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Starting in 1959 and throughout the 1960s, she released multiple comedy albums, including the titles Wet Toe in a Hot Socket!, Laughs, Are You Ready for Phyllis Diller?, and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller.
Phyllis Diller. Actress: A Bug's Life. Diller put out an autobiography in 2005 in her late 80s, and entitled it "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse", which pretty much says it all when recalling the misfit life and career of the fabulous, one-of-a-kind Phyllis Diller.
Aug 20, 2012 · Phyllis Diller, the legendary wild-haired, self-deprecating queen of comedy, died Monday at her Brentwood, Calif., home. She was 95. Suffering heart problems in recent years and...
Phyllis Diller. Actress: A Bug's Life. Diller put out an autobiography in 2005 in her late 80s, and entitled it "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse", which pretty much says it all when recalling the misfit life and career of the fabulous, one-of-a-kind Phyllis Diller.
Aug 20, 2012 · Comedian Phyllis Diller, known for her self-deprecating humor, died “peacefully in her sleep” at her Los Angeles home Monday morning, her manager told CNN. Diller was 95. Her son, Perry, “found...
Aug 21, 2012 · Phyllis Diller, whose sassy, screeching, rapid-fire stand-up comedy helped open the door for two generations of funny women, died on Monday at her home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los...
Jul 13, 2024 · Phyllis Diller (born July 17, 1917, Lima, Ohio, U.S.—died August 20, 2012, Los Angeles, California) was an American comedienne and actress who was one of the first female stand-up comics, noted for her zany and raucous personality and self-deprecating humour.
Phyllis Diller (July 17, 1917–August 20, 2012) is widely considered to be the first woman stand-up comic to perform as a solo act. To celebrate her 100th birthday in 2017, the Smithsonian worked with hundreds of volunteers to digitize and transcribe Diller's gag file, a large cabinet where she kept her jokes categorized by theme.
Aug 20, 2012 · A queen of comedy has died. Phyllis Diller had audiences in stitches for more than five decades with her outlandish get-ups and rapid-fire one-liners. She died at her home, where she had been in...
Aug 21, 2012 · And what was it that made Phyllis Diller such a vital presence in the history of American comedy? She was a unique trailblazer, charging at the gender barriers that previously had existed in stand-up comedy, a field dominated by men.
