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 (Reuters) - Comedienne Phyllis Diller, the former housewife whose raucous cackle and jokes about her own looks made her one of America's first female stand-up comedy stars, died in her ...