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Biography

Lily Tomlin was born September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan. A standup comedian and award-winning star of stage, film and television, Tomlin gained instant…more

Born

9/1/1939, Detriot, Michigan

Birth Name

Mary Jean Tomlin

Gender

Female

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Star (15)

Role
- Malibu Country
  Lillie Mae
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    11/2/12
- Web Therapy
  Putsy Hodge
  - S 1: Ep 8 Psychic Analysis
    9/6/11
  - S 1: Ep 7 Exposed!
    8/30/11
  - S 1: Ep 6 We've Got A Secret
    8/23/11
  - S 1: Ep 3 Shrink Rap
    8/2/11
- The Tony Awards
  Herself (Presenter)
  - S 1: Ep 62 62nd Annual Tony Awards
    6/15/08
- Murphy Brown
  Kay Carter-Shepley (1996-1998)
  - S 10: Ep 22 Never Can Say Goodbye (2)
    5/18/98
  - S 10: Ep 21 Never Can Say Goodbye (1)
    5/18/98
  - S 10: Ep 20 Dial and Substance
    5/4/98
  - S 10: Ep 19 A Man and a Woman
    4/27/98
  - S 10: Ep 18 Second Time Around
    4/20/98
  - + 239 More Credits
- The Magic School Bus
  Ms. Valerie Frizzle
  - S 4: Ep 13 Takes A Dive
    12/6/97
  - S 4: Ep 12 In The City
    11/29/97
  - S 4: Ep 11 Gets Programmed
    11/22/97
  - S 4: Ep 10 Gets Charged
    11/15/97
  - S 4: Ep 9 Makes A Stink
    11/8/97
  - + 47 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer
  - S 5: Ep 9 Episode #101
    11/8/71
  - S 5: Ep 1 Episode #93
    9/13/71
  - S 4: Ep 5 Episode #71
    10/12/70
  - S 4: Ep 1 Episode #67
    9/14/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Mrs. Earbore/Edith Ann/Ernestine Tomlin
  - S 4: Ep 21 Episode #87
    2/8/71
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer (Mrs. Earbore/Ernestine Tomlin)
  - S 4: Ep 15 Episode #81
    12/28/70
  - S 3: Ep 23 Episode #63
    2/23/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer(Mrs. Earbore/Susie Sorority/Ernestine Tomlin/Edith Ann)
  - S 4: Ep 3 Episode #69
    9/28/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Ernestine Tomlin
  - S 3: Ep 25 Episode #65
    3/9/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Mrs. Earbore/Ernestine Tomlin
  - S 3: Ep 24 Episode #64
    3/2/70
  - S 3: Ep 20 Episode #60
    2/2/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Mrs. Earbore/Ernestine
  - S 3: Ep 21 Episode #61
    2/9/70
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer/Mrs. Earbore/Ernestine Tomlin/Sparkle Farkel
  - S 3: Ep 18 Episode #58
- The Music Scene
  Regular Performer (1969)
  - S 1: Ep 15 Year End Show: The Number One Songs of 1969
    12/29/69
  - S 1: Ep 14 Christmas Show
    12/22/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 Show 13
    12/15/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 Show 12
    12/8/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Show 11
    12/1/69
  - + 12 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Regular Performer (1970-1973)
  - S 3: Ep 15 Episode #55
    12/29/69
  - S 7: Ep 3 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: A Valentine's Day Special
    2/14/94
  - S 7: Ep 2 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Past Christmas Present
    12/2/93
  - S 7: Ep 1 Laugh-In's 25th Anniversary
    2/7/93
  - S 6: Ep 24 Episode #140
    3/12/73
  - + 71 More Credits
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Damages
  Marilyn Tobin
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Next One's Gonna Go In Your Throat
    4/19/10
  - S 3: Ep 12 You Were His Little Monkey
    4/12/10
  - S 3: Ep 11 All That Crap About Your Family
    4/5/10
  - S 3: Ep 10 Tell Me I'm Not Racist
    3/29/10
  - S 3: Ep 9 Drive It Through Hardcore
    3/22/10
  - + 5 More Credits
- Desperate Housewives
  Roberta Simonds
  - S 5: Ep 24 If It's Only In Your Head (2)
    5/17/09
  - S 5: Ep 23 Everybody Says Don't (1)
    5/17/09
  - S 5: Ep 11 Home Is The Place
    1/4/09
  - S 5: Ep 8 City on Fire
    11/16/08
  - S 5: Ep 7 What More Do I Need?
    11/9/08
  - + 1 More Credits
- The West Wing
  Debbie Fiderer
  - S 7: Ep 22 Tomorrow
    5/14/06
  - S 7: Ep 19 Transition
    4/23/06
  - S 7: Ep 18 Requiem
    4/16/06
  - S 7: Ep 13 The Cold
    3/12/06
  - S 7: Ep 9 The Wedding
    12/11/05
  - + 29 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 30: Ep 22 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
    2/20/05
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
  - S 8: Ep 10 Lily Tomlin
    1/22/83
  - S 2: Ep 15 Steve Martin/The Kinks
    2/26/77
  - S 2: Ep 1 Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
    9/18/76
  - + 1 More Credits
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 82 Show #1666
    8/11/92
  - S 10: Ep 101 Show #1529
    9/24/91
  - S 6: Ep 1 Show #0819
    2/4/87
  - S 4: Ep 115 Show #0622
    11/5/85
  - S 4: Ep 67 Show #0574 (850625)
    6/25/85
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 12 Show #4423
    10/18/91
  - S 28: Ep 94 Show #4139
    4/5/90
  - S 25: Ep 42 Show #3842
    2/19/87
  - S 20: Ep 90 Show #3390
    9/27/82
  - S 18: Ep 87 Show #3187
    4/28/80
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (46)

