forget About It
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Unbeatable Harold
2006
Robot Chicken's Christmas Special
2005
The Aristocrats
2005
Robot Chicken
2005
Boston Legal
2004
Quintuplets
2004
Goodnight, We Love You
2004
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
Life with Bonnie
2002
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
2002
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002
The Last Place on Earth
2002
Kiss My Act
2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
Everything's Jake
2000
Even Stevens
2000
Titus
2000
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999
Funny Is Money
1999
The Debtors
1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
Family Guy
1999
A Bug's Life
1998
The Powerpuff Girls
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Emily of New Moon
1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
Cow and Chicken
1997
The View
1997
I Am Weasel
1997
King of the Hill
1997
Hey Arnold!
1996
7th Heaven
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Arli$$
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
MADtv
1995
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Cybill
1995
The Perfect Man
The Perfect Man
1994
The Silence of the Hams
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Boy Meets World
1993
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992
Vicki!
Vicki!
1992
Wisecracks
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Pebble Mill
Pebble Mill
1991
The Boneyard
1991
The Nutcracker Prince
1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Dream On
1990
Blossom
1990
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
Happily Ever After
1989
Dr. Hackenstein
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale
1987