Phyllis Diller

Birth Name:

Phyllis Ada Driver

Birth Place:

Lima, Ohio, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack, Make up department

Performed with friend and fellow comedian Bob Hope not only in television specials and movies but also on several USO tours
In 1975, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in Television
Won a Lucy Award at the 2000 Women in Film Lucy Awards
In the early 1950s, she worked as a copywriter for the Northern California newspaper "The San Leandro News-Leader․"
Gave her first stand-up comedy performance in 1955 at the Purple Onion Club in San Francisco
Quote: "Burt Reynolds once asked me out․ I was in his room․"
Paved the way for future female stand-up comics such as Joan Rivers, Chelsea Handler, Roseanne Barr and Ellen DeGeneres
Known for her self-deprecating sense of humor and the blonde fright wig and prop cigarette she held when she performed
Enjoyed painting in her free time, creating pictures full of color, humor and life
Though she was a classically trained pianist, she never pursued music professionally

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