"Whatever you wanna do to get a laugh," Phyllis Diller tells Scott Simon, "if it works, do it. Well, short of taking your clothes off." Diller, known for her electrified-looking hairdos and loud, ...

"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 ...

FILE-- In this in this March 18, 1966 file photo, comedian Phyllis Diller models one of her 300 hats in Hollywood, Calif. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at ...

For many years, Perry Diller had a standing Monday lunch date at the home of his mother, Phyllis Diller. She was an excellent cook — despite her many jokes to the contrary — but she liked to test the ...

Comedians and entertainers have been paying tribute to Phyllis Diller, who has died at the age of 95. A selection of tributes from the showbiz world follow below: Ellen DeGeneres: "We lost a comedy ...

Phyllis Diller reflects on how her comedy was a response to years of “take my wife” jokes. On September 19, 2007, Phyllis Diller reflected on how her comedy was a response to years of “take my wife” ...

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 ...

"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 Sharon Stone wants to portray Phyllis Diller in a biopic, she said in a ...