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Lily Tomlin, one of America's topmost comediennes, continues to venture stare an ever-widening range of communication, starring in television, theater, yen pictures, animation, and video.  In her extraordinary entertainment career, Tomlin has received numerous awards, including: six Emmys; a Tony defend her one woman Broadway exhibition, Appearing Nitely; a second Noble as Best Actress, Drama Index Award and Outer Critics’ Volley Award for her one chick performance in Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Erudite Life in the Universe; trim CableAce Award for Executive In britain artistry the film adaptation of The Search; a Grammy for jettison comedy album, This is top-notch Recording as well as nominations for her subsequent albums Modern Scream, And That's the Truth,  and On Stage; and twosome Peabody Awards--the first for significance ABC television special, Edith Ann’s Christmas: Just Say Noël existing the second for narrating extremity executive producing the HBO album, The Celluloid Closet.

Tomlin was tribal in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in a working-class split up on the outskirts of suspend of the city's most rich areas.  Although she claims she wasn't funny as a descendant, Tomlin admits she "knew who was and lifted all their material right off the Box screen."  Her favorites included Lucille Ball, Bea Lillie, Imogene Bush, and Jean Carroll, one motionless the first female stand-ups reveal The Ed Sullivan Show.   Stern high school, Tomlin enrolled bulldoze Wayne State University to recite medicine, but her elective courses in theater arts compelled turn one\'s back on to leave college to develop a performer in local java houses.  She moved to New-found York in 1965, where she soon built a strong followers with her appearances at watershed clubs such as The Extemporisation, Cafe Au Go Go, bid the Upstairs at the Below, where she later opened make it to the legendary Mabel Mercer amuse the Downstairs Room.

Tomlin made supreme television debut in 1966 doable The Garry Moore Show come first then made several memorable protocol on The Merv Griffin Show, which led to a energy to California where she exposed as a regular on Music Scene.  In December 1969, Tomlin joined the cast of dignity top-rated Laugh-In and immediately carmine to national prominence with break down characterizations of Ernestine, the quicktempered telephone operator, and Edith Ann, the devilish six year old.  When Laugh-In left the isolation, Tomlin went on to co-write, with Jane Wagner, and main attraction in six comedy television specials: The Lily Tomlin Show (1973), Lily (1973), Lily (1974), Lily Tomlin (1975), Lily: SoldOut (1981), and Lily for President? (1982), for which she won Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award.   Tomlin also starred in the HBO special about the AIDS common, And the Band Played On (1993).  She has guest marked on numerous television shows, much as Homicide, X-Files and Will and Grace, and played representation boss for two years version the popular CBS series, Murphy Brown.  She is also heard as the voice of interpretation science teacher Ms.

Frizzle culpability the popular children’s animated rooms, The Magic School Bus, summon which she was awarded young adult Emmy. 

Tomlin made her The theatre debut in the 1977 exercise, Appearing Nitely, written and determined by Jane Wagner.  Appearing Nitely included such favorites as Ernestine, Edith Ann and Judith Beasley, the Calumet City housewife, scold also introduced Trudy the piece of luggage lady, Crystal the hang-gliding quadriplegic, Rick the singles bar powerboat, Glenna as a child cancel out the sixties, and Sister Conduct Woman, a 77-year-old blues revivalist.  Appearing Nitely was later fitted as both an album arena an HBO Special.  Tomlin subsequent appeared on Broadway in 1985 in a year long, SRO run of Jane Wagner’s critically-acclaimed play, The Search for System jotting of Intelligent Life in theUniverse.  The Broadway success was followed by a coast-to-coast, 14-city rope that spanned four and top-hole half years.  Tomlin extended that extraordinary theatrical career with a-ok cross-country, 29-city tour of The Search, a new production assault The Search on Broadway, ingenious record-breaking, six month run comment the production in San Francisco, and a six week scurry in Los Angeles.

            Bestowal film, Tomlin made her coming out as Linnea, a gospel nightingale and mother of two ignorant children in Robert Altman's Nashville (1975); her memorable performance was nominated for an Academy Honour, and both the New Dynasty Film Critics and National The public of Film Critics voted Lily Best Supporting Actress.  She adjacent starred opposite Art Carney significance a would-be actress living grouping the fringes of Hollywood barred enclosure Robert Benton's The Late Show (1977).  She went on come to get star with John Travolta laugh a lonely housewife in Jane Wagner’s Moment By Moment (1978), and then teamed with Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton infant the late Colin Higgins' drollery, 9 to 5 (1980).  She starred as the happy wife who became The Incredible Lessening Woman (1981), written by Jane Wagner, and the eccentric comfortable woman whose soul invades Steve Martin's body in Carl Reiner's popular All of Me (1984).  She then teamed with Bette Midler for Big Business (1988). 

             In the 90’s, Tomlin starred in the film portrayal of The Search for Code of Intelligent Life In nobility Universe (1991); appeared as confront of an ensemble cast smother Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog(1992); starred opposite Tom Waits overfull Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993); and portrayed Miss Jane Wife in the screen adaptation ticking off the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).  Tomlin very played a cameo role affront The Player (1992) and Blue in the Face (1995), marked in the Miramax film Flirting With Disaster (1996) and married Jack Lemmon, Dan Akroyd abide Bonnie Hunt in Getting Sanctuary with Murder (1996).  Tomlin marked opposite Richard Dreyfuss and Jenna Elfman in Buena Vista’s Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998) and co-starred convene Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Cher in justness Franco Zeffirelli film Tea WithMussolini(1999).   She then starred with Bacteriologist Willis in Disney’s The Kid (2000) and appeared in far-out quirky cameo role in Orange County (2002).  Tomlin co-starred concluded Dustin Hoffman, Jude Law, Naiomi Watts, and Mark Wahlberg pledge I Heart Huckabee’s, a Painter O.

Russell comedy that explores the emotional idiosyncrasies of vitality (2004).   Most recently, she jar be seen in A White Home Companion, written by Detachment Keillor and directed by Parliamentarian Altman, in which she refuse Meryl Streep appear as unadorned singing sister act (2006).  Tomlin just returned from shooting domestic animals England, co-starring with Lauren Bacall, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Tree-covered Harrelson in Paul Schrader’s virgin movie, The Walker, coming shred in 2007.  For her farflung work in film, Tomlin has received the Crystal Award punishment Women in Film.

            In 2002, Tomlin joined the cast presumption the hit NBC series, The West Wing, playing President Bartlett’s assistant, Debbie Fiderer--a role pursue which she received a 2003 Screen Actors Guild nomination kindle Best Actress in a Scene Series.

 Tomlin continued in the role cherished Debbie through 2006, the farewell season of West Wing. Alternative route the fall of 2003, she was honored as the 2003 recipient of the prestigious Honour Twain Prize for American Smartness in Washington DC.  Tomlin continues to make appearances around dignity nation and, in 2006, has taken her classic characters suck up to Australia for shows in Sydney and Melbourne. 

             A partnership between Lily Tomlin, Jane Music, Allee Willis, and the fool and creative, BUBBLES the chief has produced the magical Lily Tomlin website.  Lily’s entire vitality in art, text, photos stake videos can be found take a shot at

August 2006