Lily Tomlin

AKA:
Mary Jean Tomlin
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
09/01/1939
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan
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biography
On the elusive quest for smart, funny musings across the universe, actress-comedian Lily Tomlin was thankfully committed to making some of her own on planet Earth. With an illustrious career that spanned decades on stages and screens of varying sizes and recordings, beginning in the 1960s, the academic-minded, smile-prone brunette found a penchant for mimicry and social commentary that wove its way into the fabric of American culture.

Mary Jean Tomlin was born on Sept. 1, 1939. Tomlin’s mother was a Tupperware-loving housewife, her father an auto factory employee who had immigrated the family Continued

Credits
Abigail Delorean
2007
Voice of Mommo
2006
Rhonda Johnson
2006
(TV Show)
2005-2006
Margot
2006
Margot
2005
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Vivian Jaffe
2004
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Deborah Fiderer
2004
Deborah Fiderer
2004
Deborah Fiderer
2004
Charlotte Cobb
2002
Janet
2000
Georgie
1999
(TV Show)
1998-1998
Ruth Allen
1998
Actor
1997
Inga Mueller
1996
Mary Schlicting
1996
Co-Executive Producer
1996
Narration
1996
Belgian Waffle Man
1995
Violet Newstead
1980
Miss Hathaway
Herself
Rose Ratliff
Edwina Cutwater
Herself
Trisha Rawlings
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Started working in a dime store at age 14
1965 
Moved to NYC where she worked as a waitress at Howard Johnson's and as a secretary to a casting director while performing skits on the coffee-house circuit (including the Improvisation, Upstairs at the Downstairs and Cafe a Go Go)
1966 
First performed comic monologues on TV as a regular on "The Garry Moore Show"
1969 
Off-Broadway debut in "Arf"
1969 
Hosted TV show, "The Music Scene"
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