Biography
Phyllis Diller, also credited as Phyllis Driver, was an American actress and stand-up comedian. Born Phyllis Ada Driver on 17 July 1917 in Lima, Ohio, she died on 20 August 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
She began performing stand-up comedy in 1955 at the Purple Onion nightclub in San Francisco. Diller appeared in more than 40 films, starting with a role in Splendor in the Grass (1961), and contributed voice work to animated projects including the Queen in A Bug's Life (1998), Granny Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002) and Thelma Griffin in Family Guy (1999). She also had recurring television roles, such as on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Diller headlined her own sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton (also known as The Phyllis Diller Show) in 1966–1967 and made numerous guest appearances on series including Batman (1966) and The Muppet Show.
