Lily Tomlin

Known for: Acting

Born: 1939-09-01 (age 86)

From: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.

Filmography (154)

MOVIE★ 6.9
Lorne
2026
as Self
MOVIE
This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2025
as Self
MOVIE
The World According to Allee Willis
2024
as Self
MOVIE
An Unexpected Community
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Bella!
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.9
Moving On
2023
as Evelyn
MOVIE★ 6.2
80 for Brady
2023
as Lou
TV★ 8.0
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 2.5
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.4
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
MOVIE★ 10.0
Still Working 9 to 5
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021
as Self
MOVIE
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021
as Ayn Rand (voice)
MOVIE
Waging Change
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
2019
as Self
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
as Self - Actress and Comedian
MOVIE★ 8.4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
as Aunt May (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018
as Self - (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
TV★ 1.0
Conversations with Coco
2017
as Self
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
TV★ 6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Grandma
2015
as Elle
TV★ 7.7
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Frankie Bergstein
TV★ 5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
TV★ 4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Altman
2014
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Speaker
TV★ 7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.3
I Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)
TV★ 5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MOVIE
The Making of 'Nashville'
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
An Apology to Elephants
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Admission
2013
as Susannah
MOVIE★ 7.2
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Inequality for All
2013
as Violet Newstead (archive footage)
TV★ 6.3
Malibu Country
2012
as Lillie Mae MacKenzie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Stars in Shorts
2012
as Jason's Mom
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Procession
2012
as Jason's mom
TV★ 6.5
Inside Comedy
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Vito
2011
as Self
TV★ 6.6
Web Therapy
2011
as Putsy Hodge
TV★ 5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.4
Eastbound & Down
2009
as Tammy Powers
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Pink Panther 2
2009
as Mrs. Berenger
TV★ 7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
TV★ 7.5
Web Therapy
2008
as Putsy Hodge
TV★ 7.4
Damages
2007
as Marilyn Tobin
MOVIE
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Walker
2007
as Abigail Delorean
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Ant Bully
2006
as Mommo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Rhonda Johnson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Roberta Simmons
MOVIE★ 6.3
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Vivian Jaffe
MOVIE★ 3.5
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Goodnight, We Love You
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Penelope Langston
TV★ 5.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.0
Orange County
2002
as Charlotte Cobb
TV★ 7.8
Bette
2000
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Kid
2000
as Janet
MOVIE★ 9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
TV★ 6.3
The Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as Deborah Fiderer
MOVIE★ 6.4
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Will & Grace
1998
as Margot
MOVIE★ 4.6
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998
as Ruth Allen
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)
1996
as Edith Ann (voice)
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
TV★ 6.4
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
Getting Away with Murder
1996
as Inga Mueller
MOVIE★ 6.2
Flirting with Disaster
1996
as Mary Schlichting
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Kids for Character
1996
as Ms. Valerie Frizzle(archive footage) (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Blue in the Face
1995
as Waffle eater
MOVIE
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
1995
as Self
TV★ 7.7
The Magic School Bus
1994
as Ms. Frizzle (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
1994
as Edith Ann (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Ernestine (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.5
But... Seriously
1994
as Self (archive footage)
TV
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle
1994
as Edith Ann (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993
as Ernestine the Telephone Operator(uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Miss Jane Hathaway
MOVIE★ 7.2
Short Cuts
1993
as Doreen Piggot
TV★ 7.7
Frasier
1993
as Rita (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Selma Dritz
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Lydia
MOVIE★ 8.0
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Rose Halligan
MOVIE
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993
as Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Player
1992
as Lily Tomlin
MOVIE★ 6.7
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Prostitute
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
1991
as Trudy the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina / Chrissy / Lud / Marie / Vince / Edie / Lynn / Marge
TV★ 8.0
The Simpsons
1989
as Tammy (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.8
Free to Be... a Family
1988
as Self
TV★ 6.4
Murphy Brown
1988
as Kay Carter-Shepley
MOVIE★ 6.4
Big Business
1988
as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
MOVIE★ 8.0
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lily Tomlin
1987
as Herself
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Waiting Tables
1986
MOVIE★ 6.5
All of Me
1984
as Edwina Cutwater
MOVIE
Lily for President?
1982
as Lily Tomlin / Various
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981
as Herself
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lily: Sold Out
1981
as Self / Various Characters
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
as Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator
MOVIE★ 6.9
Nine to Five
1980
as Violet Newstead
MOVIE★ 8.0
Appearing Nitely
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.6
Moment by Moment
1978
as Trisha Rawlings
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Paul Simon Special
1977
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Late Show
1977
as Margo
MOVIE★ 6.3
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Judy Beasley/Self
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 7.2
Nashville
1975
as Linnea Reese
TV★ 7.0
Cher
1975
as Self - Guest
MOVIE
Flip Wilson... Of Course
1974
as Self
MOVIE
Juke and Opal
1973
as Opal
MOVIE
Lily
1973
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
1972
as Telephone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 7.3
The Electric Company
1971
as Ernestine the Operator
TV★ 4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
TV★ 9.0
The Music Scene
1969
TV★ 6.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TV★ 6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Regular Performer
TV★ 7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Special Award Recipient
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self