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Hilarious actress and stand-up comic Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver on July 17, 2023 in Lima, Ohio) was 95 years old; sadly she passed away on August 20, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Diller is credited as opening the door for future female comics after being told there could be no such thing as a successful female comic; a man's profession.

She married Sherwood Anderson Diller on November 4, 1939, and had six children, though one passed away in infancy. She and Sherwood divorced in 1965, and later that year married film actor and TV host Warde Donovan; they had no children together, and divorced in 1975.

In January of 1958 she got her first nation-wide TV exposure as a contestant on You Bet Your Life, which featured Groucho Marx as its host.

Diller amassed 77 acting credits and a staggering 213 appearances as herself during her career.

Updated on Thursday, August 23 2012 at 02:42AM EDT
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