“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, ...

(CBS/AP) Phyllis Diller, the housewife-turned-comedienne with the cackling laugh who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home. She was 95.

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) ...

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 her Los Angeles home at age ...

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 ...