An Evening With Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin rose to national prominence in 1969 on the television
series, Laugh-In, with her characterizations of Ernestine, the irascible
telephone operator, and Edith Ann, the devilish six year old. After
Laugh-In, Tomlin went on to star in six comedy television specials. In
1977, Tomlin made her Broadway debut in Appearing Nitely, written
and directed by Jane Wagner. Tomlin next appeared on Broadway in
1985 in Wagner’s critically-acclaimed play, The Search for Signs of
Intelligent Life in the Universe. On film, Tomlin’s 1975 debut in Robert
Altman's Nashville was nominated for an Oscar. Over the next forty
years, she has starred in over 25 movies, including Jane Wagner’s The
Incredible Shrinking Woman, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in
the Universe, 9 to 5, All of Me, Big Business, The Late Show, I Heart
Huckabees, Tea With Mussolini, Flirting with Disaster, A Prairie Home
Companion, and the critically-acclaimed Grandma. On television,
Tomlin has been seen in many series, including The West Wing,
Damages, Web Therapy, and the hit Netflix series with Jane Fonda,
Grace and Frankie. In 2022, Fonda and Tomlin starred in two films 80
fir Brady and in the Paul Weitz mystery film, Moving On. Throughout
her career, Tomlin has received nine Emmys, two Tony Awards, a
Grammy, two Peabody Awards, the Mark Twain Prize, the Kennedy
Center Honor and SAG Lifetime Achievement honor.