Lily Tomlin
Biography
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She has won multiple awards from many quarters, including Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award and has also been nominated for an Academy Award.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
This Ordinary Thing as Voice
2025Janis Ian: Breaking Silence as Self
2024The World According to Allee Willis as Self
2024An Unexpected Community as Self
2024Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution as Self
2023Bella! as Self
2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
2023Moving On as Evelyn
202380 for Brady as Lou
2022The Checkup with Dr. David Agus as Self
2022The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival as Self
2022Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live as Self
2022Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022Still Working 9 to 5 as Self
2022The Martha Mitchell Effect as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
2021Emily @ the Edge of Chaos as Ayn Rand (voice)
2020Waging Change as Self
2020One World: Together at Home as Self
2019Dolly Parton: Here I Am as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as Self
2019I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actress and Comedian
2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Aunt May (voice)
2018TVTV: Video Revolutionaries as Self
2018Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Self
2018Jane Fonda in Five Acts as Self - (archive footage)
2017Conversations with Coco as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015Grandma as Elle
2015Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Altman as Self
2014Trailblazer Honors as Self - Speaker
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
2013The Making of 'Nashville' as Self
2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
2013An Apology to Elephants as Narrator
2013Admission as Susannah
2013Why We Laugh: Funny Women as Self
2013Inequality for All as Violet Newstead (archive footage)
2012Malibu Country as Lillie Mae MacKenzie
2012The Procession as Jason's mom
2012Stars in Shorts as Jason's Mom
2012Inside Comedy as Self
2011Vito as Self
2011Web Therapy as Putsy Hodge
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Eastbound & Down as Tammy Powers
2009The Pink Panther 2 as Mrs. Berenger
2009RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2008Web Therapy as Putsy Hodge
2007Damages as Marilyn Tobin
2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s as Self (archive footage)
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007The Walker as Abigail Delorean
2006The Ant Bully as Mommo (voice)
2006A Prairie Home Companion as Rhonda Johnson
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
2004Desperate Housewives as Roberta Simmons
2004I ♥ Huckabees as Vivian Jaffe
2004Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis as Self
2004Goodnight, We Love You as Self
2003NCIS as Penelope Langston
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002Orange County as Charlotte Cobb
2000Bette
2000The Kid as Janet
2000Altman on His Own Terms as Self
1999The Early Show as Self - Guest
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
1999The West Wing as Deborah Fiderer
1999Tea with Mussolini as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
1999Get Bruce! as Self
1998Will & Grace as Margot
1998Krippendorf's Tribe as Ruth Allen
1997The View as Self
1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
1996Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) as Edith Ann (voice)
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Getting Away with Murder as Inga Mueller
1996Flirting with Disaster as Mary Schlichting
1996The Celluloid Closet as Narrator (voice)
1995Blue in the Face as Waffle eater
1995Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz as Self
1994The Magic School Bus as Ms. Frizzle (voice)
1994Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home as Edith Ann (voice)
1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Ernestine (archive footage)
1994But... Seriously as Self (archive footage)
1994Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as Self
1994Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle as Edith Ann (voice)
1993The Beverly Hillbillies as Miss Jane Hathaway
1993Short Cuts as Doreen Piggot
1993Frasier as Rita (voice)
1993And the Band Played On as Dr. Selma Dritz
1993The X-Files as Lydia
1993Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
1993Homicide: Life on the Street
1993An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends as Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others
1992The Player as Lily Tomlin
1991Shadows and Fog as Prostitute
1991The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe as Trudy the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina / Chrissy / Lud / Marie / Vince / Edie / Lynn / Marge
1989The Simpsons as Tammy (voice)
1988Free to Be... a Family as Self
1988Murphy Brown as Kay Carter-Shepley
1988Big Business as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Self
1987Lily Tomlin as Herself
1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
1986Waiting Tables
1984All of Me as Edwina Cutwater
1982Lily for President? as Lily Tomlin / Various
1981The Muppets Go to the Movies as Herself
1981Lily: Sold Out as Self / Various Characters
1981The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator
1980Nine to Five as Violet Newstead
1979Appearing Nitely as Self
1978Moment by Moment as Trisha Rawlings
1977The Paul Simon Special as Self
1977The Late Show as Margo
1976TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Judy Beasley/Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live as Self
1975Nashville as Linnea Reese
1975Cher as Self - Guest
1974Flip Wilson... Of Course as Self
1973Juke and Opal as Opal
1973Lily
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers as Telephone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1971The Electric Company
1970The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1969The Music Scene
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Regular Performer
1967The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Special Award Recipient
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer/Winner
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1953The Oscars as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self