Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Ada Driver, better known as Phyllis Diller, was an American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, dancer, and voice artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, her self-deprecating humor, her wild hair and clothes, and her exaggerated, cackling laugh...
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 July 1917
CityLima, OH
goes-on kind film
It's a certain kind of immortality, because those Disney films do go on and on and on.
kids play office
When I was a kid and we used to play Post Office, I was the Dead Letter Office.
mother law coats
My mother-in-law buys her coats in a carper shop. She wears a 9x12.
ideas medieval facets
Religion is such a medieval idea. Don't get me started. I have thought about every facet of religion, and I can't buy any of it.
husband goldfish too-much
Your husband drinks too much if he says he never drinks alone, but considers the goldfish somebody.
father laughing hyenas
My father used to call me the laughing hyena.
real laughing real-things
My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.
happiness smile laughter
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
inspirational birthday age
Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.
apples shapes adam
If it weren't for my adam's apple, I'd have no shape at all.
hecklers timing precise
My timing is so precise a heckler would have to make an appointment just to get a word in.
baby grandmother grandparent
On the way to the delivery room, I almost changed my mind about having a baby. I wouldn't have found it so hard to go ahead with it if I had realized that having a baby was the only way I could ever become a grandmother.
humor adjusting way
Becoming a comedienne was my way of adjusting to puberty.
husband wind house
Your husband is lazy if when he leaves the house, he finds out which way the wind is blowing and goes that direction.