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Phyllis Diller

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born

July 17, 1917 in Lima, Ohio, The United States

gender

female

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Home & Garden, Nonfiction

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Phyllis Diller is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne considered to be one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. She created a stage character persona that was a wild-haired, eccentrically-dressed housewife who made jokes about a fictional husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. Another distinct characteristic is her cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. Diller is given credit for opening the doors for the stand-up comedy field to women such as Rita Rudner, Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, Joy Behar, Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr.

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Books by Phyllis Diller

Average rating: 3.52 · 102 ratings · 29 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse: My Life in Comedy by Phyllis Diller, Richard Buskin 3.51 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints by Phyllis Diller, Susan Perl (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1966	My rating:
	Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse by Phyllis Diller, Richard Buskin 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Joys of Aging--And How to Avoid Them: Can Sex Keep You Young? and Other Silly Questions 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1981	My rating:
	Phyllis Diller's Marriage Manual 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1969	My rating:
	Phyllis Diller 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Mother: A Book of Quotations by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, William Shakespeare, Phyllis Diller 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Roast of the Town/the Notorious Friars Club Celebrity Roasts--And How to Adapt Them for Any Speaking Occasion/Audio Cassette by Joey Adams, Phyllis Diller (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987	My rating: