Editing Lily Tomlin (section)

==Early life and education==
Tomlin was born in [[Detroit]], Michigan, the daughter of Lillie Mae ([[Maiden and married names|''née'']] Ford; January 14, 1914{{snds}}July 12, 2005),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55137761/obituary-for-lillie-mae-tomlin/|title=Obituary for Lillie Mae Tomlin, 1914-2005 (Aged 91)|newspaper=The Desert Sun|date=July 14, 2005|page=14|access-date=March 25, 2022|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325065831/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55137761/obituary-for-lillie-mae-tomlin/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-with-tomlin-s-help-lily-blossoms-again/article_02b1773e-1c94-539e-8c2f-6eaa3b3f0c5e.html|title=Cleveland Evans: With Tomlin's help, Lily blossoms again|date=September 2015|access-date=March 25, 2022|archive-date=July 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711041019/https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-with-tomlin-s-help-lily-blossoms-again/article_02b1773e-1c94-539e-8c2f-6eaa3b3f0c5e.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=FamilySearch-USSSDI-2005>{{cite web|title=Lillie M Tomlin - United States Social Security Death Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM3P-P6P|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> a housewife and nurse aide, and Guy Tomlin (March 3, 1913{{snds}}October 24, 1970), a factory worker. She has a younger brother named Richard Tomlin.<ref name=FamilySearch-USCensus-1940>{{cite web|title=Mary Jean Tomlin - United States Census, 1940|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMT-1V3|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=24 August 2015|archive-date=September 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904123122/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMT-1V3|url-status=live}}</ref> Tomlin's parents were [[Southern Baptist]]s who moved to Detroit from [[Paducah, Kentucky]], during the [[Great Depression]]. Although she attended a Southern Baptist church as a child, she later grew to become irreligious.<ref>{{cite news | first=Bob | last=Fischbach | title=Stage holds the magic for Tomlin | url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18735069_ITM | work=[[Omaha World-Herald]] | date=October 1, 2008 | access-date=July 29, 2008 | archive-date=January 12, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112030449/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18735069_ITM | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="advocate">{{Citation
  | last = Duralde
  | first = Alonso
  | author-link = Alonso Duralde
  | title = Thoroughly modern Lily
  | journal = [[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]
  | date = March 15, 2005
  | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thoroughly+modern+Lily:+Lily+Tomlin%27s+living+large+at+65+with+work+on...-a0131280347
  | access-date = October 28, 2009
  | archive-date = May 2, 2014
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  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Kevin | last=Kelly | title=Lily Tomlin Mysterious Modest and Multifaceted | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEB0558702B80&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | work=[[The Boston Globe]] | date=August 11, 1985 | access-date=July 29, 2008 | archive-date=October 29, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071536/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEB0558702B80&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | url-status=live }}</ref> She is a 1957 graduate of [[Cass Technical High School]]. Tomlin attended [[Wayne State University]] and originally studied biology. She auditioned for a play, and it sparked her interest in a career in the theatre and she changed her major. After college, Tomlin began doing [[stand-up comedy]] in nightclubs in Detroit and later in New York City. She continued studying acting at the [[HB Studio]].