"I told her I wanted to play her, and she sat down and taught me her laugh," Sharon Stone said of the comedian, who died in 2012 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Nearly 13 years after the comedy legend’s death, Sharon Stone hopes to make a biopic about her late friend Phyllis Diller. The Oscar nominee recently admitted she’s “desperate to play” Diller, who ...

A-List, 67, Actress Is 'Desperate' to Play Phyllis Diller in Movie originally appeared on Parade. Sharon Stone revealed that she's desperate to play late comedian and actress Phyllis Diller in a ...

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Sharon Stone wants to play Phyllis Diller — and she got training from the legendary comedian herself. While promoting her latest film Nobody 2 in a chat with Business Insider, the actress, 67, was ...

Stone and late comedian Diller were "very close friends" for years. “I do want to play Phyllis Diller very, very badly,” Stone said. “She and I were very close friends. Phyllis made little paintings ...