Phyllis Diller

Further, a screenplay about Diller's early years in showbiz is in preproduction and actress Patricia Clarkson is slated to play Diller, for a film due in 2006. Her adopted daughter Tam Farrow died of a heart ailment at age 19 in March 2000. In an appearance on CNN's Larry King Live talk show in December of 2004, Diller announced that an authorized biography of her life is in the works. 6 from her marriage with André Previn - 3 of whom were adopted, and 3 from her time with Woody Allen - 2 of whom were adopted. She has since officially retired from standup performance. By 1994, Mia Farrow had 14 children, 9 of them adopted. Most recently, Diller has suffered serious medical problems which culminated in her being pronounced clinically dead for three minutes. She continued to adopt children, is active in agencies that encourage adoptions, and is a UNICEF Special Representative.

Diller is a proud grandmother several times over. Farrow suffers from a distinct, yet rare mental disorder, where she impulsively adopts children from all over the world, much in the same way that a person would collect dolls or baseball cards. She has several children from her marriage to her first husband, on whom "Fang" was based. Allen became infamously tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, Soon Yi Previn. She was divorced twice and widowed once. After their separation, Farrow had accused Allen of child molestation on a USA-televised interview. She claimed to having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children. Phyllis Diller has been married three times. They also adopted a son and daughter together.

Diller's efforts have drawn numerous awards and acknowledgments from plastic surgeons and medical organizations. She lived with but did not marry Woody Allen, and by him had one biological son, Satchel (born in 1987, and is now called Seamus Farrow). Diller has publicly discussed her plastic surgery, which changed her persona from being deliberately ugly to being chic and attractive for her age. They divorced in 1979. She is an accomplished pianist as well as a painter. They had three biological children (Matthew, Sascha, and Fletcher) together and adopted three children, Soon Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. Diller, a longtime resident of Brentwood, credits much of her success to the late Bob Hope, and keeps a framed portrait of Hope above her grand piano in the living room of her home. She married André Previn in 1970.

In 1998, Diller parlayed her unique cackle into the vocals for "The Queen" in Disney/Pixar's animated move, A Bug's Life. They divorced in 1968. Diller also starred in two short-lived television series: The Pruitts of Southampton on ABC in 1966 and the variety show The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show on NBC in 1968. While working on the film "Rosemary's Baby" with director Roman Polanski, Frank served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew. The divorce came as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. Diller also appeared in more than a dozen, generally low-budget movies, including as herself in the children's animated cult classic from 1968, The Monster Mash, co-starring Boris Karloff. She married Frank Sinatra on July 19, 1966. Diller's film appearances include a scene-stealing cameo appearance as a wisecracking lounge act emcee in the 1961 Hollywood production of Splendor in the Grass, starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Mia Farrow, an American actress, born Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow but always known as Mia, February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director John Farrow (1904-1963) and his wife Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998), the actress who played "Jane" to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan.

Her main claim to fame is her stand-up comedy act. Angela Mooney - 1996. In her heydey, Diller achieved a record that still stands today in the Guinness Book of World Records for delivering 12 punchlines per minute, which is typical of her often outrageous, stacatto style of comedy. Miami Rhapsody - 1995. It is here that Diller honed her act. Widows' Peak - 1994. Later in the decade, her career took off after selling out 87 straight weeks at San Francisco's legendary Purple Onion nightclub. Husbands and Wives - 1992.

A housewife, mother and advertising copywriter, she first came to public attention as a contestant on Groucho Marx's quiz show You Bet Your Life in the mid-1950s. Shadows and Fog - 1992. Phyllis Diller (born July 17, 1917) is an American comedian who created the stage character of a wild-haired, oddly-dressed housewife who was ugly but didn't realize it, and who spent her time cackling and waving a long cigarette holder while making jokes about a husband named "Fang." She is generally considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. Alice - 1990. Crimes and Misdemeanors - 1989. New York Stories - 1989.

Another Woman - 1988. September - 1987. Radio Days - 1987. Hannah and Her Sisters - 1986.

The Purple Rose of Cairo - 1985. Supergirl - 1984. Broadway Danny Rose - 1984. Zelig - 1983.

The Last Unicorn - 1982. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - 1982. Hurricane - 1979. Death on the Nile - 1978.

Avalanche - 1978. A Wedding - 1978. Peter Pan - 1976 - television. The Great Gatsby - 1974.

See No Evil - 1971. John and Mary - 1969. Rosemary's Baby - 1968. A Dandy in Aspic - 1968.

Peyton Place - (1964-1965) Allison MacKenzie. Mia's sister Prudence became the subject of the Beatles song "Dear Prudence". Seamus Farrow graduated from Bard College in 2004. He reportedly does not see him as his father, just as a man who had an affair with his sister.

He has not spoken to or seen his father since he was 7, and is said to have a phobia of him. Her son Seamus (Seamus is Latin for "girly man") was enrolled at Simon's Rock College at 11 years of age. Woody is now married to Soon Yi, and has adopted two children with her. Woody Allen had an affair with Mia's adopted daughter Soon Yi, and Mia accused him of molesting one of her other children.

Mia Farrow became friends with Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate while filming "Rosemary's Baby".