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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 3,704,693 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Phyllis Diller is the 3,759th most popular actor (down from 3,755th in 2019), the 5,724th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,891st in 2019) and the 1,763rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Phyllis Diller ranks 3,759 out of 9,996. Before her are Mykelti Williamson, Hiam Abbass, Jackie Shroff, Sofie Gråbøl, Ken Stott, and Jennifer Carpenter. After her are Ken Jeong, Bellamy Young, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Tom Wopat, Annabelle Wallis, and Gabrielle Carteris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Phyllis Diller ranks 197. Before her are Minoru Chiaki, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Otto Glória, Lev Kerbel, Isuzu Yamada, and Fadwa Tuqan. After her are Gösta Andersson, R. G. Armstrong, Tofig Guliyev, Virginia Grey, Larry O'Brien, and Fidel Sánchez Hernández. Among people deceased in 2012, Phyllis Diller ranks 235. Before her are Hector Bianciotti, Levon Helm, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Émile Allais, Isuzu Yamada, and Ann Curtis. After her are Maeve Binchy, Richard D. Zanuck, Zakaria Mohieddin, Dilhan Eryurt, Ċensu Tabone, and Félicien Marceau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phyllis Diller ranks 5,724 out of 18,182. Before her are John Romita Sr. (1930), Frankie Laine (1913), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Bob Bondurant (1933), Stephen F. Austin (1793), and Jennifer Carpenter (1979). After her are Ken Jeong (1969), George Mason (1725), Bellamy Young (1970), Jack Irons (1962), Virginia Dare (1587), and John Wesley Powell (1834).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Phyllis Diller ranks 1,763. Before her are John Finn (1952), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), Mary Wickes (1910), Jessica Harper (1949), Mykelti Williamson (1960), and Jennifer Carpenter (1979). After her are Ken Jeong (1969), Bellamy Young (1970), Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), Tom Wopat (1951), Gabrielle Carteris (1961), and Tiny Sandford (1894).

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