Phyllis Diller (July 17, 1917–August 20, 2012) is widely considered to be the first woman stand-up comic to perform as a solo act. To celebrate her 100th birthday in 2017, the Smithsonian worked with ...

Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) began her comedy career in the 1950s at the age of 37 and broke barriers in the comedy world to become the first solo female comic to be a household name. She developed a ...

Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) began her comedy career in the 1950s at the age of 37 and broke barriers in the comedy world to become the first solo female comic to be a household name. She developed a ...

Object Details Description (Brief) This A-line metallic yellow, brown, and silver dress was worn with yellow gloves, yellow and gold shoe boots, and a cigarette holder with a wooden cigarette by ...

Diller, who was the chief executive officer of Paramount Pictures from 1974 to 1984, was asked by Cooper what was the “most coked-up film set” that he’d ever visited, according to ...

Editor's Note, August 20, 2012: Phyllis Diller died today at the age of 95. In 2007, Owen Edwards wrote about her joke cabinet in the Smithsonian collections as part of the Object at Hand ...

For many years, Perry Diller had a standing Monday lunch date at the home of his mother, Phyllis Diller. She was an excellent cook — despite her many jokes to the contrary — but she liked to ...

Phyllis Diller reflects on how her comedy was a response to years of “take my wife” jokes.

Joy Behar ’s got a lot of famous friends, but nothing quite compared to her admiration for Phyllis Diller. The View cohost remembered visiting the star in her later years at her California home.

Phyllis Diller is widely considered the first female stand-up comic to perform as a solo act. While she is mainly known for her career in comedy, there were many other dimensions to her life. Not only ...

Phyllis Diller, who lived In Webster Groves before her divorce from Sherwood Diller last September, now makes her home in Hollywood. In this interview she touches on her past, present and future.