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Legendary Comedienne Phyllis Diller Dead at 95

Phyllis Diller, the legendary comedienne who paved the way for many female comics, has died. She was 95.

Diller died Monday at her Los Angeles home surrounded by family, TMZ reports. Diller had reportedly fallen recently, but the accident isn't believed to be associated with her death.

Born Phyllis Ada Driver, Diller began her career on an Oakland, Calif. radio show in 1952. From there she went on to film a 15-minute television series called Phyllis Dillis, the Homely Friendmaker. Soon she began co-starring with Bob Hope on multiple television specials and films in the 1960s. Hope then brought her on his USO tour in Vietnam in 1966.

Diller, who was a regular on Laugh-In, starred in her own television series, The Phyllis Diller Show on ABC in 1966 as well as The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show on NBC in 1968. The following year she starred on Broadway in Hello, Dolly!

More recently, Diller appeared on 7th Heaven, The Drew Carey Show, did a cameo on Boston Legal and voiced characters on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Family Guy. Her most recent appearance was this year on two episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful.

Diller earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993.

Filmography

Film

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1961    Splendor in the Grass Texas Guinan   film debut

1966    The Fat Spy      Camille Salamander   

1966    Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!        Lily      

1967    Mad Monster Party?   The Monster's Mate   Voice

1967    Eight on the Lam         Golda  

1968    The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell      Nurse Nellie Krause   

1968    Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?          Agatha Knabenshu     

1969    The Adding Machine   Mrs. Zero        

1975    The Sunshine Boys      Performer on Fictional Television Program    Uncredited

1977    The Great Balloon Race          unknown role

1979    A Pleasure Doing Business      Mrs. Wildebeest        

1982    Pink Motel       Margaret        

1988    Doctor Hackenstein    Mrs. Trilling    

1989    Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog           Mrs. Frasco    

1990    Happily Ever After       Mother Nature            Voice

1990    The Nutcracker           Mousequeen   Voice

1991    The Boneyard Miss Poopinplatz        

1993    The Perfect Man         Mother           

1994    The Silence of the Hams         Old Secretary

1997    Peoria Babylon            Painting Owner          

1998    A Bug's Life      Queen Voice

1999    The Debtors    unknown role

1999    The Nuttiest Nutcracker         Sugar Plum Fairy         Voice, Direct-to-Video

2000    Everything's Jake         Victoria Pond

2002    The Last Place on Earth           Mrs. Baskin    

2002    Hip! Edgy! Quirky!       Mrs. Higgenbothen    

2004    Motocross Kids           Louise

2004    West from North Goes South             The Cashier    

2006    Everything's Jake         Victoria Pond

2006    Unbeatable Harold     Mrs. Clancy    

2006    Forget About It            Mrs. Hertzberg           

2008    Light of Olympia          Pelops Voice

2009    The Hipsters    unknown role

2009    Family Dinner Grandma Liz O'Connell           Short; Uncredited

Television

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1958    You Bet Your Life        Herself (Nightclub Performer)            Episode: "#8.19"

1961-1970       The Ed Sullivan Show Herself (Guest)            recurring role; 6 episodes

1963-1964       What's My Line?         Herself (Mystery Guest)          2 episodes

1964-1967       I've Got a Secret          Herself (Guest / Panelist)        4 episodes

1964-1967       The Match Game        Herself (Team Captain)           recurring role; 20 episodes

1964-1971       The Bob Hope Show   Herself (Guest)            recurring role; 10 episodes

1965-1971       The Andy Williams Show        Herself (Guest)            5 episodes

1965-1974       The Dean Martin Show           Herself (Guest)            recurring role; 8 episodes

1966    Batman            Scrubwoman   Episode: "The Minstrel's Shakedown"

uncredited

1966    The Red Skelton Hour             Clara Appleby Episode: "Love at First Fright"

1966-1967       The Phyllis Diller Show            Phyllisa Pruitt series regular; 30 episodes

1966-1969       The Hollywood Palace            Herself (Host) recurring role; 6 episodes

1967    The Carol Burnett Show          Herself (Guest)            Episode: "#1.6"

1967-1980       The Hollywood Squares          Herself (Panelist)         recurring role; 28 episodes

1968    The Red Skelton Hour             Greta Gargoyle            Episode: "Dial M for Moron"

1968    It Takes Two    Herself             Episode: "Pilot"

1968    The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show        Herself (Host) 4 episodes

1968-1973       Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In    Herself (guest)            recurring role; 6 episodes

1969    The Red Skelton Hour             Bobo Van Beacon        Episode: "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, Unless You're a Banana"

1969    That's Life        unknown role Episode: "Chalk Can Be Sexy"

1969    Love, American Style Daphanie Daniels        Episode: "Love and the Phonies"

1969    The Liberace Show      Herself (Guest)            Episode: "#5.23.1969"

1969    Get Smart        Maxwell Smart            Episode: "Pheasant Under Glass" (uncredited)

1969    The Good Guys            Lilli Resphighi Episode: "No Orchids for the Diner"

1970    Swing Out, Sweet Land           Belva A. Lockwood      Television Movie

1970    The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians        Herself             Voice, Television Movie

1971    Night Gallery   Pamela            Voice, Episode: "Pamela's Voice"

1971    Love, American Style Bella    Episode: "Love and the Heist"

1971    Love, American Style Edna    Episode: "Love and the Vacation"

1971    The Reel Game            Herself (Celebrity Guest)        Episode: "#1.18.1971"

1971    The Red Skelton Hour             Herself (Killer Diller)   Episode: "Sheriff Hater"

1971    The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour     Herself (Guest)            Episode: "#1.5"

1972    The New Scooby-Doo Movies             Herself             Voice, Episode: "A Good Medium Is Rare"

1973    Wait Till Your Father Gets Home        Detective Phyllis Diller            Voice, Episode: "The Lady Detective"

1973    Love, American Style Sally Walker    Episode: "Love and the Comedienne"

1973    The Bobby Darin Show           Herself (Guest)            Episode: "#1.10"

1974    Tattletales       Herself             recurring role; 11 episodes

1974    Celebrity Roast            Herself             Episode: "Bob Hope/Telly Savalas"

1975    Uncle Croc's Block       Witchy Goo-Goo         series regular; 16 episodes

1975    Celebrity Roast            Herself             Episode: "Lucille Ball/Jackie Gleason/Sammy Davis Jr./Michael Landon/Valerie Harper"

