Comedian/actress Lily Tomlin joined the cast of the TV show “Laugh-In” in late 1969 and was a hit with sketches featuring her characters Ernestine and precocious youngster Edith Ann. In the ’70s she ...

For her Atlantic City debut, actress-comedienne Lily Tomlin won't be going it alone. She's bringing along a gaggle of old favorites, including Ernestine, the smart-alecky telephone operator, Trudy, ...

Lily Tomlin is probably best known for her sketch comedy characters Ernestine, the chronically unhelpful phone operator; Edith Ann, the smugly precocious 6-year-old; the nut-job philosopher that is ...

Operators and switchboards have largely been consigned to history. But Ernestine the Telephone Operator as played by Lily Tomlin endures. The character originated on the TV comedy series “Laugh-In” in ...

Lily Tomlin loves her characters! She's so enthusiastic about them that it's hard to keep up with her when she talks about creating them. Ernestine the Phone Lady, Sister Boogie Woman, Mrs. (Judith) ...

Lily Tomlin launched her career over four decades ago with a timeless clan of wacky characters that she established on NBC's sketch comedy show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In." But what if she had to be ...

Whatever is inside Lily Tomlin needs to be bottled and sold as the closest thing to the Fountain of Youth we'll see in our lifetime. --- The 72-year-old comedienne performed... The 72-year-old ...

What was so satisfying about Lily Tomlin's act Saturday night at the Alberta Bair Theater's Gala was that it wasn't an act. At least it didn't feel like a comedy routine. Rather, it took on the shape ...

For nearly a decade - since comedy legend Lily Tomlin played a salty septuagenarian in Paul Weitz's "Grandma" - I've been trying to track down a copy of her one-woman show, "The Search for Signs of ...