Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and exaggerated, cackling laugh.
When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia