Lily adams brother - Lily Tomlin

In the 2008—2009 fifth season of , she has a recurring role as , the sister of played by who coincidentally had played Tomlin's secretarial predecessor on The West Wing.

Her signature role was written by her then-partner now wife , , in a show titled which opened on Broadway in 1985 and won Tomlin the.

In 2010, Tomlin guest-starred as Marilyn Tobin in the third season of opposite , for which she was nominated for an.

In 1982, but later popularized by a January 22, 1983 appearance, she premiered Pervis Hawkins, a black rhythm-and-blues soul singer patterned after , with a mustache, beard, and close-cropped hairstyle, dressed in a three-piece suit.