 |
|
|
|
LILY TOMLIN last appeared on Broadway in the original production of Jane Wagner's The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, winning the coveted Tony Award as Best Actress in a Play. She made her Broadway debut in Appearing Nitely and was awarded a Special Tony Award for that performance. Ms. Tomlin has starred in numerous films, including Nashville, for which she received an Oscar nomination; 9 to 5; The Incredible Shrinking Woman; All of Me; Flirting with Disaster; Krippendorf's Tribe; Tea with Mussolini, co-starring with Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Cher in the Franco Zeffirelli film; and, most recently, in The Kid with Bruce Willis. She appeared as the boss of the fictional news show FYI on the last two seasons of the hit CBS series, Murphy Brown, and received an Emmy nomination for her critically acclaimed appearance on the NBC drama, Homicide. She also guest starred on the popular series X-Files and continues to be the voice of the science teacher Ms. Frizzle on the popular children's animated series, The Magic School Bus, for which she was awarded her sixth Emmy Award. She won a Grammy Award for her comedy album, This Is a Recording, and two Peabody Awards, the first for the ABC television special, Edith Ann's Christmas: Just Say Noel and a second Peabody for narrating and co executive producing the HBO telefilm, The Celluloid Closet.
Bio as of May, 2007.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Performance - April, 2001 - Watch now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
Website:
www.lilytomlin.com
|
|
|
|
