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Phyllis Diller

1917 - 2012

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Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and exaggerated, cackling laugh. Diller was one of the first female comics to become a household name in the U.S., credited as an influence by Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, and Ellen DeGeneres, among others. She had a large gay following. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phyllis Diller has received more than 3,944,367 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 59 in 2019). Phyllis Diller is the 4,692nd most popular actor (down from 3,753rd in 2019), the 6,868th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,712th in 2019) and the 2,103rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.9M

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  • 47.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Phyllis Diller ranks 4,692 out of 13,578. Before her are Hope Davis, Chantal Lauby, Heather Menzies, Lou Diamond Phillips, Terele Pávez, and Gordon Thomson. After her are Dove Cameron, Keri Russell, Jang Hyuk, Gisela Uhlen, Miguel Sandoval, and Ken Jeong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Phyllis Diller ranks 250. Before her are José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Torsten Lindberg, Odd Lundberg, Juan Tuñas, Vernon A. Walters, and Edgar Barth. After her are William P. Gottlieb, Durward Knowles, Gösta Andersson, Kenkichi Iwasawa, Tony Cliff, and Richard Boone. Among people deceased in 2012, Phyllis Diller ranks 294. Before her are Cordelia Edvardson, Zig Ziglar, Anna Schwartz, István Rózsavölgyi, Dilhan Eryurt, and Zalman King. After her are Chikage Awashima, Nelson Prudêncio, Frances Spence, Juan Pereda, Gerry Anderson, and Branko Kralj.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phyllis Diller ranks 6,868 out of 20,380. Before her are Casey Kasem (1932), Bainbridge Colby (1869), Hope Davis (1964), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), William Colby (1920), and Louis McLane (1786). After her are William Schuman (1910), Dove Cameron (1996), Mark Lanegan (1964), Keri Russell (1976), Miguel Sandoval (1951), and Ken Jeong (1969).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Phyllis Diller ranks 2,103. Before her are Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Leslie Mann (1972), Avery Brooks (1948), Lee Meriwether (1935), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), and Hope Davis (1964). After her are Dove Cameron (1996), Keri Russell (1976), Miguel Sandoval (1951), Ken Jeong (1969), Kate Mara (1983), and Richard Simmons (1948).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Bug's Life
Queen (voice)
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Nov 25th 19986.972 / 10
The Silence of the Hams
Old Secretary
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Mar 11th 19944.888 / 10
Mad Monster Party?
The Monster's Mate (voice)
When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein's title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!
Mar 8th 19676.5 / 10