Phyllis Diller
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: July 17, 1917
Place of Birth: Lima, Ohio, USA
Known For
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the third of the six films, "Yesterday's Tomorrows," filmmaker Barry Levinson delves into what we, as Americans, thought the future would be as we traveled through the 20th century. Houses and cars of the future, the promise of technology, and the other hopes and dreams of the early part of the century gave way to the fears and anxieties brought about by the atomic age and the Hollywood disaster films that followed. Soon we wondered if we could control technology, or if it would control us. This film is by turns light-hearted and thoughtful, and rare historical and archival film, produced by government and industry, alternates with on-screen interviews with people as diverse as consumer advocate Ralph Nader, cartoonist Matt Groening, futurist Alvin Toffler, comedienne Phyllis Diller, and actor Martin Mull.
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound system.
Emily of New Moon
Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the Emily of New Moon series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a total of forty-six. The executive producers were Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, and Ronald Weinberg. The series starred Martha MacIsaac as the titular orphan Emily Starr. Susan Clark and Sheila McCarthy played Emily's aunts Elizabeth and Laura, who had taken on the responsibility of raising Emily following her father's death, and Stephen McHattie played her cousin Jimmy. Susan Clark left the series after the first season when her character, Elizabeth, was killed off. Recurring cast included Chip Ciupka as Mr. Carpenter, Peter Donaldson as Ian Bowles, Richard Donat as Dr. Burnley, Kris Lemche as Perry Miller, John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Jessica Pellerin as Ilse Burnley, Shawn Roberts as Teddy Kent, and Linda Thorson as Cousin Isabel.
Reading Rainbow
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
Found Footage Festival Volume 4: Live in Tucson
Founded in 2004, the Festival originated in Wisconsin and Minnesota by Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher and Geoff Haas, childhood friends from Wisconsin. While still in high school, Pickett and Prueher began collecting videos from garage sales, training videos from odd jobs, and copies of tapes from a video production house. The friends would then play selections from this collection for entertainment at parties. In 2004, Pickett and Prueher quit their day jobs to focus on production of their first feature documentary, Dirty Country. They started the touring Found Footage Festival show to fund the production of the documentary. In addition to its regular touring schedule, the Festival has appeared at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, Just For Laughs (the Montreal comedy festival), the New York Comedy Festival, the Impakt Festival in the Netherlands, and the Central Standard Film Festival in Minneapolis, MN. The Festival is currently based out of New York City.
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
This DVD release features six Christmas special episodes from Robot Chicken's hilariously outrageous 6 seasons, plus comes loaded with holiday-themed bonus content like deleted scenes, deleted animatics, commentary, and more! This [adult swim] holiday release is available at a great value, and will be an instant holiday classic for fans and collectors.
Quintuplets
Quintuplets is a quirky ensemble comedy about the trials and tribulations of two parents raising 15-year-old quintuplets in a three-bedroom home.
Boy Meets World
The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
Hey Arnold!
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Aunt Spitzy (voice)
as Mrs. Hertzberg
as Self - Guest
as Mrs. Clancy
as Mrs. Claus (voice)
as Self
as Phillys Diller / Mrs. Claus / Hooker (voice)
as Mrs. Dorsey / Phyllis Diller (voice)
as Self
as Aunt Sylvia
as Self
as Phyllis Frost
as Granny Neutron (voice)
as Mrs. Baskin
as Phyllis Diller
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Victoria Pond
as Coach Korns
as Grandma Titus
as Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
as Self
as Self
as Thelma Griffin (voice)
as Queen (voice)
as Mask Scara (voice)
as Sam (voice)
as Great Aunt Nancy Priest
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Lillian (voice)
as Mitzi
as Gabrielle
as Mabel
as Self
as Self - Hostess
as Bebe
as Old Secretary
as Phyllis Diller
as Madame Ouspenskaya
as Herself
as Miss Poopinplatz
as Mousequeen (voice)
as Mrs. Barish
as Mrs. Frasco
as Self
as Mother Nature (voice)
as Mrs. Trilling
as Herself
as Phyllis Diller
as The White Queen
as Jonathan's Mother
as Louanne costello
as Self
as Nora Mills
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Margaret
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Herself
as Self
as Martha Morse
as Viola Penny
as Wanda
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self
as Self
as Performer on Fictional TV Program (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Herself
as Phyllis Diller
as Self
as Phyllis Diller (voice)
as Phyllis Diller (uncredited)
as Pamela (segment "Pamela's Voice")
as Self
as Self (voice)
as Belva Lockwood
as Bella
as Sally Walker
as Edna
as Daphane Daniels
as Mrs. Zero
as Agatha Knabenshu
as Self - Guest
as Nurse Nellie Krause
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Golda
as The Monster's Mate (voice)
as Phyllis Pruitt
as Camille Salamander
as Scrubwoman
as Maxwell Smart (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Guest Hostess
as Self
as Self
as Self - Co-Hostess
as Texas Guinan
as Self - Host
as Self
as Clara - the Dean's Daughter
as Self / Greta Gargoyle
as Self / BoBo Van Beacon
as Killer Diller
as Self
as Zoo Tour Guide
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self
as Self - Presenter