Standup, who built her stand-up career on persona of a corner-cutting housewife, was an influential figure for women in comedyPhyllis Diller, the pioneering US comedian who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, has died aged 95.Diller, who broke into comedy in the 1950s, created an indelible persona with her distinctive braying laugh, cigarette holder, teased hair, outlandish costumes and a fictional lout of a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PM on August 20, 2012