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Lily Tomlin
Age
73
Birthday
Sep. 1st, 1939
Born in
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Height
5' 8"
Lily Tomlin's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2009 - The Pink Panther 22007 - 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 |
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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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