Phyllis Diller
Nacimiento : 1917-07-16, Lima, Ohio, USA
Muerte : 2012-08-20
Historia
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 and is considered a gay icon. She was also one of the first celebrities to openly champion plastic surgery, for which she was recognized by the cosmetic surgery industry.
Diller contributed to more than 40 films, beginning with 1961's Splendor in the Grass. She appeared in many television series, featuring in numerous cameos as well as her own short-lived sitcom and variety show. Some of her credits include Night Gallery, The Muppet Show, The Love Boat, Cybill, and Boston Legal, plus 11 seasons of The Bold and the Beautiful. Her voice-acting roles included the monster's wife in Mad Monster Party, the Queen in A Bug's Life, Granny Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and Thelma Griffin in Family Guy.
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Self (archive footage)
This entertaining and enlightening documentary sheds a light on a pioneering moment in film history and the gay rights movement, as it revisits the break-through 1960s gay films of Pat Rocco. Rocco was responsible for the very first gay films that were shown openly to the paying public in the late 1960s. Situated before hardcore porn became the norm, and in marked contrast to the somewhat darker gay porn that was coming out of New York at the time. Pat Rocco’s film were more sun-dappled, featuring tanned and happy-looking naked men on sail boats and on beaches, celebrating their identities and the beauty of the male body. The filmmakers got to talk to the generous, rather humble and open-minded Rocco just before his death. It took a team of dedicated Canadian filmmakers to capture a fairly obscure moment of indie film history that deserves to be remembered.
Self (archive footage)
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.
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¡La serie animada de animación stop-motion de Adult Swim's Emmy® Robot Chicken regresa en DVD esta temporada de fiestas con Robot Chicken Christmas Specials! Este lanzamiento en DVD presenta seis episodios especiales de Navidad de Robot Chickens hilarantemente extravagantes de 6 temporadas, además viene cargado con contenido extra de temática navideña como escenas borradas, animaciones borradas, comentarios y más. Este lanzamiento navideño [de natación para adultos] está disponible a un precio excelente, y será un clásico navideño instantáneo para fanáticos y coleccionistas.
Herself
If Carol Channing didn't exist, no one could have made her up. One in a billion, Carol , at 89, remains an unstoppable, megawatt dynamo. Broadway diva extraordinaire is just the icing. Carol Channing hovered at the pinnacle of the entertainment world from the late-1950's through the 1960's and beyond, living life sensationally large. As Carol has observed, '...if you're lucky enough to have two hit shows, the world passes through your dressing room'. At 89, she remains irrepressible.
Herself
Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist Ray Kurzweil, a laughter yoga expert, or an elder porn star? Wexler explores the viewpoints of delightfully unusual characters alongside those of health, fitness and life-extension experts in this engaging new documentary, which challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Begun as a study in life-extension, How To Live Forever evolves into a thought-provoking examination of what truly gives life meaning.
Herself
In-depth documentary that uses Lenny Bruce's legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression.
Self
A través de un acceso sin precedentes al backstage y de entrevistas francas, la película teje el absurdo mundo del comediante y revela un perfil psicológico loco y divertido de sus practicantes. También seguimos el intento del retirado comediante Ritch Shydner de volver al escenario después de un paréntesis de trece años. En la parte superior de su juego en la década de 1980, Shydner tenía especiales de HBO, filmó cinco programas de televisión piloto y numerosas apariciones nocturnas (Carson, Letterman, Leno, etc.), pero el gran momento se le escapó. Equipado con la sabiduría colectiva y las reflexiones chifladas de más de 80 de sus pares, le da otra oportunidad. ¿Tiene Ritch lo que se necesita para conectarse con la multitud joven de hoy y todavía se ríen?
Herself (Archive footage)
Founded in 2004, the Festival originated in Wisconsin and Minnesota by Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher and Geoff Haas, childhood friends from Wisconsin. While still in high school, Pickett and Prueher began collecting videos from garage sales, training videos from odd jobs, and copies of tapes from a video production house. The friends would then play selections from this collection for entertainment at parties. In 2004, Pickett and Prueher quit their day jobs to focus on production of their first feature documentary, Dirty Country. They started the touring Found Footage Festival show to fund the production of the documentary. In addition to its regular touring schedule, the Festival has appeared at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, Just For Laughs (the Montreal comedy festival), the New York Comedy Festival, the Impakt Festival in the Netherlands, and the Central Standard Film Festival in Minneapolis, MN. The Festival is currently based out of New York City.
