About
| Birth Name: | Tomlin, Mary Jean |
| Birth Notes: | 1 September 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| Family: | * Jane Wagner (1971 - present) |
Filmography
| A Prairie Home Companion (2006) as Rhonda Johnson |
| All of Me (1984) as Edwina Cutwater |
| Flirting with Disaster (1996) as Mary Schlichting |
| I Heart Huckabees (2004) as Vivian |
| Nine to Five (1980) as Violet Newstead |
| Orange County (2002) as Charlotte Cobb |
| Shadows and Fog (1991) as Prostitute |
| Short Cuts (1993) as Doreen Piggot |
| The Ant Bully (2006) as Mommo |
| The Celluloid Closet (1995) as Narrator |
| The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) as Pat Kramer/Judith Beasley/Telephone Operator |
| The Kid (2000) as Janet |
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) as Mrs. Berenger |
| The Player (1992) as Herself |
| Big Business (1988) as Rose Ratliff/Rose Shelton |
| Blue in the Face (1995) as Waffle Eater |
| Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008) as Toki |
| Get Bruce (1999) as Herself |
| Getting Away with Murder (1996) as Inga Mueller |
| Goodnight, We Love You (2004) |
| Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) as Ruth Allen |
| Lily Tomlin (1986) as Herself |
| Lily's Detroit (2004) as Former Detroiter |
| Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993) as Herself |
| Moment by Moment (1978) as Trisha |
| Nashville (1975) as Linnea Reese |
| Reno Finds Her Mom (1998) |
| Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972) as Telephone Voice |
| Superstar in a Housedress (2004) as Herself |
| Tea with Mussolini (1999) as Georgie Rockwell |
| The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) as Miss Jane Hathaway |
| The Late Show (1977) as Margo Sperling |
| The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe (1991) as Truby the Bag Lady/Agnus Angst/Kate/Brandy/Tina |
| The Walker (2007) as Abigail Delorean |
Trivia
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* Was a pre-med student at Wayne State University before choosing acting as a career. * Studied mime with Paul Curtis . * She gave away genuine locks of her hair as a bonus for buyers of her home video library in 1993. * Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29. * One of her first "professional" gigs was as a waitress in Howard Johnson's on Broadway near Times Square. Her comments to customers and staff heard over the eatery's microphone attracted her first big-city audience. * Was to star in a film called Illegitimate around 1980 but the film was never made. [Originally reported in "Playboy" magazine]. * Studied acting under Charles Nelson Reilly, who introduced her to the works of monologist Ruth Draper, a major inspiration for Tomlin's work. * Acknowledged that she has been in a romantic relationship with Jane Wagner since 1971. * Before a performance of one of her one-woman shows in New York City, she appeared on the sidewalk dressed in a Red Cross nurse's uniform, handing out cups of coffee to those waiting in line to enter the theatre. * During her one-woman show in Las Vegas, Nevada, she appeared as her own opening act: a smarmy male lounge singer billed as Tommy Velour. * Won a Grammy Award for the comedy album "This is a Recording" in 1971 and won Tony Awards in 1977 and 1986. * Measurements: 34C-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) * Won the Kennedy Center's prestigious Mark Twain Prize for Humor in 2003. * Has won two Tony Awards: in 1977, a special Award, and in 1986, the Best Actress (Play) Award for her one-woman show, "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," a performance recreated in the film version of the same title, The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe (1991). * With Meryl Streep presented Robert Altman with his honorary Oscar on March 5th, 2006 at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony. * She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. |
Quotes
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* There will be sex after death - we just won't be able to feel it. * I've been around a long time, and I interviewed with a lot of the same people over and over. I was always direct and open about my life. I would always reference Jane [Wagner] and everything, but they never choose to write about it that way -- just like they never wrote about Jack Kennedy and the women in the swimming pool. It was the times, but the media culture has changed. * I remember back in the 70s during my really assertive days someone took me to dinner with Lola Falana. And she was talking about her backup dancers; she kept calling them her "boy dancers" so my guard was already up. Then she said "I also like John. He's a real purse nelly". I said "Excuse me? What did you just say". I was ready to go to battle. "You know," she says in her thick accent. "Purse Nelly! Pursnelly!" Then I realized she was saying he had a good personality. * Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic? * The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. * (When asked about her complexion during her "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1967) days) "I've never had a pimple in my whole life - and that's the truth". * If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question. * If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed. * I had a friend who was getting married. I gave her a subscription to the magazine "Modern Bride". The subscription lasted longer than the marriage. * Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. * [on John Travolta] Maybe the major thing is how sensual he is. And sexy too. The sensitivity and the sexuality are very strong. It's as if he had every dichotomy -- masculinity, femininity, refinement, crudity. You see him, you fall in love a little bit. |
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