Lily Tomlin
American comedian and actor
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- Measurements: 34C-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- With Meryl Streep presented Robert Altman with his honorary Oscar on March 5th, 2006 at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony.
- 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).
- Won the Kennedy Center's prestigious Mark Twain Prize for Humor in 2003.
- Won a Grammy Award for the comedy album "This is a Recording" in 1971 and won Tony Awards in 1977 and 1986.
- 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.
- 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.
- Acknowledged that she has been in a romantic relationship with Jane Wagner for the past 30 years (January 2001)
- Studied acting under Charles Nelson Reilly, who introduced her to the works of monologist Ruth Draper, a major inspiration for Tomlin's work.
- Was to star in a film called Illegitimate around 1980 but the film was never made. (Originally reported in "Playboy" magazine).
- 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.
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29.
- She gave away genuine locks of her hair as a bonus for buyers of her home video library in 1993.
- Studied mime with Paul Curtis.
- Was a pre-med student at Wayne State University before choosing acting as a career.
- Known for her "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968) characters Edith Ann and Ernestine the phone operator.