Role
- Eastbound & Down
  Tammy Powers
  - S 3: Ep 6 Chapter 19
    3/25/12
  - S 3: Ep 5 Chapter 18
    3/18/12
- NCIS
  Penelope Langston
  - S 9: Ep 3 The Penelope Papers
    10/4/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 30 Lily Tomlin/Ioan Gruffudd
    10/3/11
  - S 7: Ep 111 Lily Tomlin
    2/18/11
- The Talk
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 19 Episode 214
    10/3/11
- RuPaul's Drag Race
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 3 Queens In Space
    2/1/11
- The Joy Behar Show
  Herself
  - S 2010: Ep 19 Lily Tomlin
    10/23/09
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 3 I Heart Lily Tomlin
    6/15/09
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody
    1/28/09
  - S 1: Ep 1 Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks, & Oddballs
    1/14/09
- Rove Live
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 29 August 29th, 2006 - Find my son a girlfriend!
    8/29/06
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 71 Lily Tomlin
    6/8/06
- Will & Grace
  Margot
  - S 8: Ep 12 Forbidden Fruit
    1/19/06
  - S 7: Ep 14 Partners
    1/13/05
- The Simpsons
  Tammy
  - S 17: Ep 7 The Last of the Red Hat Mamas
    11/27/05
- Inside TV Land
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 15 Primetime Politics
    10/27/04
- The View
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 37 Tomlin/Kerry
    10/19/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 169 Lily Tomlin, Joe, George, Phil, and Gavin Maloof, and Basement Jaxx
    5/3/04
- I Love Lucy
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 2 I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special
    11/11/01
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 73 Show #1531
    12/26/00
  - S 7: Ep 22 Show #1300
    10/6/99
  - S 2: Ep 43 Show #0262
    11/2/94
  - S 1: Ep 24 Show #0024
    9/30/93
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 51 Show #863
    11/14/00
  - S 4: Ep 22 Show #646
    10/7/99
- Bette
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Silent But Deadly
    11/1/00
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 15 Madeline Kahn
    1/1/00
- The X-Files
  Lida
  - S 6: Ep 6 How The Ghosts Stole Christmas
    12/13/98
- The Roseanne Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Lily Tomlin
    9/23/98
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  Rose Halligan
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Hat
    1/19/96
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 36 October 17, 1994
    10/17/94
  - S 5: Ep 88 January 7, 1993
    1/7/93
  - S 4: Ep 237 August 12, 1992
    8/12/92
- Frasier
  voice of Rita
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Unkindest Cut of All
    9/27/94
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 1 The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/92
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 51 November 18, 1991
    11/18/91
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 23 October 10, 1991
    10/10/91
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 146 April 26, 1990
    4/26/90
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Performer
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/89
- Pryor's Place
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Cousin Rita
    12/1/84
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Tommy Velour/Guest
  - S 1: Ep 63 Show #0063
    5/19/82
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/31/81
- The Midnight Special
  Herself, host
  - S 9: Ep 18 Host: Lily Tomlin
    1/30/81
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 102 February 21, 1977
    2/21/77
  - S 1: Ep 75 February 14, 1975
    2/14/75
- The Smothers Brothers Show (1975)
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode 10
    4/28/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself/Co-host
  - S 13: Ep 150 April 11, 1975
    4/11/75
  - S 13: Ep 149 April 10, 1975
    4/10/75
  - S 13: Ep 148 April 9, 1975
    4/9/75
  - S 13: Ep 147 April 8, 1975
    4/8/75
  - S 13: Ep 146 Week of April 7, 1975
    4/7/75
- Cher
  Special Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Show 6
    3/16/75
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 46 February 17-21, 1975 (NBC-TV)
    2/17/75
  - S 8: Ep 52 March 11-15, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    3/11/74
  - S 8: Ep 44 February 11-15, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    2/11/74
  - S 8: Ep 39 January 21-27, 1974 (2)
    1/21/74
  - S 8: Ep 14 October 22-26, 1973 (NBC-TV)
    10/22/73
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 9 December 26, 1974
    12/26/74
  - S 6: Ep 128 March 30, 1972
    3/30/72
- The Carol Burnett Show
  herself
  - S 6: Ep 9 with Steve Lawrence, Lily Tomlin
    11/8/72
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 141 April 4, 1972
    4/4/72
  - S 3: Ep 134 April 6, 1971
    4/6/71
- The Flip Wilson Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, The Tempatations, Roger Miller
    10/1/70
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 26 March 29, 1970
    3/29/70
  - S 2: Ep 23 March 8, 1970
    3/8/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 9 September 11, 1969
    9/11/69
  - S 16: Ep 4 September 8, 1977
    9/8/77
  - S 12: Ep 154 April 4, 1974
    4/4/74
  - S 12: Ep 44 October 25, 1973
    10/25/73
  - S 11: Ep 133 March 8, 1973
    3/8/73
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 12 September 2, 1969
    9/2/69
  - S 6: Ep 211 June 23, 1969
    6/23/69
  - S 6: Ep 179 May 8, 1969
    5/8/69
  - S 6: Ep 109 January 30, 1969
    1/30/69
  - S 6: Ep 63 November 27, 1968
    11/27/68
  - + 3 More Credits

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Trivia
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- In 2002, Lily was honored with the Career Tribute Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.
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- In 2000, Lily was honored with the Lily Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
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- Lily stands at 5'8" or 1.73 m.
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- Lily: If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question.
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- Lily: The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
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- Lily: Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
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