Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Known for
Acting
Born
September 1, 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Lorne poster

Lorne

Movie · as Self

2026
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 poster

Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20

Movie · as Violet Newstead (archive footage)

2026
Sock It to Me: The Legend of George Schlatter

Sock It to Me: The Legend of George Schlatter

Movie · as Self

2025
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence poster

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Movie · as Self

2025
This Ordinary Thing poster

This Ordinary Thing

Movie · as Self (voice)

2024
The World According to Allee Willis poster

The World According to Allee Willis

Movie · as Self

2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Movie · as Self

2024
An Unexpected Community poster

An Unexpected Community

Movie · as Self

2023
80 for Brady poster

80 for Brady

Movie · as Lou

2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Movie · as Self - Guest

2023
Moving On poster

Moving On

Movie · as Evelyn

2023
Bella! poster

Bella!

Movie · as Self

2022
The Martha Mitchell Effect poster

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration poster

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration

Movie

2022
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live poster

Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live

Movie · as Self

2022
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival poster

The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival

Movie · as Self

2022
Still Working 9 to 5 poster

Still Working 9 to 5

Movie · as Self

2022
Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins poster

Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins

Movie · as Self

2022
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus poster

The Checkup with Dr. David Agus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Live at Mister Kelly's poster

Live at Mister Kelly's

Movie · as Self

2021
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos poster

Emily @ the Edge of Chaos

Movie · as Ayn Rand (voice)

2020
Waging Change poster

Waging Change

Movie · as Self

2020
One World: Together at Home poster

One World: Together at Home

Movie · as Self

2019
I Am Richard Pryor poster

I Am Richard Pryor

Movie · as Self - Actress and Comedian

2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate poster

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

Movie · as Self

2019
Dolly Parton: Here I Am poster

Dolly Parton: Here I Am

Movie · as Self

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries poster

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

Movie · as Self

2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts poster

Jane Fonda in Five Acts

Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse poster

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Movie · as Aunt May (voice)

2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? poster

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Movie · as Self

2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr poster

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Conversations with Coco poster

Conversations with Coco

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Grandma poster

Grandma

Movie · as Elle

2015
Grace and Frankie poster

Grace and Frankie

TV · as Frankie Bergstein · 94 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · 1 ep

2014
Altman poster

Altman

Movie · as Self

2014
I Am Divine poster

I Am Divine

Movie · as Self (archive)

2014
Trailblazer Honors poster

Trailblazer Honors

TV · as Self - Speaker · 1 ep

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Admission poster

Admission

Movie · as Susannah

2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic poster

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Movie · as Self

2013
An Apology to Elephants poster

An Apology to Elephants

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Inequality for All poster

Inequality for All

Movie · as Violet Newstead (archive footage)

2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women poster

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

Movie · as Self

2013
The Making of 'Nashville' poster

The Making of 'Nashville'

Movie · as Self

2012
Stars in Shorts poster

Stars in Shorts

Movie · as Jason's Mom

2012
The Procession poster

The Procession

Movie · as Jason's mom

2012
Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Malibu Country poster

Malibu Country

TV · as Lillie Mae MacKenzie · 18 eps

2011
Vito poster

Vito

Movie · as Self

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Putsy Hodge · 15 eps

2009
The Pink Panther 2 poster

The Pink Panther 2

Movie · as Mrs. Berenger

2009
Eastbound & Down poster

Eastbound & Down

TV · as Tammy Powers · 3 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2008
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Putsy Hodge · 7 eps

2007
The Walker poster

The Walker

Movie · as Abigail Delorean

2007
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Damages poster

Damages

TV · as Marilyn Tobin · 10 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
A Prairie Home Companion poster

A Prairie Home Companion

Movie · as Rhonda Johnson

2006
The Ant Bully poster

The Ant Bully

Movie · as Mommo (voice)

2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found poster

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Movie · as Self

2004
I ♥ Huckabees poster

I ♥ Huckabees

Movie · as Vivian Jaffe

2004
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde poster

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Movie · as Self

2004
Goodnight, We Love You poster

Goodnight, We Love You

Movie · as Self

2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis poster

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Movie · as Self

2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! poster

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Roberta Simmons · 6 eps

2003
Cher: The Farewell Tour poster

Cher: The Farewell Tour

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Penelope Langston · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Orange County poster

Orange County

Movie · as Charlotte Cobb

2000
The Kid poster

The Kid

Movie · as Janet

2000
Altman on His Own Terms poster

Altman on His Own Terms

Movie · as Self

2000
Bette poster

Bette

TV · 1 ep

1999
Tea with Mussolini poster

Tea with Mussolini

Movie · as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

1999
Get Bruce! poster

Get Bruce!

