“You know, she didn't hit it big until she was 49,” the Basic Instinct star said of Diller. “She lived in a trailer park with ...

Sharon Stone is ready to take on her first biopic: Portraying late pal Phyllis Diller. Stone told Insider while promoting her ...

A-List, 67, Actress Is 'Desperate' to Play Phyllis Diller in Movie originally appeared on Parade. Sharon Stone revealed that ...

Sharon Stone recently expressed her eagerness to portray Phyllis Diller in a biopic, ahead of the release of her new film, ...

View full size Associated Press Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/File) ...

-- @SethMacFarlane * "Phyllis Diller: you got to be here for almost a century, and you seemed genuinely happy the whole time" -- @pattonoswalt * "We lost a comedy legend today.

Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in Los Angeles at age 95.

Phyllis Diller, who made her comedy club debut at age 37, parlayed a barrage of self-deprecating jokes and a wild wardrobe into a long career in clubs, movies and TV.

Phyllis Diller, born Phyllis Ada Driver in 1917, began her life and lived a good part of it thinking she was ugly. Her family was not a hugging one and at times she was the brunt of cruel jokes ...

Aug. 21, 2012 -- Joan Rivers last saw Phyllis Diller three weeks ago. "She was running around, she was all dressed up, we swapped necklaces," Rivers told ABCNews.com. "I adored her.

Sharon Stone shared a close bond with late comedian-actor Phyllis Diller and now she says she is “desperate” to star in a ...