Mary Jean 'Lily' Tomlin began her career in stand-up comedy and sketch comedy before transitioning into her career as an actress on stage and screen. In a career spanning over fifty years she was first seen in a 1965 episode of The Merv Griffith Show and went on to have immense success with several characters, notably Edith Ann and Ernestine on Rowan & Marin's Laugh-In, Linnea Reese in Nashville, Violet Newstead in 9 to 5, Marilyn Tobin on Damages, Deborah Fiderer on The West Wing and most recently as Frankie Bergstein on Grace and Frankie and as Lou on 80 for Brady (2023)
| Movie | Reno Finds Her Mom | 1998 |
| Movie | An Apology to Elephants | 2013 |
| Movie | Lily: Sold Out | 1981 |
| Episode |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin |
2018 |
| Episode |
George Carlin HBO Specials The Mark Twain Prize |
2008 |
| Episode |
Desperate Housewives Me and My Town |
2008 |
| Episode |
Today May 5, 2015 |
2015 |
| Episode |
NCIS The Penelope Papers |
2011 |
| Episode |
The Late Late Show with James Corden Elizabeth Banks, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin |
2015 |
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Damages Your Secrets Are Safe |
2010 |
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The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson Jay Leno (guest host), Lily Tomlin, Neil Patrick Harris |
1991 |
| Episode |
Desperate Housewives A Vision's Just a Vision |
2008 |
| Episode |
Late Show with David Letterman Show #0024 |
1993 |
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The Late Late Show with James Corden Lily Tomlin, Luke Evans, Sarah Hyland, Sam Smith |
2018 |
| Episode |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Episode 132 |
2018 |
| Episode |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Lily Tomlin, Ioan Gruffudd |
2011 |
| Episode |
The Simpsons The Last of the Red Hat Mamas |
2005 |
| Episode |
The X-Files How The Ghosts Stole Christmas |
1998 |
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Saturday Night Live Lily Tomlin/Howard Shore & the All Nurse Band |
1975 |
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! Michelle Obama, Topher Grace, Lily Tomlin, The Struts |
2015 |
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The Daily Show Lily Tomlin |
2006 |
| Episode |
Homicide: Life on the Street The Hat |
1996 |
| Episode |
The West Wing The Wedding |
2005 |
| Episode |
Eastbound & Down Chapter 18 |
2012 |
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The Late Late Show with James Corden Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Taylor Schilling, Ryan Adams |
2017 |
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Stephan James, Sharon Van Etten |
2019 |
| Episode |
The Dick Cavett Show Lily Tomlin, Chad Everett, W.H. Auden, Bonnie Koloc |
1972 |
| Episode |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Lily Tomlin; Matthew Gray Gubler |
2012 |
| Episode |
The Carol Burnett Show with Steve Lawrence, Lily Tomlin |
1972 |
| Episode |
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Ellen Degeneres |
2012 |
| Episode |
I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special |
2001 |
| Episode |
Will & Grace Forbidden Fruit |
2006 |
| Episode |
Bette Silent But Deadly |
2000 |
| Episode |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Michael Peña, Meg Myers |
2020 |
| Episode |
Web Therapy Hand-On Therapy |
2012 |
| Episode |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Cole Sprouse, Walk the Moon |
2018 |
| Episode |
The Late Late Show with James Corden Seth MacFarlane, Lily Tomlin |
2015 |
| Episode |
Eastbound & Down Chapter 19 |
2012 |
| Episode |
Today May 18, 2015 |
2015 |
| Episode |
The Late Late Show with James Corden Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin |
2020 |
| Episode |
Web Therapy Cell Phone |
2012 |
| Episode |
Desperate Housewives There's Always a Woman |
2008 |
| Episode |
TED Talks Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin: A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship |
2015 |
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The West Wing Transition |
2006 |
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Web Therapy The Family Business |
2012 |
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson D.J. Qualls, Lily Tomlin |
2011 |
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Saturday Night Live Lily Tomlin/James Taylor |
1976 |
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LA Times: The Envelope Lead Actresses |
2016 |
| Episode |
Desperate Housewives What More Do I Need? |
2008 |
| Episode |
Eastbound & Down Chapter 21 |
2012 |
| Episode |
RuPaul's Drag Race Queens in Space |
2011 |
| Episode |
Frasier The Unkindest Cut of All |
1994 |
| Episode |
The Muppet Show The Muppets Go to the Movies |
1981 |
| Episode |
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson Bryan Williams, Lily Tomlin, Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir |
1990 |
| Episode |
The Late Late Show with James Corden Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Anthony Anderson, Red Hot Chili Peppers |
2016 |
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Lily Tomlin, Kumail Nanjiani, Ryan Hamilton |
2016 |
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The Dick Cavett Show Lily Tomlin |
1992 |
| Episode |
Robin Williams: Comic Genius The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards |
1987 |
| Episode |
Will & Grace Partners |
2005 |
| Episode |
Desperate Housewives City on Fire |
2008 |
| Episode |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Steven Spielberg, John Williams |
2023 |
| Episode |
A Quiet Word A Quiet Word with Lily Tomlin |
2011 |
| Episode |
Inside Comedy Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin |
2013 |
| Episode |
The Late Late Show with James Corden Lily Tomlin, Madonna, Alison Sudol, Reggie Watts |
2016 |
| Episode |
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Comedy Actresses |
2016 |
| Episode |
The Graham Norton Show Episode 10 |
2015 |
