Comic, Actor (17-Jul-1917 — 20-Aug-2012)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Phyllis Diller; with Richard Buskin. Like A Lampshade in a Whorehouse. Penguin. 2005. 288pp.

Susan Horowitz. Queens of Comedy: Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and the New Generation of Funny Women. London: Routledge. 1997. 202pp.

Suzanne Lavin. Women and Comedy in Solo Performance: Phyllis Diller, Lily Tomlin, and Rosanne. Taylor & Francis/Routledge. 2004. 176pp.

AUTHORITIES

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Internet Movie Database [link]

3. Internet Broadway Database [link]

4. Wikipedia [link]

5. Library of Congress Name Authority [link]

6. The Film Encyclopedia, 5th Edition (p.384)

7. Quinlan's Illustrated Registry of Film Stars (p.131)

8. Current Biography, 1967 Yearbook (pp.98-100)

9. Celebrity Register 3rd Issue (p.142)

10. Celebrity Register 4th Issue (p.137)

11. Celebrity Register 5th Issue (p.154)

12. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (vol.1, p.712)

13. Legends in Their Own Time (p.68)

14. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.334)

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