Self
Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.
Herself
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life on the Edge is a special documentary about the creator of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game and creator and host of The Gong Show Chuck Barris. Chronicling the tragedies of his life including harsh criticisms from the press and his peers, a number of failed marriages, working for the C.I.A and the loss of his daughter due to a drug overdose.
Aunt Spitzy (voice)
El pequeño fantasmita Casper vuelve a la escuela para aprender a cómo asustar a la gente. Un personaje que tendrá que resolver sus grandes problemas de siempre, el comportarse mal y espantar a la gente sino no podrá ser un fantasma de verdad. Pero este fantasma es de los buenos y en su afán por asustar, sólo provocará gracia y simpatía, siendo la burla de sus compañeros.
Mrs. Hertzberg
Tres veteranos de guerra retirados (Burt Reynolds, Robert Loggia y Charles Durning) encuentran un día un montón de dinero enterrado en medio del desierto. Entonces comienzan a vivir la gran vida, sin saber que la mafia y que el FBI está detrás de ese dinero...
Mrs. Clancy
A wannabe Elvis meets his true love, the best waitress in the West..
Mrs. Claus (voice)
The special Christmas episode featured the second season short "A Very Dragon Ball Z Christmas", along with the first season shorts "Unsolved Case Files: Claus & Effect" and "Kill Bunny".
Self
Aclamado documental sobre la comedia y los cómicos.
Herself
GOODNIGHT, WE LOVE YOU is a film that chronicles the final stand-up comedy performance of a true living legend - the first female stand-up comic in history: Phyllis Diller. In 2002, Phyllis Diller announced that she would be hanging up her wigs and sequins after 47 years on the road. This film captures a never-before-seen, intimate look at a trailblazer for both women and comedy. Miss Diller provides unprecedented access to her preparations for her final performance at the Suncoast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a revealing and personal study of the art of stand-up comedy as told by an icon and a true comedic genius.
Self
His career started in the glory days of vaudeville. More than 70 years later, he is revered as the most popular and influential entertainer of the century, the show-biz giant all others are measured against. On stage and screen, on TV and radio, on Broadway and USO stages worldwide, Bob Hope has enjoyed a career of unmatched popularity. In this special, feature-length presentation, BIOGRAPHY traces his remarkable life, from his vaudeville debut he had third billing, behind a trained seal to entertaining the troops of Desert Storm. Extensive clips capture his greatest performances, while family photos and the recollections of friends, colleagues and family provide an intimate portrait of the private man.
Herself
Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence.
Mrs. Baskin
While traveling to Las Vegas, a young businessman meets a woman who changes his life forever. With Tisha Campbell-Martin, Dana Ashbrook and Mitchell Anderson.
Self
When the United States entered World War II, President Roosevelt exempted Bob Hope from military service because of the need for entertainers. So began Bob's lifelong career entertaining U.S. troops at home and abroad. When the USO (United Service Organizations) was formed, Bob Hope was the perfect person to be its headliner, bringing "a bit of home" to front lines and military hospitals around the world.
Self (archive footage)
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975
Self (archive footage)
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975
Victoria Pond
A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
Sugar Plum Fairy (Voice)
Un nuevo y mágico mundo se abrirá ante vos, lleno de sorpresas y realizado con las más modernas técnicas de computación animada. Este dibujo digital basado en el tradicional cuento, en el cual Marie, con la ayuda de una banda de locas nueces, ayudará al Cascanieces a reclamar su reino al malvado ratón Reginald. (FILMAFFINITY)
Self
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the fifth of the six films, "Funny Is Money," filmmaker Norman Jewison delves into the topic of comedy, using the hype surrounding the finale of the wildly successful NBC series "Seinfeld" as his launchpad to explore how the artform has evolved over the past 100 years.
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the third of the six films, "Yesterday's Tomorrows," filmmaker Barry Levinson delves into what we, as Americans, thought the future would be as we traveled through the 20th century. Houses and cars of the future, the promise of technology, and the other hopes and dreams of the early part of the century gave way to the fears and anxieties brought about by the atomic age and the Hollywood disaster films that followed. Soon we wondered if we could control technology, or if it would control us. This film is by turns light-hearted and thoughtful, and rare historical and archival film, produced by government and industry, alternates with on-screen interviews with people as diverse as consumer advocate Ralph Nader, cartoonist Matt Groening, futurist Alvin Toffler, comedienne Phyllis Diller, and actor Martin Mull.