1976    The Gong Show           Herself (Guest Judge) Episode: "Phyllis Diller"

1976    The Muppet Show      Herself (Special Guest Star)    Episode: "Phyllis Diller"

1977    The Bobby Vinton Show         Herself (Guest)            2 episodes

1978    CHiPs   Wanda             Episode: "Crack-Up"

1978    Comedy Roast             Herself             Episode: "Jack Klugman/George Burns/Betty White"

1979    The Love Boat Viola Penny     Episode: "The Scoop/The Audit Couple/My Boyfriend's Back"

1980    Password Plus             Herself (Celebrity Contestant)            2 episodes

1981    Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell sisters    Herself             1 episode

1982    The Love Boat Martha Morse             Episode: "The Anniversary Gift/Honey Bee Mine/Bewigged, Bothered and Bewildered"

1983    All-Star Family Feud Special    Herself (Celebrity Contestant)            Episode: "Richard's Rosebuds vs. Phyllis Fighters"

1984    As the World Turns     Fairy Godmother         Episode: "Cinderella Concert"

1984    Comedy Roast             Herself             Episode: "Joan Collins"

1984-1985       Body Language            Herself (Panelist)         recurring role; 15 episodes

1985    The Jeffersons             Herself             Episode: "You'll Never Get Rich"

1985    Tales from the Darkside          Nora Mills       Episode: "The Trouble with Mary Jane"

1985    Glitter unknown role Episode: "Rock 'n' Roll Heaven"

1987    Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge        Jonathan's Mother      Television Movie

1987    Alice Through the Looking Glass         The White Queen        Voice, Television Movie

1987-1989       Super Password          Herself (Celebrity Contestant)            recurring role; 25 episodes

1988    Full House       Herself             Episode: "But Seriously Folks"

1988    Night Heat       Mrs. Malik       Episode: "Better Part of Valor"

1989    Family Feud     Herself (Contestant)   Episode: "The Funny Men vs.the Funny Women"

1990    227      Louanne Costello        Episode: "The Class of '90"

1991    Captain Planet and the Planeteers     Dr. Jane Goodair         Voice, Episode: "Smog Hog"

1992    Carol: Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue    Herself             Television Movie

1993    Dream On        Mrs. Barish      Episode: "Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape"

1993-1994       Blossom           Mrs. Peterson/Herself            recurring role; 4 episodes

1994    Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle     unknown role Episode: "The Never-Want-To-Go-To-Bedders Cure"

1994    Boy Meets World        Madame Ouspenkaya             Episode: "Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf?"

1996    Cybill   Herself             Uncreidted, Episode: "Romancing the Crone"

1996-2012       The Bold and the Beautiful     Gladys Pope    recurring role; 18 episodes, (final appearance)

1998    Animaniacs      Suzy Squirrel   Voice Episode: "The Carpool/The Sunshine Squirrels"

1998    Diagnosis Murder       Herself             Episode: "Talked to Death"

1998-1999       Emily of New Moon    Great Aunt Nancy Priest         2 episodes

1999    King of the Hill            Lillian   Voice, Episode: "Escape from Party Island"

1999    Cow and Chicken        Red's Mom / Cop        Voice, Episode: "Professor Longhorn Steer/I.M. Weasel: He Said,He Said/A Couple of Skating Fools"

1999    I Am Weasel    Red's Mother Voice, Episode: "I Am Artiste"

1999    The Wild Thornberrys             Samantha        Voice, Episode: "Two's Company"

1999    Hey Arnold!     Mitzi    Voice, Episode: "Grandpa's Sister"

1999    7th Heaven      Mabel Episode: "Nobody Knows"

2000    Hollywood Off-Ramp unknown role Episode: "Unfunny Girl"

2001    Arli$     Herself             Episode: "As Others See Us"

2001    Kiss My Act      Herself             Television Movie

2001    The Test          Herself (Panelist)         Episode: "The Cajones Test"

2001-2002       Titus    Grandma Titus            2 episodes

2002    The Drew Carey Show             Bebe    Episode: "Look Mom, One Hand!"

2002    Even Stevens   Coach Korns    Episode: "Snow Job"

2002-2003       7th Heaven      Gabrielle         2 episodes

2002-2004       The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron     Grandma Neutron       Voice, 2 episodes

2002-2004       Hollywood Squares     Herself (Panelist)         recurring role; 30 episodes

2003    Life with Bonnie          Phyllis Frost     Episode: "It's a Wonderful Job"

2003    Star Dates        Herself             Episode: "Phyllis Diller"

2004    The Powerpuff Girls    Mask Scara      Voice, Episode: "A Made Up Story"

2005    Quintuplets     Aunt Sylvia      Episode: "Chutes and Letters"

2005    Robot Chicken             Herself / Various         Voice, recurring role; 3 episodes

2006    Casper's Scare School Aunt Spitzy      Voice, Television Movie

2006    Robot Chicken             Herself / Various         Voice, Episode: "Easter Basket"

2006-2007       Family Guy      Thelma Griffin             Voice, 3 episodes

2007    Boston Legal   Herself             Episode: "Brotherly Love"