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Monday, September 1, 2025

Happy 86th Birthday, Lily Tomlin ! Kennedy Center Honoree in 2014

Actress, writer, producer

Lily Tomlin was born

September 1, 1939 in

Detroit Michigan.  She

began her career by doing

stand-up comedy in clubs

in Detroit and NY City.

Nominated as Best Actress

for the 1975 directed-Robert-

Altman comedy "Nashville".

Nominated 25 times for

Primetime Emmys -- won

in 2013 as "Narrator" for

An Apology to Elephants 

and in 1981 for her comedy

special Lily : Sold Out.

Three other Emmy wins --

her first nominations were for

Rowan & Martin Laugh-In

series (1971, 1972, 1973).

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