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Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin, born Mary Jean Tomlin on September 1, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan, is an American stage, film, television, and voice actor. She began her work period in 1965 and resides in Los Angeles. Tomlin is educated at Wayne State University and HB Studio, and she speaks English. She is married to Jane Wagner and identifies as a lesbian.
Her notable works include the Beebo Brinker Omnibus and Lily for president?. Tomlin has received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, and recognition in the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Person · Open Library
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Top works
- Beebo Brinker Omnibus
- Lily for president?
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- 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)2022
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lily
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Spouse
- Jane Wagner
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.lilytomlin.com
- Image
- Lily Tomlin in 2014.jpg
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- Lily Tomlin
- date of birth
- 1939-09-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- social media followers
- 93565
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- name in native language
- Lily Tomlin
- birth name
- Mary Jean Tomlin
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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