This list is an article of Lily Tomlin's filmography
Lily Tomlin is an American actress and entertainer who has had various performances on stage and screen throughout a career spanning almost seven decades since 1965; various of which earned her numerous accolades and honors.
She started her career acting on variety sketch programs such as The Garry Moore Show (1966–1967), Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969–1973), The Carol Burnett Show (1973) and Saturday Night Live (1976–1977). She voiced Ms. Valerie "Val" Frizzle in The Magic School Bus (1994–1997) and The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017–2018). She starred in and executive produced the Netflix comedy series Grace and Frankie from 2015 to 2022. During her career she also took recurring roles in Murphy Brown (1996–1998), The West Wing (2002–2006) and Desperate Housewives (2008–2009).
Tomlin made her film debut in the Robert Altman film Nashville (1975). She then starred in the successful comedy films (1977), 9 to 5 (1980), and All of Me (1984). She took supporting roles in Shadows and Fog (1991), Short Cuts (1993), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and (2006). She recently starred in Grandma (2015), Moving On (2022), and 80 for Brady (2023).
She made her Broadway debut acting, writing and directing the play Appearing Nitely (1977). She played various roles in her one woman show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe in 1985 and again in 2000 both on Broadway.
Filmography
Film + Year Title Role NotesRef. 1972 Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers Telephone Voice Uncredited 1975 Nashville Linnea Reese 1977 Margo Sperling 1978 Moment by Moment Trisha Rawlings 1980 9 to 5 Violet Newstead 1981 Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley 1984 All of Me Edwina Cutwater 1988 Big Business Rose Shelton / Rose Ratliff 1991 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Trudy, et al. 1992 Shadows and Fog Jenny (Prostitute) Herself 1993 Miss Jane Hathaway Short Cuts Doreen Piggot 1995 Blue in the Face Waffle Eater The Celluloid Closet Narrator Voice 1996 Getting Away with Murder Inga Mueller Flirting with Disaster Mary Schlichting 1998 Krippendorf's Tribe Professor Ruth Allen 1999 Get Bruce Herself Documentary Tea with Mussolini Georgie Rockwell 2000 The Kid Janet 2002 Orange County Charlotte Cobb 2004 I Heart Huckabees Vivian Jaffe 2006 Rhonda Johnson Mommo Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2007 Abigail DeLorean 2009 Mrs. Yvette Berenger Ponyo Toki Voice, English dub 2012 Stars in Shorts Mum Segment: "The Procession" 2013 Admission Susannah 2015 Grandma Elle Reid 2018 Jane Fonda in Five Acts Herself Documentary Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse May Parker Voice 2022 Moving On Evelyn 2023 80 for Brady Lou 2025 Janis Ian: Breaking Silence Herself Documentary
Television + Year Title Role NotesRef. 1966–67 The Garry Moore Show Regular Unknown episodes 1969 Letters to Laugh-In Panelist The Music Scene Hostess, Various characters 1969–73 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Various characters Episode: "Guest Starring Peter Lawford Again" 1973 Lily Herself Television special The Carol Burnett Show Episode: "Steve Lawrence and Lily Tomlin" The Electric Company Ernestine Episode: "Ernestine the Operator" 1974 Woman Alive! Herself Television special 1975 The Lily Tomlin Special 1976–77 Saturday Night Live Host / Ernestine / Various 4 episodes 1977 The Paul Simon Special Herself Television special Lily Tomlin in Appearing Nitely 1979–83 Sesame Street Edith Ann 3 episodes 1981 Lily: Sold Out Herself Television special 1982 Lily for President? 1984 Pryor's Place Episode: "Cousin Rita" 1993 And the Band Played On Dr. Selma Dritz HBO television film 1994 Frasier Rita Voice, episode: "The Unkindest Cut of All" 1994–97 The Magic School Bus Ms. Valerie "Val" Frizzle / The Frizz Voice, main role 1996 Homicide: Life on the Street Rose Halligan Episode: The Hat 1996–98 Murphy Brown Kay Carter-Shepley 46 episodes 1998 The X-Files Lyda Episode: "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" 2000 Bette Herself Episode: "Silent But Deadly" 2002–06 The West Wing Deborah Fiderer 35 episodes 2005 The Simpsons Tammy Voice, episode: "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" 2005–06 Will & Grace Margot Episodes: "Partners" and "Forbidden Fruit" 2008 12 Miles of Bad Road Amelia Shakespeare 6 episodes 2008–09 Desperate Housewives Roberta Simonds 2009 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Herself Episode: "I Heart Lily Tomlin" 2010 Damages Marilyn Tobin 10 episodes 2011 NCIS Penelope Langston Episode: "The Penelope Papers" 2011–15 Web Therapy Putsy Hodge 15 episodes 2012 Eastbound & Down Tammy Powers 3 episodes 2012–13 Malibu Country Lillie Mae 18 episodes 2015–22 Grace and Frankie Frankie Bergstein Main role; 94 episodes; also executive producer 2017–18 The Magic School Bus Rides Again Professor Frizzle Voice; 26 episodes 2020 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Herself (guest host) Episode: "January 17, 2020" 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Herself NBC Television special
Theatre + Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref. 1977 Appearing Nitely Performer Also writer / Director Biltmore Theatre, Broadway 1985 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Performer / Various Jane Wagner Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 2000 Booth Theatre, Broadway
Discography
Albums Year Album Billboard 200 Label 1971 This Is A Recording 15 Polydor Records 1972 And That's the Truth 41 1975 Modern Scream — 1978 On Stage 120 Arista Records 2003 20th Century Masters: The Best of Lily Tomlin — Polydor Records
See also List of awards and nominations received by Lily Tomlin
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