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	Lily Tomlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lily Tomlin (born Mary Jean Tomlin on September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan), is an Oscar-nominated actress and comedian.
		Tomlin was the daughter of a factory worker and a housewife, who moved to Detroit from Paducah, Kentucky during the Great Depression.
		Tomlin attended Wayne State University, where her interest in the theater and performing arts began.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lily_Tomlin (514 words)

	On Stage . The Mark Twain Prize 2003 - Lily Tomlin . About Lily Tomlin . Bio \| PBS
		Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, continues to venture across an ever-widening range of media, starring in television, theater, motion pictures, animation and video.
		Lily Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of one of the city's most affluent areas.
		Lily Tomlin made her television debut in 1966 on The Garry Moore Show, and later opened for the legendary Mabel Mercer in the Downstairs Room at the Upstairs at the Downstairs.
	www.pbs.org /weta/onstage/twain/twain2003/lily_bio.html (933 words)

	CMT.com : Lily Tomlin : Biography
		And who can forget Lily Tomlin in the '80s remake of The Incredible Shrinking Woman, in which she played both a disappearing housewife and the incorrigible super-consumer woman Mrs.
		Before her string of box-office comedies, Tomlin was nominated for an Oscar for her dramatic role in Nashville, directed by Robert Altman.
		Throughout the '70s, when Tomlin was touring her act in nightclubs, she made a series of sound recordings, including This Is a Recording, That's the Truth, and Modern Scream.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/tomlin_lily/bio.jhtml (386 words)

	Comedy College: Lessons in Laughter - About Lily Tomlin
		Lily was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of one of the city's most affluent areas.
		Lily's comedy recording debut, "This is a Recording," won a Grammy in 1971, and her subsequent albums "Modern Scream," "And That's the Truth" and "On Stage," were nominated for Grammys.
		Lily made her film debut as Linnea, a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children in Robert Altman's "Nashville" (1975).
	comedycollege.publicradio.org /content/abouttomlin.shtml (656 words)

	Lily Tomlin: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		And who can forget Lily Tomlin [+] in the '80s remake of The Incredible Shrinking Woman, in which she played both a disappearing housewife and the incorrigible super-consumer woman Mrs.
		Before her string of box-office comedies, Tomlin was nominated for an Oscar for her dramatic role in Nashville, directed by Robert Altman [+].
		Throughout the '70s, when Tomlin was touring her act in nightclubs, she made a series of sound recordings, including This Is a Recording [+], That's the Truth, and Modern Scream [+].
	www.music.com /person/lily_tomlin/1 (440 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Lily Tomlin Gets One Wingy-Dingy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Parton got in her "boob joke," as she put it, telling how Tomlin once wanted her to burn her bra, but she declined, concerned "that would be a four-alarm fire." Also appearing were Lopez, Stritch, Eve Ensler, Catherine O'Hara, Doris Roberts, Darrell Hammond and the pig.
		All night, though, the crowd was waiting for Tomlin herself, and she did not disappoint.
		The "why nots" were Tomlin's homage to Wagner, her creative and life partner since 1971, who accompanied her to the awards.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A22435-2003Oct27?language=printer (549 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Tomlin, Lily
		Comedienne Lily Tomlin is perhaps less well-known for being herself than for the many other memorable personages she "becomes" during her performances.
		Rubber-faced and intensely focused, Tomlin manages to convey the universal silliness of the human condition while respecting the essential dignity of each of her characters.
		Tomlin's tongue-in-cheek response, that she had been exposed to heterosexuals and observed them throughout her life, delighted the lesbians in the audience.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/tomlin_l.html (858 words)

	Having a ball Lily Tomlin dusts off classic characters
		Tomlin also has Lucy's way of grabbing the eye, even when she's not what the viewer should be seeing.
		There are way too many times when Tomlin, in her role as President Bartlet's secretary, is glimpsed escorting a guest from the Oval Office, or briefly seen through a doorway, talking on the phone.
		Recently, Tomlin called from the road to discuss the new project and her life as it stands.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/arts/articles/0501lilytomlin0501.html (891 words)

	USC Events Calendar - Lily Tomlin
		Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of one of the city's most affluent areas.
		Tomlin's comedy recording debut, "This is a Recording," won a Grammy in 1971, and her subsequent albums "Modern Scream," "And That's the Truth" and "On Stage" were nominated for Grammys.
		Tomlin made her film debut as Linnea, a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children in Robert Altman's "Nashville" (1975).
	www.usc.edu /calendar/events/17652.html (634 words)

