6.2Acting
Lily Tomlin
- Born
- 1939-09-01
- 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
Filmography
158 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
2026 · Movie
Violet Newstead (archive footage)
Lorne
2026 · Movie
Self
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025 · Movie
Self
This Ordinary Thing
2025 · Movie
Self (voice)
An Unexpected Community
2024 · Movie
Self
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024 · Movie
Self
The World According to Allee Willis
2024 · Movie
Self
80 for Brady
2023 · Movie
Lou
Bella!
2023 · Movie
Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Movie
Self - Guest
Moving On
2023 · Movie
Evelyn
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
2022 · Movie
Self
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022 · Movie
Cast
Still Working 9 to 5
2022 · Movie
Self
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
2022 · Movie
Self
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
2022 · TV Show
Self
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022 · Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021 · Movie
Ayn Rand (voice)
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021 · Movie
Self
One World: Together at Home
2020 · Movie
Self
Radium Girls
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
Waging Change
2020 · Movie
Self
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
2019 · Movie
Self
I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · Movie
Self - Actress and Comedian · Thanks
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 · Movie
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
Self
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018 · Movie
Self
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018 · Movie
Self - (archive footage)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · Movie
Aunt May (voice)
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
2018 · Movie
Self
Conversations with Coco
2017 · TV Show
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
Self
Grace and Frankie
2015 · TV Show
Frankie Bergstein · Executive Producer
Grandma
2015 · Movie
Elle
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
Cast
Altman
2014 · Movie
Self
I Am Divine
2014 · Movie
Self (archive)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · TV Show
Self - Speaker
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
Self
Admission
2013 · Movie
Susannah
An Apology to Elephants
2013 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Executive Producer
Inequality for All
2013 · Movie
Violet Newstead (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Movie
Self
The Making of 'Nashville'
2013 · Movie
Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013 · Movie
Self
Inside Comedy
2012 · TV Show
Self
Malibu Country
2012 · TV Show
Lillie Mae MacKenzie
Stars in Shorts
2012 · Movie
Jason's Mom
The Procession
2012 · Movie
Jason's mom
Vito
2011 · Movie
Self
Web Therapy
2011 · TV Show
Putsy Hodge
Eastbound & Down
2009 · TV Show
Tammy Powers
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · TV Show
Self - Guest Judge
The Pink Panther 2
2009 · Movie
Mrs. Berenger
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Web Therapy
2008 · TV Show
Putsy Hodge
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Damages
2007 · TV Show
Marilyn Tobin
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
Self
The Walker
2007 · Movie
Abigail Delorean
A Prairie Home Companion
2006 · Movie
Rhonda Johnson
The Ant Bully
2006 · Movie
Mommo (voice)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005 · Movie
Self
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV Show
Roberta Simmons
Goodnight, We Love You
2004 · Movie
Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004 · Movie
Self
I ♥ Huckabees
2004 · Movie
Vivian Jaffe
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004 · Movie
Self
Cher: The Farewell Tour
2003 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self - Guest
NCIS
2003 · TV Show
Penelope Langston
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
Self
Orange County
2002 · Movie
Charlotte Cobb
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Movie
Self
Bette
2000 · TV Show
Cast
The Kid
2000 · Movie
Janet
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Movie
Self
Tea with Mussolini
1999 · Movie
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
The Early Show
1999 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
Deborah Fiderer
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998 · Movie
Ruth Allen
Will & Grace
1998 · TV Show
Margot
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997 · Movie
Self
The View
1997 · TV Show
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Cast
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)
1996 · Movie
Edith Ann (voice) · Executive Producer
Flirting with Disaster
1996 · Movie
Mary Schlichting
Getting Away with Murder
1996 · Movie
Inga Mueller
Kids for Character
1996 · Movie
Ms. Valerie Frizzle(archive footage) (voice)
The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Movie
Narrator (voice) · Co-Executive Producer
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
Self
Blue in the Face
1995 · Movie
Waffle eater
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995 · Movie
Self
But... Seriously
1994 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle
1994 · Movie
Edith Ann (voice) · Executive Producer
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
1994 · Movie
Edith Ann (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
Ernestine (archive footage)
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · TV Show
Self
The Magic School Bus
1994 · TV Show
Ms. Frizzle (voice)
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993 · Movie
Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others
And the Band Played On
1993 · Movie
Dr. Selma Dritz
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
Rita (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · TV Show
Rose Halligan
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993 · Movie
Self
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993 · Movie
Ernestine the Telephone Operator(uncredited)
Short Cuts
1993 · Movie
Doreen Piggot
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993 · Movie
Miss Jane Hathaway
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
Lydia
The Player
1992 · Movie
Lily Tomlin
A Party For Richard Pryor
1991 · Movie
Self
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Movie
Prostitute
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
1991 · Movie
Trudy the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina / Chrissy / Lud / Marie / Vince / Edie / Lynn / Marge
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
Tammy (voice)
Big Business
1988 · Movie
Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
Free to Be... a Family
1988 · Movie
Self
Murphy Brown
1988 · TV Show
Kay Carter-Shepley
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987 · Movie
Self
Lily Tomlin
1987 · Movie
Herself
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Waiting Tables
1986 · Movie
Cast
All of Me
1984 · Movie
Edwina Cutwater
Lily for President?
1982 · Movie
Lily Tomlin / Various
Lily: Sold Out
1981 · Movie
Self / Various Characters · Executive Producer
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981 · Movie
Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981 · Movie
Herself
Nine to Five
1980 · Movie
Violet Newstead
Appearing Nitely
1979 · Movie
Self
Moment by Moment
1978 · Movie
Trisha Rawlings
The Late Show
1977 · Movie
Margo
The Paul Simon Special
1977 · Movie
Self · Writer
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976 · Movie
Judy Beasley/Self
Cher
1975 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Nashville
1975 · Movie
Linnea Reese
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Host · Self - Host & Musical Guest · Self - Cameo (uncredited) · Self
Flip Wilson... Of Course
1974 · Movie
Self
Juke and Opal
1973 · Movie
Opal
Lily
1973 · Movie
Cast · Writer
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
Self
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
1972 · Movie
Telephone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
The Electric Company
1971 · TV Show
Ernestine the Operator
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · TV Show
Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · TV Show
Self
The Music Scene
1969 · TV Show
Cast
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV Show
Regular Performer
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · TV Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
Self · Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
Self - Special Award Recipient · Self - Performer / Winner · Self - Presenter · Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
Self