Movie · as Self

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Deborah Fiderer · 34 eps

1998
Krippendorf's Tribe poster

Krippendorf's Tribe

Movie · as Ruth Allen

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Margot · 2 eps

1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Flirting with Disaster poster

Flirting with Disaster

Movie · as Mary Schlichting

1996
Getting Away with Murder poster

Getting Away with Murder

Movie · as Inga Mueller

1996
The Celluloid Closet poster

The Celluloid Closet

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1996
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) poster

Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)

Movie · as Edith Ann (voice)

1996
Kids for Character poster

Kids for Character

Movie · as Ms. Valerie Frizzle(archive footage) (voice)

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 3 eps

1995
Blue in the Face poster

Blue in the Face

Movie · as Waffle eater

1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz poster

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

Movie · as Self

1994
But... Seriously

But... Seriously

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle poster

Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle

Movie · as Edith Ann (voice)

1994
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home poster

Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home

Movie · as Edith Ann (voice)

1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! poster

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Movie · as Ernestine (archive footage)

1994
The Magic School Bus poster

The Magic School Bus

TV · as Ms. Frizzle (voice) · 52 eps

1994
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras poster

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Short Cuts poster

Short Cuts

Movie · as Doreen Piggot

1993
And the Band Played On poster

And the Band Played On

Movie · as Dr. Selma Dritz

1993
The Beverly Hillbillies poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

Movie · as Miss Jane Hathaway

1993
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends poster

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

Movie · as Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others

1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country poster

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Movie · as Self

1993
Sesame Street Stays Up Late! poster

Sesame Street Stays Up Late!

Movie · as Ernestine the Telephone Operator(uncredited)

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Rita (voice) · 1 ep

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Lydia · 1 ep

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Rose Halligan · 1 ep

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as Lily Tomlin

1991
Shadows and Fog poster

Shadows and Fog

Movie · as Prostitute

1991
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe poster

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Movie · as Trudy the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina / Chrissy / Lud / Marie / Vince / Edie / Lynn / Marge

1991
A Party For Richard Pryor

A Party For Richard Pryor

Movie · as Self

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Tammy (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Big Business poster

Big Business

Movie · as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton

1988
Free to Be... a Family poster

Free to Be... a Family

Movie · as Self

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · as Kay Carter-Shepley · 46 eps

1987
Lily Tomlin poster

Lily Tomlin

Movie · as Herself

1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville poster

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Movie · as Self

1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years poster

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
Waiting Tables

Waiting Tables

Movie

1984
All of Me poster

All of Me

Movie · as Edwina Cutwater

1982
Lily for President? poster

Lily for President?

Movie · as Lily Tomlin / Various

1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Movie · as Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator

1981
The Muppets Go to the Movies poster

The Muppets Go to the Movies

Movie · as Herself

1981
Lily: Sold Out poster

Lily: Sold Out

Movie · as Self / Various Characters

1980
Nine to Five poster

Nine to Five

Movie · as Violet Newstead

1979
Appearing Nitely poster

Appearing Nitely

Movie · as Self

1978
Moment by Moment poster

Moment by Moment

Movie · as Trisha Rawlings

1977
The Late Show poster

The Late Show

Movie · as Margo

1977
The Paul Simon Special poster

The Paul Simon Special

Movie · as Self

1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars poster

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Movie · as Judy Beasley/Self

1975
Nashville poster

Nashville

Movie · as Linnea Reese

1975
Cher poster

Cher

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Host & Musical Guest, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 2 eps

1974
Flip Wilson... Of Course poster

Flip Wilson... Of Course

Movie · as Self

1973
Juke and Opal poster

Juke and Opal

Movie · as Opal

1973
Lily poster

Lily

Movie

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers poster

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

Movie · as Telephone Voice (voice) (uncredited)

1971
The Electric Company poster

The Electric Company

TV · as Ernestine the Operator · 3 eps

1970
The Flip Wilson Show poster

The Flip Wilson Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour poster

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1969
The Music Scene poster

The Music Scene

TV · 17 eps

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Regular Performer · 100 eps

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 5 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Special Award Recipient, Self - Performer / Winner, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep