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Lily Tomlin

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)


Aliases
  • Mary Jean Tomlin
English

Grace and Frankie

2015
as Frankie Bergstein

The Ant Bully

2006
as Mommo (voice)

Damages

2007
as Marilyn Tobin

The Pink Panther 2

2009
as Mrs. Berenger

The West Wing

1999
as Debbie Fiderer

Web Therapy (2011)

2011
as Putsy Hodge

The Magic School Bus

1994
as Ms. Valerie Frizzle

And the Band Played On

1993
as Dr. Selma Dritz

Admission

2013
as Susannah

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968
as Performer - Contract Role

9 to 5

1980
as Violet Newstead

Lily Tomlin

1986
as Lily Tomlin

Flirting with Disaster

1996
as Mary Schlichting

Krippendorf's Tribe

1998
as Ruth Allen

The Player

1992
as Herself

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968
as Performer - Contract Role

Tea with Mussolini

1999
as Georgie Rockwell

Vito

2011
as Herself

The Kid

2000
as Janet

Big Business

1988
as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton

Lily: Sold Out

1981
as Self / Various Characters

All of Me

1984
as Edwina Cutwater

Malibu Country

2012
as Lillie Mae

I Heart Huckabees

2004
as Vivian Jaffe

Blue in the Face

1995
as Waffle eater

Get Bruce!

1999
as Herself

The Procession

2012
as Jason's Mom

Getting Away with Murder

1996
as Inga Mueller

Nashville

1975
as Linnea Reese

Shadows and Fog

1991
as Prostituierte

Murphy Brown

1988
as Kay Carter-Shepley

But... Seriously

1994
as Herself (archive footage)

Grandma

2015
as Elle

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993
as Miss Jane Hathaway

Appearing Nitely

1979
as Lily Tomlin

Short Cuts

1993
as Doreen Piggot

Orange County

2002
as Charlotte Cobb

Stars In Shorts

2012
as Jason's Mom

Take Flight

2015
as Herself

A Prairie Home Companion

2006
as Rhonda Johnson

The Late Show

1977
as Margo

Inequality for All

2013
as Violet Newstead

The Walker

2007
as Abigail Delorean

An Apology to Elephants

2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Producer

Movie Reno Finds Her Mom 1998
Movie An Apology to Elephants 2013
Movie Lily: Sold Out 1981

Guest Star

Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin
2018
Episode George Carlin HBO Specials
The Mark Twain Prize
2008
Episode The Rosie Show
Lily Tomlin
2012
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
Episode Damages
Your Secrets Are Safe
2010
Episode 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
Episode 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
Episode Saturday Night Live
Lily Tomlin/Howard Shore & the All Nurse Band
1975
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Michelle Obama, Topher Grace, Lily Tomlin, The Struts
2015
Episode 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
Episode Larry King Now
Remembering Joan Rivers
2014
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Taylor Schilling, Ryan Adams
2017
Episode 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 Rosie O'Donnell Show
Noah Wyle, Leah Remini, Lily Tomlin, Nicole Remini
1999
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
Episode Larry King Now
Lily Tomlin
2012
Episode The West Wing
Transition
2006
Episode Web Therapy
The Family Business
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
D.J. Qualls, Lily Tomlin
2011
Episode Saturday Night Live
Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
1976
Episode 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
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Lily Tomlin, Kumail Nanjiani, Ryan Hamilton
2016
Episode 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