	Journal Newspapers - Journal Features - 12/29/2003 - Lily Tomlin validates humanity with her comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		When Lily Tomlin was preparing to take her one-woman act to Broadway in 1977, she became terrified at the realization that the show wasn't typical Broadway fare.
		In the 1970s, Tomlin went on to co-write with Jane Wagner, and star in six comedy television specials: "The Lily Tomlin Show" (1973), "Lily" (1973), "Lily" (1974), "Lily Tomlin" (1975), "Lily: Sold Out" 1981), and "Lily for President?" (1982), for which she won three Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award.
		Tomlin next appeared on Broadway in 1985 in a year long, run of Jane Wagner's critically acclaimed play, "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." The Broadway success was followed by a coast-to-coast, 14-city tour that spanned four and a half years.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10722992&BRD=1024&PAG=461&dept_id=231484&rfi=6 (749 words)

	Legendary comedian Lily Tomlin comes to Portland for a one-woman show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Tomlin has appeared on many hit television shows, including “Murphy Brown” and “The X Files;” her most recent role is as a recurring character on “The West Wing,” where she plays Debbie Fiderer, the President’s secretary.
		Tomlin next appeared on Broadway in 1985 in a year long run of Jane Wagner’s critically-acclaimed signature play, “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.” The Broadway success was followed by a coast-to-coast, fourteen-city tour that spanned four and a half years.
		Tomlin recently joined the cast of the hit NBC series “The West Wing,” playing President Bartlett’s assistant, Debbie Fiderer — a role for which she received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
	www.orsymphony.org /news/0405/0408_SC6_tomlin.html (973 words)

	Lily Tomlin
		Tomlin and some criticism of her work, the book's main value lies in the quotes from Ms.
		Tomlin's brand of humor, he writes, "She reveals what we have in common with people who are assumed to be less significant or important than average.
		Tomlin shows us the humanity of those in whom it might not at first be apparent, such as Trudy, the shopping bag lady, and Brandy and Tina, two prostitutes who have important roles in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
	oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~bruceb/Page8.html (777 words)

	Lily Tomlin
		Lily Tomlin is a famous comedian and actress.
		For her work as an actress, Tomlin studied under Charles Nelson Reilly, who, when he wasn't playing a prancing goofball on TV, was also a well-respected acting coach.
		In films, Tomlin is usually cast in supporting or ensemble roles with which she proceeds to steal the show.
	www.nndb.com /people/661/000022595 (436 words)

	TV ACRES: Telephones - Ernestine the Operator (Laugh-In) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Lily Tomlin's sharp-tongued satires of such a "sacred cow" as the Phone Company, especially in the rebellious years of the late 1960s endeared her to millions of viewers.
		Lily's first comedy album "This Is A Recording" (Polydor, 1971) was recorded live at the Icehouse in Pasadena.
		Lily Tomlin's Web sites are The Official Lily Tomlin Web Site and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
	www.tvacres.com /comm_ernestine.htm (726 words)

	chronogram feature LILY TOMLIN interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		So adept at caricature, Tomlin was therefore an unexpected revelation in her first screen role, playing a yearning housewife and mother in the 1975 classic Nashville.
		Her characters have dodged the draft, tripped on acid, marched in era parades, and, in quizzical despair, watched idealism grind to a halt with the onset of the Republican eighties.
		Currently, Tomlin is recurring character Deborah Fiderer on nbc’s The West Wing.”; Her role in this parallel universe, where a liberal and just man occupies the Oval Office, is appropriate; Tomlin’s own politics seem a throwback to the idealism of the Carter years (the last time a liberal and just man ran the country).
	www.chronogram.com /issue/2003/01/feature (2798 words)

	Lily Tomlin
		Best known for creating a multitude of memorable comic characters, including Ernestine the telephone operator and the rotten five-year-old rugrat Edith Ann on television and in her stage shows, Lily Tomlin is also a talented dramatic actress.
		Born Mary Tomlin in Detroit, Michigan, she was studying pre-med at Wayne State University when she heard the stage calling and dropped out to perform skits and characterizations in cabarets and coffee houses.
		The series machine-gun pace proved the perfect outlet for Tomlin's off-beat humor and gave her the opportunity to hone her skills and develop her characters.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=3123 (368 words)

