Lily Tomlin

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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

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Aunt May (voice)

The Simpsons

Tammy (voice)

The X-Files

Lydia

NCIS

Penelope Langston

Desperate Housewives

Roberta Simmons

The Ant Bully

Mommo (voice)

The Pink Panther 2

Mrs. Berenger

The Kid

Janet

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	This Ordinary Thing MOVIE	Self (voice)
2025	Janis Ian: Breaking Silence MOVIE	Self
2024	The World According to Allee Willis MOVIE	Self
2024	An Unexpected Community MOVIE	Self
2024	Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution MOVIE	Self
2023	Bella! MOVIE	Self
2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love MOVIE	Self - Guest
2023	Moving On MOVIE	Evelyn
2023	80 for Brady MOVIE	Lou
2022	The Checkup with Dr. David Agus TV	Self
2022	The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival MOVIE	Self
2022	Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live MOVIE	Self
2022	Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration MOVIE	Self
2022	Still Working 9 to 5 MOVIE	Self
2022	The Martha Mitchell Effect MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021	Live at Mister Kelly's MOVIE	Self
2021	Emily @ the Edge of Chaos MOVIE	Ayn Rand (voice)
2020	Waging Change MOVIE	Self
2020	One World: Together at Home MOVIE	Self
2019	Dolly Parton: Here I Am MOVIE	Self
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate MOVIE	Self
2019	I Am Richard Pryor MOVIE	Self - Actress and Comedian
2018	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse MOVIE	Aunt May (voice)
2018	TVTV: Video Revolutionaries MOVIE	Self
2018	Feminists: What Were They Thinking? MOVIE	Self
2018	Jane Fonda in Five Acts MOVIE	Self - (archive footage)
2017	Conversations with Coco TV	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV	Self
2015	Grandma MOVIE	Elle
2015	Grace and Frankie TV	Frankie Bergstein
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self - Guest
2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV	Self
2014	Altman MOVIE	Self
2014	Trailblazer Honors TV	Self - Speaker
2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TV	Self - Guest
2013	The Making of 'Nashville' MOVIE	Self
2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic MOVIE	Self
2013	An Apology to Elephants MOVIE	Narrator
2013	Admission MOVIE	Susannah
2013	Why We Laugh: Funny Women MOVIE	Self
2013	Inequality for All MOVIE	Violet Newstead (archive footage)
2012	Malibu Country TV	Lillie Mae MacKenzie
2012	Stars in Shorts MOVIE	Jason's Mom
2012	The Procession MOVIE	Jason's mom
2012	Inside Comedy TV	Self
2011	Vito MOVIE	Self
2011	Web Therapy TV	Putsy Hodge
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest
2009	Eastbound & Down TV	Tammy Powers
2009	The Pink Panther 2 MOVIE	Mrs. Berenger
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race TV	Self - Guest Judge
2008	Web Therapy TV	Putsy Hodge
2007	Damages TV	Marilyn Tobin
2007	Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	The Walker MOVIE	Abigail Delorean
2006	The Ant Bully MOVIE	Mommo (voice)
2006	A Prairie Home Companion MOVIE	Rhonda Johnson
2005	Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found MOVIE	Self
2004	Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde MOVIE	Self
2004	Desperate Housewives TV	Roberta Simmons
2004	I ♥ Huckabees MOVIE	Vivian Jaffe
2004	Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis MOVIE	Self
2004	Goodnight, We Love You MOVIE	Self
2003	NCIS TV	Penelope Langston
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2002	Orange County MOVIE	Charlotte Cobb
2000	Bette TV	Self
2000	The Kid MOVIE	Janet
2000	Altman on His Own Terms MOVIE	Self
1999	The Early Show TV	Self - Guest
1999	Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special MOVIE	Self
1999	The West Wing TV	Deborah Fiderer
1999	Tea with Mussolini MOVIE	Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
1999	Get Bruce! MOVIE	Self
1998	Will & Grace TV	Margot
1998	Krippendorf's Tribe MOVIE	Ruth Allen
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life MOVIE	Self
1996	Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) MOVIE	Edith Ann (voice)
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1996	Getting Away with Murder MOVIE	Inga Mueller
1996	Flirting with Disaster MOVIE	Mary Schlichting
1996	The Celluloid Closet MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1995	Blue in the Face MOVIE	Waffle eater
1995	Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz MOVIE	Self
1994	The Magic School Bus TV	Ms. Frizzle (voice)
1994	Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home MOVIE	Edith Ann (voice)
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! MOVIE	Ernestine (archive footage)
1994	But... Seriously MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1994	Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras TV	Self
1994	Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle MOVIE	Edith Ann (voice)
1993	Sesame Street Stays Up Late! MOVIE	Ernestine the Telephone Operator(uncredited)
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies MOVIE	Miss Jane Hathaway
1993	Short Cuts MOVIE	Doreen Piggot
1993	Frasier TV	Rita (voice)
1993	And the Band Played On MOVIE	Dr. Selma Dritz
1993	The X-Files TV	Lydia
1993	Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country MOVIE	Self
1993	Homicide: Life on the Street TV	Rose Halligan
1993	An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends MOVIE	Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others
1992	The Player MOVIE	Lily Tomlin
1991	Shadows and Fog MOVIE	Prostitute
1991	The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe MOVIE	Trudy the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina / Chrissy / Lud / Marie / Vince / Edie / Lynn / Marge
1989	The Simpsons TV	Tammy (voice)
1988	Free to Be... a Family MOVIE	Self
1988	Murphy Brown TV	Kay Carter-Shepley
1988	Big Business MOVIE	Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville MOVIE	Self
1987	Lily Tomlin MOVIE	Herself
1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1986	Waiting Tables MOVIE	Self
1984	All of Me MOVIE	Edwina Cutwater
1982	Lily for President? MOVIE	Lily Tomlin / Various
1981	The Muppets Go to the Movies MOVIE	Herself
1981	Lily: Sold Out MOVIE	Self / Various Characters
1981	The Incredible Shrinking Woman MOVIE	Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator
1980	Nine to Five MOVIE	Violet Newstead
1979	Appearing Nitely MOVIE	Self
1978	Moment by Moment MOVIE	Trisha Rawlings
1977	The Paul Simon Special MOVIE	Self
1977	The Late Show MOVIE	Margo
1976	TVTV Looks at the Oscars MOVIE	Judy Beasley/Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self
1975	Nashville MOVIE	Linnea Reese
1975	Cher TV	Self - Guest
1974	Flip Wilson... Of Course MOVIE	Self
1973	Juke and Opal MOVIE	Opal
1973	Lily MOVIE	Self
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ... TV	Self
1972	Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers MOVIE	Telephone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1971	The Electric Company TV	Ernestine the Operator
1970	The Flip Wilson Show TV	Self
1969	The Music Scene TV	Self
1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour TV	Self
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Regular Performer
1967	The Carol Burnett Show TV	Self - Guest / Various Characters
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self - Co-Host
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Special Award Recipient
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Performer / Winner
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Nominee / Presenter
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self

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