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Phyllis Diller

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Lima, Ohio, USA
  • Birthday: July 17, 1917
  • 2005

    Wrote her memoir, "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse"

  • 1998 to 2004

    Had a recurring role on "The Bold and the Beautiful"

  • 1998

    Voiced the Queen in the animated feature "A Bug's Life"

  • 1993 to 1995

    Had a recurring role on the series "Blossom," as Mrs. Peterson

  • 1993

    Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • 1972

    Went public with the first of her numerous plastic surgeries (a facelift), including jokes about it in her comedy routines

  • 1970

    Starred in "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway; took over the role after Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye and Betty Grable had played the part of Dolly Gallagher Levi

  • 1968

    Headlined the NBC variety series "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show"

  • 1968

    Starred in the feature "Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?"

  • 1966

    Made first of three films with Hope, "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!"

  • 1966 to 1967

    TV series debut "The Pruitts of Southampton"

  • 1965

    Began long relationship with Bob Hope as guest on his numerous variety specials; also later traveled with Hope to Vietnam to entertain US troops

  • 1961

    Film acting debut as famed 1920s nightclub hostess Texas Guinan in "Splendor in the Grass"

  • 1961

    Stage acting debut "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"

  • 1957

    Made debut as comedienne at the Purple Onion, San Francisco at age 40

  • 1955

    Auditioned at the Purple Onion in San Francisco

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