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Lily Tomlin  Television Writer, Producer, Performer

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Brett Patterson 2004
 

Lily Tomlin

MT&R Seminar, 2000

Lily Tomlin talks about how the work of such pioneering comedians as Jean Carroll and Imogene Coca inspired her.
 

Career Includes

Cowriter, Performer, The Lily Tomlin Show (1973), Lily (1973), Lily (1974), Lily Tomlin (1975), The Paul Simon Special (1977), Lily for President? (1982); Executive Producer, Performer, Lily: Sold Out (1981); The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe (1991), Coexecutive Producer, The Celluloid Closet (1995); Actor/Performer, The Merv Griffin Show (1965), The Garry Moore Show (1966), The Music Scene (1969), Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (1969–73), The Flip Wilson Show (multiple appearances; 1970–72), Saturday Night Live (as Host; 1975, 1976, 1983), Lily Tomlin: Appearing Nitely (1979), Pryor’s Place (1984), And the Band Played On (1993), Homicide: Life on the Street: “The Hat” (1993), Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle (1994), The Magic School Bus (multiple episodes; 1995–97), Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home (1996), Edith Ann’s Christmas: Just Say Noel (1996), The X-Files: “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas” (1998), Murphy Brown (multiple episodes; 1997–98), The Simpsons: “The Last of the Red Hat Mamas” (2005); Will & Grace (multiple episodes; 2005–06), The West Wing (multiple episodes, 2002–06)
 

Education

Wayne State University
 

Born

September 01, 1939
Detroit, Michigan

 

 

 

 

 


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