Profile
Phyllis Diller
Comedienne and Actress
Female
Born
Jul 17, 1917
Hometown
Lima, Ohio
Died
Aug 20, 2012
Death Place
Brentwood, Los An...
Alma Mater
Bluffton College
Other Names
Phyllis Ada Driver
Phyllis Diller is an American actress and comedian. She created a stage persona of a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who makes jokes about a husband named "Fang" while pretending to smoke from a long cigarette holder. Diller's signature is… Read More
Romance
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Robert HastingsDated 1985 - 1996
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Warde DonovanMarried 1965 - 1975
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Sherwood Anderson DillerMarried 1939 - 1965
Family
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Phyllis Diller
d.2012
parents
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Perry Marcus DriverFather
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Frances Ada RomsheFather
children
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Peter DillerSon, Age 73
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Sally DillerDaughter, Age 69
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Suzanne DillerDaughter, Age 67
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Stephanie DillerDaughter, Age 65
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Perry DillerSon, Age 63
News + Updates
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Phyllis Diller To Appear On Soap OperaMy Fox- Chicago - Jan 14, 2012
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'The Bold And The Beautiful': Phyllis Diller Returning In MarchThe Huffington Post - USA - Jan 12, 2012 -
1986: One Of The Most Remarkable Sports Years Ever CnnGoogle News - Sep 01, 2011
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George Christy Talks About Malibu, Louise Danelian, Phyllis Diller, Fred Segal ... The Beverly Hills CourierGoogle News - Aug 25, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1917
Birth
Born on July 17, 1917.
THIRTIES
1952
34 Years Old
Diller began her career working at KROW radio in Oakland, California, in 1952.
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Diller first appeared as a stand-up at The Purple Onion on March 7, 1955, and remained there for 87 straight weeks.
1956
38 Years Old
She appeared on "Del Courtney's Showcase" on KPIX television on November 3, 1956.
FORTIES
After moving to Webster Groves, in St Louis in 1961, Diller honed her act in St. Louis clubs such as Gaslight Square's Crystal Palace.
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1965
47 Years Old
Diller's second husband was actor Warde Donovan (born Warde Tatum), whom she married on 7 October 1965.
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1966
48 Years Old
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! did well at the box office and Diller accompanied Hope to Vietnam in 1966 with his USO troupe during the height of the Vietnam War.
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FIFTIES
1970
52 Years Old
After Diller's stint, Ethel Merman took over the role until the end of the show's run in December 1970.
1975
57 Years Old
Their troubled marriage continued until she resolutely divorced Donovan in 1975.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
Diller was a member of the Society of Singers, which supports singers in need. In June 2001 at the request of fellow Society member and producer Scott Sherman, she appeared at Kansas City and Philadelphia Pride events.
In her 2005 autobiography, she wrote that she had undergone "fifteen different procedures".
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2006
89 Years Old
In 2006, Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom proclaimed February 5, 2006, "Phyllis Diller Day in San Francisco", which she accepted by phone.
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2007
90 Years Old
On July 11, 2007, USA Today reported that she had fractured her back and had to cancel a Tonight Show appearance, during which she had planned to celebrate her 90th birthday.
2011
94 Years Old
On January 4, 2011, she appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° as part of a panel of comedians.
The October 7, 2012 episode of Family Guy was made in memory of her and Michael Clarke Duncan.
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