Lily Tomlin

Known for: Acting
Born: September 1, 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Movies: 105

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.4

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

5.8

The Ant Bully

2006

5.7

The Pink Panther 2

2009

6.8

The Kid

2000

7.2

The Player

1992

6.3

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

7.2

Short Cuts

1993

5.6

Admission

2013

6.3

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993

7.0

Nine to Five

1980

Filmography

2026	Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20	Violet Newstead (archive footage)
2026	Lorne	Self
2025	This Ordinary Thing	Self (voice)
2025	Janis Ian: Breaking Silence	Self
2024	The World According to Allee Willis	Self
2024	An Unexpected Community	Self
2024	Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution	Self
2023	Bella!	Self
2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love	Self - Guest
2023	Moving On	Evelyn
2023	80 for Brady	Lou
2022	The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival	Self
2022	Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live	Self
2022	Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022	Still Working 9 to 5	Self
2022	The Martha Mitchell Effect	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021	Live at Mister Kelly's	Self
2021	Emily @ the Edge of Chaos	Ayn Rand (voice)
2020	Waging Change	Self
2020	One World: Together at Home	Self
2019	Dolly Parton: Here I Am	Self
2019	Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate	Self
2019	I Am Richard Pryor	Self - Actress and Comedian
2018	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Aunt May (voice)
2018	TVTV: Video Revolutionaries	Self
2018	Feminists: What Were They Thinking?	Self
2018	Jane Fonda in Five Acts	Self - (archive footage)
2017	The Fabulous Allan Carr	Self (archive footage)
2015	Grandma	Elle
2014	Altman	Self
2014	I Am Divine	Self (archive)
2013	The Making of 'Nashville'	Self
2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic	Self
2013	An Apology to Elephants	Narrator (voice)
2013	Admission	Susannah
2013	Why We Laugh: Funny Women	Self
2013	Inequality for All	Violet Newstead (archive footage)
2012	Stars in Shorts	Jason's Mom
2012	The Procession	Jason's mom
2011	Vito	Self
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Mrs. Berenger
2007	Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s	Self (archive footage)
2007	The Walker	Abigail Delorean
2006	The Ant Bully	Mommo (voice)
2006	A Prairie Home Companion	Rhonda Johnson
2005	Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found	Self
2004	Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde	Self
2004	I ♥ Huckabees	Vivian Jaffe
2004	Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis	Self
2004	Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004	Goodnight, We Love You	Self
2003	Cher: The Farewell Tour	Self (archive footage)
2002	Orange County	Charlotte Cobb
2000	The Kid	Janet
2000	Altman on His Own Terms	Self
1999	Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special	Self
1999	Tea with Mussolini	Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
1999	Get Bruce!	Self
1998	Krippendorf's Tribe	Ruth Allen
1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self
1996	Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)	Edith Ann (voice)
1996	Getting Away with Murder	Inga Mueller
1996	Flirting with Disaster	Mary Schlichting
1996	The Celluloid Closet	Narrator (voice)
1996	Kids for Character	Ms. Valerie Frizzle(archive footage) (voice)
1995	Blue in the Face	Waffle eater
1995	Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz	Self
1994	Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home	Edith Ann (voice)
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Ernestine (archive footage)
1994	But... Seriously	Self (archive footage)
1994	Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle	Edith Ann (voice)
1993	Sesame Street Stays Up Late!	Ernestine the Telephone Operator(uncredited)
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies	Miss Jane Hathaway
1993	Short Cuts	Doreen Piggot
1993	And the Band Played On	Dr. Selma Dritz
1993	Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country	Self
1993	An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends	Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others
1992	The Player	Lily Tomlin
1991	Shadows and Fog	Prostitute
1991	A Party For Richard Pryor	Self
1991	The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe	Trudy the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina / Chrissy / Lud / Marie / Vince / Edie / Lynn / Marge
1988	Free to Be... a Family	Self
1988	Big Business	Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Self
1987	Lily Tomlin	Herself
1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	Self (archive footage)
1986	Waiting Tables
1984	All of Me	Edwina Cutwater
1982	Lily for President?	Lily Tomlin / Various
1981	The Muppets Go to the Movies	Herself
1981	Lily: Sold Out	Self / Various Characters
1981	The Incredible Shrinking Woman	Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator
1980	Nine to Five	Violet Newstead
1979	Appearing Nitely	Self
1978	Moment by Moment	Trisha Rawlings
1977	The Paul Simon Special	Self
1977	The Late Show	Margo
1976	TVTV Looks at the Oscars	Judy Beasley/Self
1975	Nashville	Linnea Reese
1974	Flip Wilson... Of Course	Self
1973	Juke and Opal	Opal
1973	Lily
1972	Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers	Telephone Voice (voice) (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1977	The Paul Simon Special	Writer
1973	Lily	Writer

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