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