Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer. Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1970 until 1973. She currently stars on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein. Her performance as Frankie garnered her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015.
In 1974 Tomlin was cast by Robert Altman in her first film; her performance as Linnea Reese in Nashville won her several awards and nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1977, her performance as Margo Sperling in The Late Show won her the Best Actress Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and nominations for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Lead Actress. Her other notable films include 9 to 5 (1980), All of Me (1984), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Grandma (2015).
Lily (1973 special)
Lily is an American comedy variety show television special aired by CBS Television in 1973. The writing crew of 15 all received an Emmy Award for their efforts on this show.
This program was the first of three specials, preceding Lily in 1974, and The Lily Tomlin Special in 1975.
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Lily Tomlin
ALBUMS
- And That's the Truth released: 1972
- This Is a Recording released: 1971
- On Stage released:
- Modern Scream released:
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lily Tomlin released:
And That's the Truth
Released 1972- Hey Lady
- I Always Kiss Buster
- My Sister Mary Jean
- Look in the Sky
- I Dressed Him Up
- Here's The Empty Lot
- Guess This Riddle
- I Can't Go To The Movies Here
- I Go To Sunday School
- Here's My House
- Lady Lady Open Up
- I Like Your Kitchen
- Do You Have Any Chewing Gum?
- Don't My Toes Look Pretty?
- I Will Help You Unpack
- Does This Chair Lean Back?
- Tell Me Something Lady
- Finish Putting The Groceries Away
- I Want You To Go
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by Hot Action Cop
The Special
by: Hot Action CopOh well,
From my parked car window on the passenger side,
She be leanin' over to me tellin' me I can't rely on anything in this world,
With the tear drops fallin' from her fake green eyes and the makeup runnin',
I believe in every lie over and over again,
Break me until I bend,
She is so crazy,
She is so far above,
She know when I will need it so,
She treats me with her love,
Forever's not long (forever's not long),
Tomorrow's too far away,
She gives me what I needed so,
I give her what she takes,
She is the special for my pain,
I need the special for my pain…
Do whatever you want,
Yeah I'm gonna do whatever I want…
With the street lights hummin' under starlit skies,
She be runnin' to her cousins tellin' him you can't rely,
On turnin' boys to men (bitch),
And so she shows me lovin' and I free my mind,
With the lovin' isn't lovin' in a state is all she finds,
So she calls it romance,
Baby that's the dance,
She is so crazy (she is so crazy),
She is so far above,
She know when I will need it so,
She treats me with her love,
Forever's not long (forever's not long),
Tomorrow's too far away,
She gives me what I needed so,
I give her what she takes,
She is the special for my pain,
I need the special for my pain…
Put it over here baby…
That's right,
Ooh yeah…
She is so crazy (she is so crazy),
She is so far above,
She know when I will need it so,
She treats me with her love (she treats me with her love),
Forever's not long (forever's not long),
Tomorrow's too far away,
She gives me what I needed (yeah she gives me what I needed) so,
I give her what she takes,
She is the special for my pain,
I need the special for my pain,
For my pain (for my pain),
For my pain (for my pain baby),
Once more gimme what I need,
You know I think about you all the time,
Don't even sweat me like that,
I'll take what I want,
You take what you want,