	The Enquirer - Lily Tomlin shares part of herself at lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A veteran of TV, stage and screen, Tomlin was the final speaker in the 2005 Smart Talk Women's Lecture Series, held at the Aronoff Center for the Arts.
		Tomlin gave insight into her childhood in Detroit, the daughter of two Kentuckians.
		In the past, Tomlin played a secretary in the movie "Nine to Five" and an heiress in "All of Me." She also voiced the character Ms.
	news.enquirer.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050608/NEWS01/506080386/1056 (415 words)

	bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Lily Tomlin was born Mary Jean Tomlin on September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan.
		Lily worked most of her life beginning when she was seven years old.
		Lily started doing errands for the people in her apartment building (the D'Elce Apartments on Hazlewood in Detroit).
	members.aol.com /nrb409/bio.html (395 words)

	Wired News: Lily Tomlin's One-Student Show
		Tomlin's presentation of her strange but endearing characters made sense to the teachers gathered here.
		Yet one day, Lily played a prank on Miss Sweeney when the teacher was talking to her boyfriend in the hall.
		Tomlin was a sharp contrast to last year's opening keynote speaker, Jobs, but both were interesting in their own way, said one teacher.
	www.wired.com /news/school/0,1383,53175,00.html (757 words)

	AfterEllen.com - Lily Tomlin's Evolutionary Career
		If “survival of the wittiest” had prevailed instead, indeed Lily Tomlin and her collaborator of over thirty years, Jane Wagner, would count among the earth-dwelling evolved.
		Together Tomlin and Wagner—who wrote the scripts for most of Tomlin’s routines, including 1985’s Tony-winning one woman show, The Search for Signs…(which Tomlin successfully revived in 2000)—are rather famously partners in life and love as well as in comedy.
		Tomlin even teased around the subject of her lesbian sexuality back in 1977, in her show Appearing Nitely (written by Wagner).
	www.afterellen.com /People/2005/3/lilytomlin.html (349 words)

	On Stage . The Mark Twain Prize 2003 - Lily Tomlin \| PBS
		On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize salutes Lily Tomlin, one the country's most beloved comediennes and the 2003 recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
		Lily Tomlin, the sixth winner of the Mark Twain Prize, meets a standing ovation as she enters the hall to watch her colleagues bring their own special talents to the stage in honor of her accomplishments.
		Tomlin takes the stage in the end, to receive the award.
	www.pbs.org /weta/onstage/twain2003 (264 words)

	Lily Tomlin - Nationwide Speakers Bureau
		Lily Tomlin, one of America’s foremost comediennes, continues to successfully venture across an ever-widening range of media, extending an extraordinary entertainment career with a 29 city cross country tour in a revival of Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
		Most recently, Tomlin co-starred in Disney’s the Kid opposite Bruce Willis and in the Franco Zeffirelli film Tea With Mussolini, with Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Cher.
		Tomlin has starred in numerous films, including Nashville (1975), for which she received an Oscar nomination, 9 to 5 (1980), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), All of Me (1984), Flirting with Disaster (1996) and Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998).
	www.nationwidespeakers.com /speaker/539 (179 words)

	Amazon.com: Lily Tomlin: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe: DVD: Lily Tomlin,Clay Walker,John ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		For this film they incorporated Lily in costume for some parts so the viewer gets the best of both worlds; to see it as it was performed live on stage and also to take advantage of seeing what the characters look like were Lily performing for a film.
		I had the great opportunity and fortune to see Lily Tomlin perform live, where she brought some of the wonderfully spicy characters from this film (which was originally a very successful, long-running play) to the stage.
		A friend of mine in theatre who had a colleague who worked with Lily when she toured with this show told me she would spend hours literally staring at the fl staircase and bare set, planning the choreography of every movement, expression and retort.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000BNI9CC?v=glance (1381 words)

	Lily Tomlin News
		Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly and Lily Tomlin will all sing on the soundtrack to the movie "A Prairie Home Companion." The album from the Robert Altman film will come out May 23...
		When Lily Tomlin calls to promote her solo show at Torrington's Warner Theatre on Wednesday, we can't help asking her about other urgent matters.
		Lily Tomlin had always been an adult child.
	www.topix.net /who/lily-tomlin (564 words)

	Keynotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This is the message that world-renowned comedienne Lily Tomlin will convey in her first-ever keynote address to NECC educators.
		Tomlin will set the stage for a focused three days of laughing, learning, and building new connections.
		Lily Tomlin is one of America’s foremost comediennes.
	ccenter.uoregon.edu /conferences/NECC2002/program/keynotes.php (605 words)

	Amazon.com: Lily for President (2000) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Lily again incorporates her characters very cleverly to interact with her throughout this special.
		I really love Lily Tomlin and admire her talent, however, I only rated this three stars because it's quite silly.
		Lily Tomlin: A Chameleon Looking Into a Mirror: A list by Dennis Deems, I worry a lot
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302968089?v=glance (406 words)

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