Credits

• 2024 · The World According to Allee Willis as Self
• 2024 · An Unexpected Community as
• 2024 · Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution as Self
• 2023 · Bella! as Self
• 2023 · Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
• 2023 · Moving On as Evelyn
• 2023 · 80 for Brady as Lou
• 2022 · The Checkup with Dr. David Agus as Self
• 2022 · The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival as Self
• 2022 · Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live as Self
• 2022 · Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration as
• 2022 · Still Working 9 to 5 as Self
• 2022 · The Martha Mitchell Effect as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021 · Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
• 2021 · Emily @ the Edge of Chaos as Ayn Rand (voice)
• 2020 · Waging Change as Self
• 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
• 2019 · Dolly Parton: Here I Am as Self
• 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
• 2019 · Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as Self
• 2019 · I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actress and Comedian
• 2018 · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Aunt May (voice)
• 2018 · TVTV: Video Revolutionaries as Self
• 2018 · Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Self
• 2018 · Jane Fonda in Five Acts as Self - Actor
• 2017 · Conversations with Coco as Self
• 2015 · Take Flight as Self - Performer
• 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
• 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
• 2015 · Grandma as Elle
• 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein
• 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
• 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
• 2014 · Altman as Self
• 2014 · Trailblazer Honors as Self - Speaker
• 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
• 2013 · The Making of 'Nashville' as Self
• 2013 · Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
• 2013 · An Apology to Elephants as Narrator
• 2013 · Admission as Susannah
• 2013 · Why We Laugh: Funny Women as Self
• 2013 · Inequality for All as Violet Newstead (archive footage)
• 2012 · Malibu Country as Lillie Mae MacKenzie
• 2012 · Stars In Shorts as Jason's Mom
• 2012 · The Procession as Jason's mom
• 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
• 2011 · Vito as Herself
• 2011 · Web Therapy as
• 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
• 2009 · Eastbound & Down as Tammy Powers
• 2009 · The Pink Panther 2 as Mrs. Berenger
• 2009 · George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
• 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
• 2008 · Web Therapy as Putsy Hodge
• 2007 · Damages as Marilyn Tobin
• 2007 · Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s as Self (archive footage)
• 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
• 2007 · The Walker as Abigail Delorean
• 2006 · The Ant Bully as Mommo (voice)
• 2006 · A Prairie Home Companion as Rhonda Johnson
• 2004 · Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
• 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Roberta Simmons
• 2004 · I ♥ Huckabees as Vivian Jaffe
• 2004 · Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis as Self
• 2004 · Goodnight, We Love You as Self
• 2003 · NCIS as Penelope Langston
• 2002 · Orange County as Charlotte Cobb
• 2000 · Bette as
• 2000 · The Kid as Janet
• 1999 · The Early Show as Self - Guest
• 1999 · Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
• 1999 · The West Wing as Deborah Fiderer
• 1999 · Tea with Mussolini as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
• 1999 · Get Bruce! as Self
• 1998 · Will & Grace as Margot
• 1998 · Krippendorf's Tribe as Ruth Allen
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
• 1996 · Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) as Edith Ann (voice)
• 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
• 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
• 1996 · Getting Away with Murder as Inga Mueller
• 1996 · Flirting with Disaster as Mary Schlichting
• 1996 · The Celluloid Closet as Narrator (voice)
• 1995 · Blue in the Face as Waffle eater
• 1995 · Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz as Self
• 1994 · The Magic School Bus as Ms. Frizzle (voice)
• 1994 · Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home as Edith Ann (voice)
• 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Ernestine (archive footage)
• 1994 · But... Seriously as Self (archive footage)
• 1994 · Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle as Edith Ann (voice)
• 1993 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Miss Jane Hathaway
• 1993 · Frasier as Rita (voice)
• 1993 · And the Band Played On as Dr. Selma Dritz
• 1993 · The X-Files as Lydia
• 1993 · Short Cuts as Doreen Piggot
• 1993 · Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
• 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
• 1993 · An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends as Self / Ernestine / Judith Beasley / Mme Lupé / Others
• 1992 · The Player as Lily Tomlin
• 1991 · Shadows and Fog as Prostitute
• 1991 · The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe as Truby the Bag Lady / Agnus Angst / Kate / Brandy / Tina
• 1989 · The Simpsons as Tammy (voice)
• 1988 · Free to Be... a Family as Self
• 1988 · Murphy Brown as Kay Carter-Shepley
• 1988 · Big Business as Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
• 1987 · Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Self
• 1987 · Lily Tomlin as Herself
• 1986 · The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
• 1986 · Waiting Tables as
• 1984 · All of Me as Edwina Cutwater
• 1982 · Lily for President? as Lily Tomlin / Various
• 1981 · The Muppets Go to the Movies as Herself
• 1981 · Lily: Sold Out as Self / Various Characters
• 1981 · The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator
• 1980 · Nine to Five as Violet Newstead
• 1979 · Appearing Nitely as Self
• 1978 · Moment by Moment as Trisha Rawlings
• 1977 · The Paul Simon Special as Self
• 1977 · The Late Show as Margo
• 1976 · TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Judy Beasley/Self
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
• 1975 · Nashville as Linnea Reese
• 1975 · Cher as Self - Guest
• 1974 · Flip Wilson... Of Course as Self
• 1973 · Juke and Opal as Opal
• 1973 · Lily as
• 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
• 1972 · Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers as Telephone Voice
• 1971 · The Electric Company as
• 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
• 1969 · The Music Scene as
• 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
• 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
• 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
• 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Regular Performer
• 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Ernestine, the telephone operator
• 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
• 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Special Award Recipient
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer/Winner
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
• 1953 · The Oscars as Self
• 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self