Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin is one of America's foremost comediennes who
continues to successfully venture across an ever-widening range of media,
extending an extraordinary entertainment career that spans many years.
Lily Tomlin, of course, has starred in motion pictures, television,
animation, theater and video.
Lily Tomlin co-stared in the Franco Zeffirelli film “Tea With Mussolini,”
with Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Cher. She also guest
starred on the popular series, “X-Files” and continues to be the voice of
the science teacher Ms. Frizzle on the popular children’s animated series,
“The Magic School Bus,” for which she was awarded an Emmy.
In 1998, Lily Tomlin wrapped her second season, as the boss of FYI, on the
last season of the hit CBS series, "Murphy Brown.” She also received an
Emmy nomination for her critically acclaimed appearance on the NBC drama
“Homicide.”
Lily Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in a working-class
neighborhood on the outskirts of one of the city's most affluent areas.
Although she claims that she wasn't funny as a child, Lily Tomlin admits
she "knew who was and lifted all their material right off the TV screen."
Her favorites include Lucille Ball, Bea Lillie, Imogene Coca and Jean
Carroll, one of the first female stand-ups on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
After high school, Lily Tomlin enrolled at Wayne State University to study
medicine, but her elective courses in theater arts propelled her to leave
to become a performer in local coffee houses. She moved to New York in
1965, where she soon built a strong following with her appearances at such
landmark clubs as The Improvisation, Upstairs at the Downstairs and Cafe
Au Go Go. In 1966, she made her television debut on "The Garry Moore
Show," and in 1969 opened for the legendary Mabel Mercer in the Downstairs
Room at the Upstairs at the Downstairs. She then made several memorable
appearances on "The Merv Griffin Show," which lead to a move to California
where she appeared on "Music Scene." In December 1969, Tomlin joined the
cast of the top-rated "Laugh-In" and overnight rose to national prominence
with her characterizations of Ernestine, the sassy telephone operator, and
Edith Ann, the devilish five-and-a-half-year-old. When "Laugh-In" left the
air, Tomlin went on to co-write and star in four comedy specials: "The
Lily Tomlin Show" (1973), "Lily" (1973), "Lily" (1974) and "Lily Tomlin"
(1975) for which she won three Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild of America
Award.
Lily Tomlin's comedy recording debut, "This is a Recording," won a Grammy
in 1971 and her subsequent albums "Modern Scream," "And That's the Truth"
and "On Stage," were nominated for Grammys. In 1977, Tomlin made her
Broadway debut in "Appearing Nitely," written and directed by Jane Wagner.
In addition to such favorites as Ernestine, Edith Ann and Judith Beasley,
the Calumet City housewife, "Appearing Nitely" introduced Trudy, the bag
lady Crystal, the hang-gliding quadriplegic; Rick, the singles bar
cruiser; Glenna, a child of the sixties; and Sister Boogie Woman, a
77-year-old blues revivalist. "Appearing Nitely" was later adapted as both
an album and an HBO Special.
The team of Lily Tomlin and Wagner went on to produce a pair of TV
Specials, the Emmy-winning "Lily: Sold Out" (1981) and "Lily for
President?" (1982).
Lily Tomlin made her film debut as Linnea, a gospel singer and mother of
two deaf children in Robert Altman's "Nashville" (1975). Her memorable
performance was nominated for an Academy Award and both the New York Film
Critics and National Society of Film Critics voted Tomlin Best Supporting
Actress. She next starred opposite Art Carney as a would-be actress living
on the fringes of Hollywood in Robert Benton's "The Late Show" (1977). She
went on to star with John Travolta as a lonely housewife in "Moment By
Moment" (1978); then teamed with Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton in the late
Colin Higgins' comedy "9 to 5" (1980).
Lily Tomlin starred as the happy homemaker who became "The Incredible
Shrinking Woman" (1981), directed by Joel Schumacher from a screenplay by
Jane Wagner; and the eccentric rich woman whose soul invades Steve
Martin's body in Carl Reiner's popular "All of Me" (1984).
She teamed with Bette Midler in "Big Business" (1988); starred in the film
adaptation and received a CableAce Award for Executive Producing "The
Search for Signs of Intelligent Life In the Universe" (1991) appeared as
part of an ensemble cast in Woody Allen's "Shadows and Fog" (1992);
starred opposite Tom Waits in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" (1993);
portrayed Miss Jane Hathaway in the screen adaptation of the popular
television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1993).
Lily Tomlin starred in the Miramax film "Flirting With Disaster" (1996);
and joined Jack Lemmon, Dan Akroyd and Bonnie Hunt in “Getting Away with
Murder” (1996). Most recently Tomlin starred opposite Richard Dreyfuss and
Jenna Elfman in Buena Vista’s “Krippendorf’s Tribe” (1998).
Lily Tomlin has received numerous awards: six Emmys, a Special Tony for
her one woman Broadway show, “Appearing Nightly,” a second Tony as Best
Actress, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics’ Circle Award in 1986 for her
one woman performance in Jane Wagner’s, “The Search for Signs of
Intelligent Life in the Universe,” a Grammy for her comedy album, “This is
a Recording,” two Peabody awards, the first for the ABC television
special, “Edith Ann’s Christmas: Just Say Noel” and a second Peabody for
narrating and executive producing the HBO telefilm “The Celluloid Closet.”
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