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Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

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Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, and writer known for her work in entertainment across multiple formats. Her contributions to comedy and acting have made her a notable figure in American popular culture.

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Born: 1939-09-01
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Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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Janis Ian: Breaking Silence — Self2025
This Ordinary Thing — Self (voice)2025
The World According to Allee Willis — Self2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution — Self2024
An Unexpected Community — Self2024
80 for Brady — Lou2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest2023
Moving On — Evelyn2023
Bella! — Self2023
The Martha Mitchell Effect — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Tomlin started her career in stand-up comedy and sketch comedy before transitioning her career to acting across stage and screen. In a career spanning more than fifty years, Tomlin has received numerous accolades, including seven Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, two Tony Awards, and a nomination for an Academy Award. She was also awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014 and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2017.

Tomlin started her career as a stand-up comedian as well as performing off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973. Her signature role, which was written by her then-partner (now wife) Jane Wagner, was in the show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, which opened on Broadway in 1985 and earned Tomlin the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She won Emmy Awards for the special Lily (1973) and received a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for This Is a Recording (1972), the very first solo female to do so.