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Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Age
73
Birthday
Sep. 1st, 1939
Born in
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Height
5' 8"

Lily Tomlin's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
The Magic School Bus TV Show
The Magic School Bus
Malibu Country TV Show
Malibu Country
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
12 Miles of Bad Road TV Show
12 Miles of Bad Road
Cher TV Show
Cher
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour TV Show
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
 

Main Movie Roles

2009 - The Pink Panther 2
2007 - The Walker
2006 - The Ant Bully
2006 - A Prairie Home Companion
2004 - I Heart Huckabees
2002 - Orange County
2000 - The Kid
1999 - Tea with Mussolini
1998 - Krippendorf's Tribe
1996 - Flirting with Disaster
1995 - Blue in the Face
1993 - The Beverly Hillbillies
1993 - Short Cuts
1992 - The Player
1991 - The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe
1988 - Big Business
1984 - All of Me
1981 - The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1980 - Nine to Five
1977 - The Late Show
1975 - Nashville

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Kay Carter-Shepley
38
Deborah Fiderer
34
Marilyn Tobin
10
Putsy Hodge
6
Roberta Simmons
6
Margot
2
Tammy (Voiced)
1
[Complete List]



BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:
  • Acknowledged that she has been in a romantic relationship with 'Jane Wagner' (qv) since 1971.
  • Before a performance of one of her one-woman shows in New York City, she appeared on the sidewalk dressed in a Red Cross nurse's uniform, handing out cups of coffee to those waiting in line to enter the theatre.
  • One of her first "professional" gigs was as a waitress in Howard Johnson's on Broadway near Times Square. Her comments to customers and staff heard over the eatery's microphone attracted her first big-city audience.
  • Has won two Tony Awards: in 1977, a special Award, and in 1986, the Best Actress (Play) Award for her one-woman show, "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," a performance recreated in the film version of the same title, _The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe (1991)_ (qv).
  • Was a pre-med student at Wayne State University before choosing acting as a career.
  • During her one-woman show in Las Vegas, Nevada, she appeared as her own opening act: a smarmy male lounge singer billed as Tommy Velour.
  • Won the Kennedy Center's prestigious Mark Twain Prize for Humor in 2003.
  • Won a Grammy Award for the comedy album "This is a Recording" in 1971 and won Tony Awards in 1977 and 1986.


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