The braying laugh “was the real thing,” she said, “and I’ve had it all my life.” But nearly everything else about Phyllis Diller onstage was an affectation, almost a throwback to the vaudeville era: ...

LOS ANGELES -- Phyllis Diller is hanging up her wigs and ending her road career as a purveyor of raucous one-liners that skewered fads, fancies, imaginary husband Fang and her own cosmetic surgery.

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 test the ...

When I heard that Phyllis Diller had died at the age of 95 — here’s a tribute by my colleague Richard Zoglin — I mourned the loss of one of stand-up comedy’s few true legends. But I also thought back ...

Some of the most promising talent in show business was on the bill one day and night in 1955 at San Francisco's Purple Onion: Eartha Kitt and Alice Ghostley; Paul Lynde and Robert Clary; a singer and ...

Phyllis Diller has died at the age of 95. It seems relevant to mention that very recently we were talking about whether women can be funny or not. It's a topic that comes up repeatedly, even though, ...

This is the second post in the series. If you missed the previous post introducing the large file in which comedian Phyllis Diller organized thousands of her jokes alphabetically by topic, you can ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This statue is a bronze mold of ...