Phyllis Diller
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 17, 1917
- Died
- Aug 20, 2012 (aged 95)
- Place of birth
- Lima, Ohio, USA
- Credits
- 162
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.
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Known for
A Bug's Life
1998Movie
Queen (voice)
Family Guy
1999TV
Thelma Griffin (voice)
Full House
1987TV
Phyllis Diller
The Powerpuff Girls
1998TV
Mask Scara (voice)
Hey Arnold!
1996TV
Mitzi
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002TV
Granny Neutron (voice)
Filmography
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024TV
Self (archive footage)
Pat Rocco Dared
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014Movie
Various (voice) (archive sound)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012Movie
Self
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
2011Movie
Self
How to Live Forever
2011Movie
Self
Looking for Lenny
2011Movie
Self
I Am Comic
2010Movie
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009TV
Self
Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson
2009Movie
(archive footage)
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge
2006Movie
Self
Casper's Scare School
2006Movie
Aunt Spitzy (voice)
Forget About It
2006Movie
Mrs. Hertzberg
The Megan Mullally Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
Unbeatable Harold
2006Movie
Mrs. Clancy
The Aristocrats
2005Movie
Self
Robot Chicken
2005TV
Phillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice), Mrs. Dorsey / Phyllis Diller (voice)
Boston Legal
2004TV
Self
Quintuplets
2004TV
Aunt Sylvia
Goodnight, We Love You
2004Movie
Self
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003Movie
Self
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Life with Bonnie
2002TV
Phyllis Frost
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002TV
Granny Neutron (voice)
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
2002Movie
Self
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002Movie
Self
The Last Place on Earth
2002Movie
Mrs. Baskin
Kiss My Act
2001Movie
Phyllis Diller
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
Everything's Jake
2000Movie
Victoria Pond
Even Stevens
2000TV
Coach Korns
Titus
2000TV
Grandma Titus
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999Movie
Self
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999Movie
Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
Funny Is Money
1999Movie
Self
The Debtors
1999Movie
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999Movie
Self
Family Guy
1999TV
Thelma Griffin (voice)
A Bug's Life
1998Movie
Queen (voice)
The Powerpuff Girls
1998TV
Mask Scara (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
1998TV
Sam (voice)
Emily of New Moon
1998TV
Great Aunt Nancy Priest
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cow and Chicken
1997TV
Red's Mom / Cop (voice)
The View
1997TV
Self
I Am Weasel
1997TV
Red's Mother (voice)
King of the Hill
1997TV
Lillian (voice)
Hey Arnold!
1996TV
Mitzi
7th Heaven
1996TV
Gabrielle, Mabel
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Arli$$
1996TV
Phyllis Diller
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996TV
Self
MADtv
1995TV
Self
The Drew Carey Show
1995TV
Bebe
Cybill
1995TV
The Perfect Man
1994Movie
Mother
The Silence of the Hams
1994Movie
Old Secretary
Diagnosis: Murder
1993TV
Phyllis Diller
Boy Meets World
1993TV
Madame Ouspenskaya
Animaniacs
1993TV
Suzy Squirrel (voice)
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992Movie
Phyllis Diller
Vicki!
1992TV
Self, Self - Guest
Wisecracks
1992Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Herself
Pebble Mill
1991TV
Self
The Boneyard
1991Movie
Miss Poopinplatz
The Nutcracker Prince
1990Movie
Mousequeen (voice)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990TV
Dream On
1990TV
Mrs. Barish
Blossom
1990TV
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989Movie
Mrs. Frasco
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989Movie
Self
Happily Ever After
1989Movie
Mother Nature (voice)
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989Movie
Self
Dr. Hackenstein
1989Movie
Mrs. Trilling
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988Movie
Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988TV
Self
How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale
1987Movie
Herself
Full House
1987TV
Phyllis Diller
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
1987Movie
Jonathan's Mother
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1987Movie
The White Queen
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986Movie
Self (uncredited)
227
1985TV
Louanne costello
Larry King Live
1985TV
Self
Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Nora Mills
The Bob Monkhouse Show
1983TV
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983Movie
Self
Reading Rainbow
1983TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pink Motel
1982Movie
Margaret
Madame's Place
1982TV
Self
Wogan
1982TV
Self
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
1980TV
Self
A Pleasure Doing Business
1979Movie
Mrs. Wildebeest
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979Movie
Self (uncredited)
Christmas at Walt Disney World
1978Movie
Self
Mickey's 50
1978Movie
Self
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
1978Movie
Herself
Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic
1978Movie
Self
The Love Boat
1977TV
Martha Morse, Viola Penny
CHiPs
1977TV
Wanda
On Location: Phyllis Diller
1977Movie
himself
The Muppet Show
1976TV
Self - Special Guest Star
Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon
1976TV
The Gong Show
1976TV
Joys
1976Movie
Self
The Sunshine Boys
1975Movie
Self, Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
The Jeffersons
1975TV
The Lion Roars Again
1975Movie
Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974TV
Self
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
Tattletales
1974TV
Herself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973TV
Self
The Bobby Darin Show
1973TV
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972TV
Self
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
1972TV
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972TV
Phyllis Diller (voice)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971Movie
Phyllis Diller (uncredited)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971TV
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971TV
Self
Night Gallery
1970TV
Pamela (segment "Pamela's Voice")
The Flip Wilson Show
1970TV
Self
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970Movie
Self (voice)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970Movie
Belva Lockwood
Love, American Style
1969TV
Bella, Sally Walker, Edna, Daphane Daniels
The Jim Nabors Hour
1969TV
The Adding Machine
1969Movie
Mrs. Zero
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969TV
Self
Jack Benny's Bag
1968Movie
Self
That's Life
1968TV
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968TV
Self - Host
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
1968Movie
Agatha Knabenshu
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968Movie
Nurse Nellie Krause
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self, Self (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
1968Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968Movie
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967TV
Self - Guest
Eight on the Lam
1967Movie
Golda
Mad Monster Party?
1967Movie
The Monster's Mate (voice)
Hollywood Squares
1966TV
Self
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966TV
Phyllis Pruitt
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966Movie
Lily
The Fat Spy
1966Movie
Camille Salamander
Batman
1966TV
Scrubwoman
Get Smart
1965TV
Maxwell Smart (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace
1964TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self, Self - Guest Hostess
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self, Self - Co-Hostess
Splendor in the Grass
1961Movie
Texas Guinan
Kraft Music Hall
1958TV
Self - Host
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951TV
Clara, Greta Gargoyle, BoBo Van Beacon, Killer Diller
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self, Zoo Tour Guide
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self - Mystery Guest
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948TV
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter