Lillian Miller
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Lillian Miller (1898-1990), better known as Miss Miller, was a regular audience member of The Tonight Show and The Merv Griffin Show.
Miller stayed with Tonight throughout Steve Allen's and Jack Paar's tenures as host. Miss Miller was even brought along when the New York City-based show would go on location to places such as Havana, Hollywood, and Niagara Falls. She became such a feature on the show, she was forced to join the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the TV actors' union.
When Paar left the show in 1962, Miss Miller then became a regular on Merv Griffin's new show. Even with numerous network changes, Miss Miller remained a fixture on Griffin's program throughout its run which ended in 1986. She was also a regular on The Carol Burnett Show, frequently bantering with Burnett during the program's opening question-and-answer with the audience.