Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

154

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-09-01 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Mary Jean Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin
لیلی تاملین

Lily Tomlin

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

8.4%

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Dec 6, 2018

8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

8.4%

The X-Files

Sep 10, 1993

7.6%

NCIS

Sep 23, 2003

7.9%

Desperate Housewives

Oct 3, 2004

5.7%

The Ant Bully

Jul 28, 2006

5.7%

The Pink Panther 2

Feb 6, 2009

6.7%

The Kid

Jul 7, 2000

7.2%

The Player

May 8, 1992

7.7%

Frasier

Sep 16, 1993

7.9%

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Apr 27, 2014

6.3%

I ♥ Huckabees

Sep 10, 2004

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Acting

2025

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence as Self

2024		The World According to Allee Willis as Self
2024		An Unexpected Community
2024		Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution as Self

2023		Bella! as Self
2023		Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
2023		Moving On as Evelyn
2023		80 for Brady as Lou

2022		The Checkup with Dr. David Agus as Self
2022		The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival as Self
2022		Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live as Self
2022		Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022		Still Working 9 to 5 as Self
2022		The Martha Mitchell Effect as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021		Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
2021		Emily @ the Edge of Chaos as Ayn Rand (voice)

2020		Waging Change as Self
2020		One World: Together at Home as Self

2019		Dolly Parton: Here I Am as Self
2019		The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019		Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as Self
2019		I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actress and Comedian

2018		Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Aunt May (voice)
2018		TVTV: Video Revolutionaries as Self
2018		Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Self
2018		Jane Fonda in Five Acts as Self - Actor

2017

Conversations with Coco as Self

2015		Take Flight as Self - Performer
2015		The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015		Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015		Grandma as Elle
2015		Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein
2015		The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest

2014		Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014		Altman as Self
2014		Trailblazer Honors as Self - Speaker
2014		Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self

2013		The Making of 'Nashville' as Self
2013		Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
2013		An Apology to Elephants as Narrator
2013		Admission as Susannah
2013		Why We Laugh: Funny Women as Self
2013		Inequality for All as Violet Newstead (archive footage)

2012		Malibu Country as Lillie Mae MacKenzie
2012		The Procession as Jason's mom
2012		Stars In Shorts as Jason's Mom
2012		Inside Comedy as Self

2011		Vito as Herself
2011		Web Therapy

2009		Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009		Eastbound & Down as Tammy Powers
2009		The Pink Panther 2 as Mrs. Berenger
2009		George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
2009		RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge

2008

Web Therapy as Putsy Hodge

2007		Damages as Marilyn Tobin
2007		Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s as Self (archive footage)
2007		The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007		The Walker as Abigail Delorean

2006		The Ant Bully as Mommo (voice)
2006		A Prairie Home Companion as Rhonda Johnson

2004		Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
2004		Desperate Housewives as Roberta Simmons
2004		I ♥ Huckabees as Vivian Jaffe
2004		Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis as Self
2004		Goodnight, We Love You as Self

2003		NCIS as Penelope Langston
2003		The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self

2002

Orange County as Charlotte Cobb

2000		Bette
2000		The Kid as Janet
2000		Altman on His Own Terms as Self

1999		The Early Show as Self - Guest
1999		Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
1999		The West Wing as Deborah Fiderer
1999		Tea with Mussolini as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
1999		Get Bruce! as Self

1998		Will & Grace as Margot
1998		Krippendorf's Tribe as Ruth Allen

1997		The View as Self
1997		Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self

1996		Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) as Edith Ann (voice)
1996		E! True Hollywood Story
1996		The Daily Show as Self
1996		Getting Away with Murder as Inga Mueller
1996		Flirting with Disaster as Mary Schlichting
1996		The Celluloid Closet as Narrator (voice)

1995		Blue in the Face as Waffle eater
1995		Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz as Self

1994		The Magic School Bus as Ms. Frizzle (voice)
1994		Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home as Edith Ann (voice)
1994		Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Ernestine (archive footage)
1994		But... Seriously as Self (archive footage)
1994		Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle as Edith Ann (voice)

1993		The Beverly Hillbillies as Miss Jane Hathaway
1993		Short Cuts as Doreen Piggot
1993		Frasier as Rita (voice)
1993		And the Band Played On as Dr. Selma Dritz
1993		The X-Files as Lydia
1993		Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
1993		Homicide: Life on the Street
1993		An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends as Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others

1992

The Player as Lily Tomlin

1991		Shadows and Fog as Prostitute
1991		The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe as Trudy the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina / Chrissy / Lud / Marie / Vince / Edie / Lynn / Marge

1989

The Simpsons as Tammy (voice)

1988		Free to Be... a Family as Self
1988		Murphy Brown as Kay Carter-Shepley
1988		Big Business as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton

1987		Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Self
1987		Lily Tomlin as Herself

1986		The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
1986		Waiting Tables

1984

All of Me as Edwina Cutwater

1982

Lily for President? as Lily Tomlin / Various

1981		The Muppets Go to the Movies as Herself
1981		Lily: Sold Out as Self / Various Characters
1981		The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator

1980

Nine to Five as Violet Newstead

1979

Appearing Nitely as Self

1978

Moment by Moment as Trisha Rawlings

1977		The Paul Simon Special as Self
1977		The Late Show as Margo

1976

TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Judy Beasley/Self

1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975		Saturday Night Live
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self
1975		Nashville as Linnea Reese
1975		Cher as Self - Guest

1974

Flip Wilson... Of Course as Self

1973		Juke and Opal as Opal
1973		Lily
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1972

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers as Telephone Voice

1971

The Electric Company

1970

The Flip Wilson Show as Self

1969		The Music Scene
1969		The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self

1968		The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Regular Performer
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Ernestine, the telephone operator

1967

The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1956		Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Special Award Recipient
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Performer/Winner
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter