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Phyllis Diller
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American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist (1917–2012)
Phyllis Diller was an American entertainer who worked across multiple fields including stand-up comedy, acting, writing, music, and visual art during a career spanning several decades in the 20th century. She matters as a pioneering figure in comedy and entertainment who helped shape the landscape of American popular culture from the 1950s onward.
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Lima, Ohio, USA
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,…
Known for
- Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy — Self (archive footage)2024
- Pat Rocco Dared — Self (archive footage)2021
- This Is Bob Hope... — Self (archive footage)2017
- Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials — Various (voice) (archive sound)2014
- Carol Channing: Larger Than Life — Self2012
- How to Live Forever — Self2011
- Looking for Lenny — Self2011
- Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television — Self2011
- I Am Comic — Self2010
- Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson — (archive footage)2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ada
- Family name
- Driver
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lima
- Place of death
- Brentwood
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Golden Apple Award
- Notable work
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Eye colour
- green
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Image
- Phyllis diller 2-25-2007.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
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- sexual orientation
- heterosexuality
- name in native language
- Phyllis Ada Diller
- Commons category
- Phyllis Diller
- date of birth
- 1917-07-17
- date of death
- 2012-08-20
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
- writing language
- American English
- birth name
- Phyllis Ada Driver
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, who displayed 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 United States, credited as an influence by Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr and Ellen DeGeneres, among others. She was also one of the first celebrities to openly champion plastic surgery, for which she was recognized by the cosmetic surgery industry.
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