Queen (voice)
Un grupo de saltamontes liderados por el malvado Hopper y su estúpido hermano Molt asedian la colonia de hormigas todos los veranos para hacerse con la comida almacenada para pasar el invierno. Flik, una hormiga cansada de seguir las reglas del grupo, decide abandonar la colonia en busca de un grupo de mercenarios que los defiendan. Por equivocación, Flik reclutará a una pandilla de artistas de circo.
Self (archive footage)
Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests then recalled comedic moments they shared. Comedian Rich Little (a regular on the "Roast" specials) served as pitchman for the videos in a series of TV infomercials
Old Secretary
Joe Dee Foster sigue la pista de un peligroso asesino en serie que mata a todas sus víctimas en un hotel. Parodia de películas como "El silencio de los corderos" y "Psicosis".
Phyllis Diller
Carol Leifer stars as Rusty Berman, a 1950's burlesque queen with an outrageous, risque act.
Women of standup comedy
Miss Poopinplatz
Terror en la Morgue (The Boneyard) es un gran clásico del género de terror donde un policía y una vidente investigan la pista de un crimen que los lleva a una morgue en donde los cadáveres de tres niñas orientales parecen revivir para convertirse en fétidos demonios carnívoros.
Mousequeen (voice)
Adaptación de la historia de E.T.A. Hoffman "El cascanueces y el Rey Ratón". Narra la historia de Marie Stahlbaum, una niña de siete años, cuyo regalo de navidad favorito, un Cascanueces, cobra vida y la lleva a un mundo fantástico poblado por muñecas donde deberá derrotar al malvado Rey Ratón de siete cabezas.
Mrs. Frasco
A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy.
Self
The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound system.
Mother Nature (voice)
La Reina Malvada está muerta, y Blancanieves y el Príncipe van de camino a casa de los Siete Enanitos para invitarlos a su boda. Para vengar el fallecimiento de su malvada hermana, Lord Maliss, que ha adoptado la forma de un feroz dragón rojo, captura al Príncipe. Con la ayuda de las Enanitas, mujercitas dotadas de poderes mágicos, Blancanieves se embarca en una aventura colosal para rescatar a su amado. Considerada la secuela no-oficial de Blancanieves (1937, Walt Disney).
Mrs. Trilling
Dr. Hackenstein is a genial but somewhat misguided scientist. He murders the locals for their body parts, but it's not for power or scientific research; he just needs them to put his wife back together.
Self
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Herself
Learn today's simple, step-by-step way to make more money with less effort...and have fun! Phyllis Diller shares her "garage sale secrets" with you, digging into closets, plowing through old boxes and clearing out the attic as she organizes an attractive, moneymaking garage sale.
Jonathan's Mother
From an uproarious news spoof to a luncheonette that specializes in some sandwiches, Jonathan Winters and his wild bunch wreak comedy havoc in this wacky walk on the wild side.
The White Queen
Alice regresa a Wonderland en esta función animada basada en la secuela de Lewis Carroll sobre una niña que se abre camino a través de una tierra fantástica llena de extrañas criaturas y se encuentra con sorpresas en cada esquina. La aventurera Alicia está en camino de ser coronada reina, pero debe atreverse a cruzar Chessland primero. En su emocionante viaje, se encuentra con el extraño Jabberwocky, Humpty Dumpty, Tiger Lily y Tweedledum y Tweedledee.
Margaret
A couple who own and run a cheap motel have to put up with an assortment of weirdos and perverts who rent rooms there on a Friday night.
Mrs. Wildebeest
In this comedy, three middle-aged men renew their boyhood friendship at a stag party and hatch a crazy scheme that involves making money off of a luscious prostitute.
Self
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event. Gary Owens serves as off-camera announcer, and appears on-screen to introduce Miss Piggy.
Self
Holiday special from 1978 featuring various Disney characters.
Herself
Television played a key role in the legendary Liberace career making him a household word to millions and the medium's first matinee idol. "Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!" video taped in 1978 was his first major television special from Las Vegas. "Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!" gives us a spoofed view of a typical day in the life of Mr.Showmanship, before he was off to "work" at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel in his mirrored Rolls Royce. There is a view of the magnificent Liberace Las Vegas Villa, from bedroom to piano motif swimming pool. After arriving at the Hilton showroom, guest star Debbie Reynolds, Liberace's favorite movie star and performer, joins him on stage for a salute to the Broadway musical, "Annie," complete with Sandy the Dog.
