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    Celebrating the life of

    Phyllis Diller

    17th July, 2017 - 20th August, 2012

    Phyllis Diller was an American stand-up comedienne, actress, and voice artist who passed away at the age of 95 from natural causes. She was best known for her funny stage persona and her interesting hair and wild clothes. She didn't start her life in comedy until she was 37 and the mother of five children. Born 1917 in Lima, Ohio, she studied piano at Sherwood Music Conservatory of Columbia Colle... more

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    In November of that year, she began filming a television show titled "Phyllis Dillis, the Homely Friendmaker"

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    Her daughter Sally is born

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    Karen Higdon Went to Lima's Central High School from 1933 to 1935

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    Karen Higdon Diller began her career working at KROW radio in Oakland, California

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    Karen Higdon Her first son Peter is born

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    Karen Higdon Married to Warde Donovan (Tatum) for 10 years from 1965 to 1975

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    Karen Higdon Partner to Robert P. Hastings for 11 years from 1985 to 1996

    Birth of Stephanie

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    Karen Higdon Diller became most famous for her movie and TV appearances with Bob Hope during the 1960s: "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!"

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    Karen Higdon Started studying piano at Bluffton College from 1937 to 1939

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    Karen Higdon Started studying piano at Sherwood Music Conservatory of Columbia College Chicago from 1935 to 1937

    Married to Sherwood Anderson Diller for 26 years from 1939 to 1965

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    Karen Higdon For 10 years she appeared as a piano soloist with 100 symphony orchestras across the country under the name Dame Illya Dillya

    "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show" (1968), a variety show on NBC

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    Karen Higdon Diller was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame

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    Karen Higdon Born 1917 in Lima, Ohio

    Birth of son Perry

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    Karen Higdon Diller was a member of the Society of Singers, which supports singers in need

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    Karen Higdon Diller first appeared as a stand-up at The Purple Onion in San Francisco and remained there for 87 straight weeks

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    Karen Higdon She had a three-month run on Broadway in "Hello, Dolly!"

    Diller also starred in two short-lived TV series: "The Pruitts of Southampton"; later retitled "The Phyllis Diller Show"

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    Diller passed away from natural causes in her Brentwood, Los Angeles, home at the age of 95, with "a smile on her face"

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    Karen Higdon Diller was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award

    Diller was featured as one of many contemporary comics in "The Aristocrats"

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    Birth of daughter Suzanne

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    Phyllis Diller on The Ed Sullivan Show

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    Diller provided the voice of the Queen in Disney/Pixar's animated movie "A Bug's Life"

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