Lily Tomlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian, writer and producer

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1939

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession: screenwriter, writer, stage actor, voice actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Lily Tomlin

  • Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer.
  • Tomlin started her career as a stand-up comedian as well as performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s.
  • Her breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973.
  • She currently stars as Frankie Bergstein on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, which debuted in 2015 and has earned her nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.In 1974, Tomlin was cast by Robert Altman in her first film; her performance as Linnea Reese in Nashville won her several awards and nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.In 1977, her performance as Margo Sperling in The Late Show won her the Best Actress Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and nominations for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Lead Actress.
  • Her other notable films include 9 to 5 (1980), All of Me (1984), Big Business (1988), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Grandma (2015). Her signature role was written by her then partner (now wife), Jane Wagner, in a show titled The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe which opened on Broadway in 1985 and won Tomlin the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play.
  • She is also known as the voice of Ms.
  • Frizzle on the children's series The Magic School Bus.
  • She won her first Emmy Awards in 1974 for writing and producing her own television special, Lily.
  • Tomlin won a Grammy Award for her 1972 comedy album This Is a Recording.
  • In 2014, she was given Kennedy Center Honors and in 2017 she received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

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