The Eccentric And Wild Comedic Great, Phyllis Diller
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Actress and comedienne Phyllis Diller portrays the role of a keystone cop as she poses in New York City, Sept. 3, 1963. (AP Photo)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Actress and comedienne Phyllis Diller is shown in Oct. 1969. (AP Photo)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Actress Lillian Gish, left, meets comedian Phyllis Diller backstage at Les Mouches in New York , January 24, 1980 following Miss Diller's performance at the Manhattan cabaret. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedienne Phyllis Diller, 45-year-old mother of five, gags it up for the photographer at the Americana Hotel, Sept. 3, 1963 in New York City. (AP Photo/J. Harris)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedian Phyllis Diller, 45-year-old mother of five, tries her hand at knitting between appearances at the Royal Box in the Americana Hotel, New York City on Sept. 3, 1963. (AP Photo/Jack Harris)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
The delight shown by Phyllis Diller may come from the fact that she didn't pay for the hat she's wearing as she shows off some of her 300 hats on March 18, 1966 in Hollywood. A Raymond Hudd original, made for Phyllis as a gift, it would cost $100 or so, the comedienne says. The hat is covered with pale green chiffon and decorated with huge pale pink flowers. (AP Photo/George Brich)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
The zany talents of Phyllis Diller in character on May 20, 1966, will have an opportunity to run their entire range against a background of glittering Southampton when she stars as Phyllis Pruitt in ABC-TVâs comedy series, âThe Pruitts of Southampton.â (AP Photo)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedienne Phyllis Diller celebrates her 65th birthday at a New York restaurant on July 9, 1982, at a surprise party arranged by friends. Diller is appearing at New Yorkâs Jones Beach Theater with singer John Davidson. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedienne Phyllis Diller poses in one of her patented expressions during an interview at her home in Hollywood, Ca. in Dec. 1982. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedienne Phyllis Diller, center, joins the cast of the off-Broadway musical comedy âAngry Housewivesâ in New York on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1986. The âwivesâ are, left to right, Vicki Lewis, Camille Saviola, Carolyn Cassanave and Lorna Patterson. (AP Photo)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for Starz, Phyllis Diller, left, and Richard Lewis arrive to the ENCORE Original premiere of "Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (Joe Kohen/AP Images for Starz)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Diller arrives to the ENCORE Original premiere of "Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (Joe Kohen/AP Images for Starz)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
This photo released by Mansfield Avenue Productions shows legendary comedienne Phyllis Diller and film maker Gregg Barson after a screening of Barson's film "Goodnight, We Love you: The life and Legend of Phyllis Diller," in Beverly Hills, Calif. Diller, 89, the subject of the new DVD that celebrates her life and documents her final standup performance in 2002, says she simply got too old to keep traveling from city to city. (AP Photo/ Mansfield Avenue Productions)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
This photo released by Mansfield Avenue Productions shows legendary comedienne Phyllis Diller during her final performance in at the Suncoast Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in a scene from "Goodnight, We Love you: The life and Legend of Phyllis Diller." Diller, 89, the subject of the new DVD that celebrates her life and documents her final standup performance in 2002, says she simply got too old to keep traveling from city to city. (AP Photo/ Mansfield Avenue Productions, Jeff Scheid)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedienne Phyllis Diller is shown in 1965. (AP Photo)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedienne Phyllis Diller, 48, and her new husband, actor Warde Donovan Tatum, also 48, toast their wedding at the home of his brother, near Hollywood on Oct. 7, 1965. (AP Photo) NO SALES
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
Comedienne Phyllis Diller and her friend, Tom, prepare for Thanksgivings Day at the Empire Room Nov. 22,1967 at Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Phyllis is wearing her Turkey feathers hairdress.(AP Photo)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
FILE-In this Oct. 9, 1985, file photo, Comedian Phyllis Diller gets a lift from emcee Buddy Hackett prior to the celebrity stag luncheon roast at the New York Friars Club in New York City. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
If Phyllis Diller looks even wilder than usual, it's all part of the act - she's protesting the protesters outside the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on April 17, 1967. The "pickets" are students at a school for hairdressers and beauticians, professing to be fearful that Phyllis' hairstyles on TV and in a new movie may set a trend toward unkempt hair with little need for their services. (AP Photo)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
FILE-In this undated file photo, Comedian Phyllis Diller performs in character. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/NBC-TV, File)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
FILE-In this Jan. 6, 1967 file photo, comedian Phyllis Diller performs during the Bob Hope show for American troops at Can Ranh Bay, South Vietnam. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/File)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
FILE-In this May 17, 1999 file photo, Phyllis Diller laughs in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Comedy Great Phyllis Diller
FILE-- In this in this March 18, 1966 file photo, comedian Phyllis Diller models one of her 300 hats in Hollywood, Calif. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/File)
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