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An enduring inspiration for comediennes everywhere, stand-up legend Phyllis Diller stays true to her raucous roots in this live performance filmed in Denver for HBO. Hailed for her unmatched wit, brilliant timing and trademark unruly look, the cackling comic draws on her storied and successful career for material, often lampooning herself and parodying the myriad idiosyncrasies of her ex-husband, "Fang."
Self
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."
Herself
Dos ancianos actores de vodevil, conocidos en otro tiempo como "Lewis y Clark", llegaron a odiarse tanto cuando trabajaban juntos que, fuera del escenario, ni siquiera se dirigían la palabra. Cuando el sobrino de Clark intenta reunirlos de nuevo para su última actuación en televisión, los dos tendrán que hacer enormes esfuerzos para poder soportarse civilizadamente.
Herself
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
Phyllis Diller (uncredited)
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Self (voice)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on ABC on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars. It was a tribute to early vaudeville, and featured animated reworkings of various famous comedians' acts.
Belva Lockwood
John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
Mrs. Zero
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
Agatha Knabenshu
Agatha Knabenshu arrives in a small town in Missouri to sell player pianos to the locals. She's fired after her disastrous sales attempts nearly destroy the town. The stranded saleslady becomes friendly with an equally bumbling inventor and moves in with his family. The two then try to sell his automatic milking machine, but things turn sour when their demonstration causes a stampede.
Nurse Nellie Krause
El Sargento O'Farrell es un soldado del Ejército en una isla del Pacífico Sur durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial que está intentando llevar los dos conceptos básicos de la vida a sus soldados: mujeres y cerveza. El barco que lleva el suministro de cerveza es torpedeado y el contingente de enfermeras se compone de seis hombres y la fea enfermera Nellie Krause. Si al menos podría tratar de salvar el cargamento de cerveza...
Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Self
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
Golda
Henry Dinsdale (Bob Hope) es un viudo con siete hijos que trabaja como cajero en un banco y que de repente un día se encuentra con 10.000 dólares. Su suerte cambia rápidamente cuando descubre un importante desfalco en los libros de contabilidad del banco, así que Hope y su familia se ven obligados a escapar. Mientras Golda (Phyllis Diller), niñera de sus hijos, trata de ayudarles intentando que su novio policía descubra a los verdaderos culpables del desfalco...
The Monster's Mate (voice)
El Barón Frankenstein quiere retirarse como líder del Consorcio de Monstruos, y para ello convoca una reunión en su castillo del Caribe, a ella invita a los mayores espantos mundiales y a su inocente sobrino Felix Flanken a quien quiere nombrar su sucesor y confiar todos sus secretos.
Lily
Didi, una actriz francesa más conocida por sus escenas de baño de burbujas que por sus interpretaciones, decide convertirse de una vez por todas en una gran actriz. Llega a Hollywood para rodar una película dramática, pero pronto le pedirán que haga lo de siempre; ella, furiosa, rechaza la oferta y se escapa. Un hombre la ayuda a esconderse, pero eso le causará problemas con su celosa esposa.
Camille Salamander
Frente a las costas de Florida, en una isla casi desierta, se rumorea que esta la fuente de la juventud. Un barco cargado de adolescentes se dirige hacia allí para una búsqueda del tesoro. Wellington, rico propietario de la isla, no esta demasiado feliz por eso, entonces envía a su hija, Junior, para deshacerse de ellos. Ella está feliz de ir porque su novio, Irving, es el único residente de la isla. Junior envía a Irving a espiar a los adolescentes para averiguar lo que saben. Mientras tanto, el hermano gemelo de Irving, Herman, y su novia de la escuela, Camille Salamander, se dirigen a la isla también con malévolos planes. ¿Es la fuente de la juventud real?, y si es así, ¿quien llegará primero?
Texas Guinan
En una localidad rural de Kansas, dos jóvenes que pertenecen a ambientes sociales muy distintos se aman y deciden no separarse jamás; pero la desaprobación de sus familias y ciertos intereses ajenos a sus sentimientos acabarán decidiendo su suerte.
