"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 ...

Letters: Women and Orchestras, Diller, Sports ScoresScott Simon tears open the listener e-mail bag. Many write to note that other women have preceded Marin Alsop as the leaders of large American ...

Stone and late comedian Diller were "very close friends" for years. “I do want to play Phyllis Diller very, very badly,” Stone said. “She and I were very close friends. Phyllis made little paintings ...

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 -- Pictured: Comedian Phyllis Diller -- Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank The braying laugh “was the real thing,” she said, “and I’ve had it all my life.” But nearly everything else about ...

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 ...