Lily Tomlin, one of America’s foremost comediennes, continues to venture across an ever-widening range of media, starring in television, theater, motion pictures, animation, and video. Throughout her extraordinary career, Tomlin has received numerous awards, including: six Emmys; two Tonys, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics’ Circle Award, a CableAce Award , a Grammy for her comedy album, This is a Recording as well as nominations for her subsequent albums Modern Scream, And That’s the Truth, and On Stage. In addition, she’s garnished two Peabody Awards and in 2003, she was the recipient of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. This year she receives a Kennedy Center Honor which recognizes living artists for lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts.

In December 1969, Tomlin joined the cast of the top-rated Laugh-In and immediately rose to national prominence with her characterizations of Ernestine, the irascible telephone operator, and Edith Ann, the devilish six year old. She has guest starred on numerous television shows, such as Homicide, X-Files and Will and Grace, Desperate Housewives, NCIS, Eastbound and Down, and played the boss on the popular CBS series, Murphy Brown. In 2002-2006, Tomlin joined the cast of the hit NBC series, The West Wing, She is also heard as the voice of the science teacher Ms. Frizzle on the popular children’s animated series, The Magic School Bus, for which she was awarded an Emmy. Recently she guest starred in the acclaimed FX series, Damages, in the Emmy-nominated role of matriarch of a wealthy New York family accused of financial fraud. Last year, Tomlin co-starred with Reba McEntire on the ABC series, Malibu Country, and this year can be seen on the Showtime series, Web Therapy, as Lisa Kudrow’s narcissistic mother.

Tomlin made her Broadway debut in the 1977 play, Appearing Nitely, written and directed by Jane Wagner. . Appearing Nitely was later adapted as both an album and an HBO Special. Tomlin next appeared on Broadway in 1985 in a yearlong, SRO run of Jane Wagner’s critically acclaimed play, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. The Broadway success was followed by a coast-to-coast, 14-city tour that spanned four and a half years.

On film, Tomlin made her debut in Nashville (1975) She next starred opposite Art Carney in The Late Show (1977). She went on to star with John Travolta as a lonely housewife in Moment By Moment (1978), and then teamed with Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton in the late Colin Higgins’ comedy, 9 to 5 (1980). Other films followed in the 80’s. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), All of Me (1984). She then teamed with Bette Midler for Big Business (1988). In the 90′s, Tomlin starred in the film adaptation of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life In the Universe (1991); appeared in Woody Allen’s Shadows and Fog (1992); starred opposite Tom Waits in Robert Altman’s Short Cuts (1993); and portrayed Miss Jane Hathaway in the screen adaptation of the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). Tomlin also appeared The Player (1992) , Blue in the Face (1995), Flirting With Disaster (1996) and joined Jack Getting Away with Murder (1996). Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998) Tea With Mussolini (1999). She then starred with Bruce Willis in Disney’s The Kid (2000) had cameo role in Orange County (2002) co-starred with Dustin Hoffman in I Heart Huckabee’s (2004). She was seen in A Prairie Home Companion (2006), The Walker (2007), and Pink Panther II (2009). Recently, Tomlin starred in a new movie with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, Admission (2013). She also produced and narrated the HBO documentary, An Apology to Elephants, which premiered in April 2013. For her extensive work in film, Tomlin has received the Crystal Award from Women in Film.

Tomlin continues to tour and make appearances around the country.

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