Cast & creator
Phyllis Diller
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Family Guy
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.
Also known as: Phyllis Driver
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film credits
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television credits
178
1944–2024 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (178)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Hostess
1962
Family Guy
Thelma Griffin (voice)
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
The View
Self
1997
King of the Hill
Lillian (voice)
1997
Diagnosis: Murder
Phyllis Diller
1993
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Herself
1992
The Love Boat
Martha Morse
1977The Love Boat
Viola Penny
1977
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Nip/Tuck
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Robot Chicken
Phillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice)
2005Robot Chicken
Mrs. Dorsey / Phyllis Diller (voice)
2005
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Boston Legal
Self
2004
The Drew Carey Show
Bebe
1995
Love, American Style
Bella
1969Love, American Style
Daphane Daniels
1969Love, American Style
Sally Walker
1969Love, American Style
Edna
1969Love, American Style
1969
Get Smart
Maxwell Smart (uncredited)
1965
The Powerpuff Girls
Mask Scara (voice)
1998
Batman
Scrubwoman
1966
Full House
Phyllis Diller
1987
The Red Skelton Show
Greta Gargoyle
1951The Red Skelton Show
BoBo Van Beacon
1951The Red Skelton Show
Killer Diller
1951The Red Skelton Show
Clara
1951
Animaniacs
Suzy Squirrel (voice)
1993
Hey Arnold!
Mitzi
1996
Wogan
Self
1982
Cow and Chicken
Red's Mom / Cop (voice)
1997
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Granny Neutron (voice)
2002
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Tales from the Darkside
Nora Mills
1984
Arli$$
Phyllis Diller
1996
The Wild Thornberrys
Sam (voice)
1998
Boy Meets World
Madame Ouspenskaya
1993
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950The Bob Hope Show
Zoo Tour Guide
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
7th Heaven
Gabrielle
19967th Heaven
Mabel
1996
Night Gallery
Pamela (segment "Pamela's Voice")
1970
The Jeffersons
1975Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Cybill
1995
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Blossom
1990
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
The Oscars
Self
1953
Kraft Music Hall
Self - Host
1958
I Am Weasel
Red's Mother (voice)
1997
Dream On
Mrs. Barish
1990
A Bug's Life
Queen (voice)
1998
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Even Stevens
Coach Korns
2000Vicki!
Self
1992Vicki!
Self - Guest
1992
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
227
Louanne costello
1985
CHiPs
Wanda
1977
Hollywood Squares
Self
1966
Titus
Grandma Titus
2000
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Life with Bonnie
Phyllis Frost
2002
Madame's Place
Self
1982
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Phyllis Diller (voice)
1972
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Self (archive footage)
2024
Quintuplets
Aunt Sylvia
2004
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974The Jim Nabors Hour
1969
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Self
1948
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Self
1980
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
1972
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972
The Pruitts of Southampton
Phyllis Pruitt
1966
Larry King Live
Self
1985The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971
Tattletales
Herself
1974
Emily of New Moon
Great Aunt Nancy Priest
1998That's Life
1968
E! True Hollywood Story
1996The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
1988
The Bobby Darin Show
1973The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Self - Host
1968
MADtv
Self
1995
Splendor in the Grass
Texas Guinan
1961The Bob Monkhouse Show
1983
Casper's Scare School
Aunt Spitzy (voice)
2006
The Aristocrats
Self
2005
The Silence of the Hams
Old Secretary
1994
The Nutcracker Prince
Mousequeen (voice)
1990
Mad Monster Party?
The Monster's Mate (voice)
1967
The Gong Show
1976
Happily Ever After
Mother Nature (voice)
1989
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2001
Eight on the Lam
Golda
1967
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Lily
1966
The Sunshine Boys
Self
1975The Sunshine Boys
Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
1975
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
1979
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Self (voice)
1970
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
Nurse Nellie Krause
1968The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The White Queen
1987
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
1999
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self
1989
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2001
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
Jonathan's Mother
1987
I Am Comic
Self
2010
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Phyllis Diller (uncredited)
1971
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Mrs. Frasco
1989Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon
1976
The Last Place on Earth
Mrs. Baskin
2002
Goodnight, We Love You
Self
2004
Wisecracks
1992A Pleasure Doing Business
Mrs. Wildebeest
1979
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
Agatha Knabenshu
1968All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self (uncredited)
1986
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
1988
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Self
1989
Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic
Self
1978
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self (archive footage)
1998
Dr. Hackenstein
Mrs. Trilling
1989
The Boneyard
Miss Poopinplatz
1991
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Self
2011
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Self
2002
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1968
Unbeatable Harold
Mrs. Clancy
2006
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Belva Lockwood
1970
Joys
Self
1976
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Self
1983
Looking for Lenny
Self
2011
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
Herself
1978
Forget About It
Mrs. Hertzberg
2006
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Self (archive footage)
2007Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
Phyllis Diller
1992
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Self
2012
How to Live Forever
Self
2011
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Self
1999
Mickey's 50
Self
1978
The Debtors
1999
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Self
1999Jack Benny's Bag
Self
1968
Funny Is Money
Self
1999
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge
Self
2006
Christmas at Walt Disney World
Self
1978Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Self
2002
Kiss My Act
Phyllis Diller
2001
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
Self
2003
Pat Rocco Dared
Self (archive footage)
2021
Everything's Jake
Victoria Pond
2000
The Fat Spy
Camille Salamander
1966
Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson
(archive footage)
2009
The Adding Machine
Mrs. Zero
1969
How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale
Herself
1987On Location: Phyllis Diller
himself
1977The Perfect Man
Mother
1994
Pink Motel
Margaret
1982