Editing Lily Tomlin (section)

== Career ==
=== 1965–1974: Career beginnings and breakthrough ===
[[File:Lilly Tomlin Rita Hayworth Laugh-In 1971.JPG|thumb|left|Tomlin as Mrs. Earbore (The Tasteful Lady) with [[Rita Hayworth]] on ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' (1971) ]]
Tomlin's first television appearance was on ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]'' in 1965.<ref>[http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=120 Lily Tomlin at the Paley Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102231906/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=120 |date=January 2, 2016 }} accessed 8-24-2015</ref> A year later, she became a cast member on the short-lived third and final incarnation of ''[[The Garry Moore Show]]''

'''Tomlin characters'''

In 1969, after a stint as a hostess on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series ''[[The Music Scene (TV series)|Music Scene]]'',<ref>{{Citation|title=Music Scene|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063932/|access-date=2019-09-05|archive-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529223108/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063932/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tomlin joined NBC's [[sketch comedy]] show ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]''.  Signed as a replacement for the departing [[Judy Carne]], Tomlin was an instant success on the already established program, in which in addition to appearing in general sketches and delivering comic gags, she began appearing as the regular characters she created; they became well known and she portrayed them outside of the show in later recordings and television specials:
* Ernestine was a brash, tough and uncompromising [[switchboard operator|telephone operator]] who generally treated customers with little sympathy. Ernestine often snorted when she let loose a barbed response or heard something salacious; she also wore her hair in a 1940s hairstyle with a hairnet, although the character was contemporary. Her opening lines were often the comical "one ringy dingy... two ringy dingy", and, "Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?" In the sketches, Ernestine was usually at her switchboard taking calls. She occasionally phoned her boyfriend, Vito, a telephone repair man, or her pal Phenicia, another operator.[[File:Lilly Tomlin Edith Ann 1975.JPG|thumb|180px|Tomlin as Edith Ann, 1975]] Tomlin reprised the role in 2016 for a TV ad as part of [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]'s campaign against [[SeaWorld]].<ref>Kelli Bender, "Lily Tomlin Reprises Ernestine Role for PETA's New Ad Blasting SeaWorld," ''[https://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/14/lily-tomlin-ernestine-peta-seaworld People] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227062520/https://ew.com/article/2016/04/14/lily-tomlin-ernestine-peta-seaworld/ |date=December 27, 2021 }}'', 14 April 2016.</ref> Tomlin has also reprised the role on several episodes of ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
* {{anchor|Edith_Ann}} Edith Ann is a precocious five-and-a-half-year-old girl who waxes philosophical on everyday life, either about life as a kid or things for which she feels she has the answers, although she is too young to fully understand. She often ends her monologues with "And that's the truth", punctuating it with a noisy [[Blowing a raspberry|raspberry]]. Edith Ann sits in an oversized rocking chair (to make Tomlin seem child-sized) with her rag doll, Doris, and often talks of life at home with her battling parents and bullying older sister, Mary Jean (Lily Tomlin's given birth names). Edith Ann has an oversized, playfully aggressive dog named Buster and a boyfriend named Junior Phillips, a possibly unrequited love. (Only Edith Ann and "Doris" appear in the Edith Ann sketches.) Tomlin reprised the character for a series of sketches on ''Sesame Street'' in the 1970s, and voiced her in three prime-time cartoon specials in the 1990s (including ''[[Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle]]'').
* Mrs. Judith Beasley is a housewife and mother from [[Calumet City, Illinois]], who is often chosen for television commercials and offers "good consumer advice". She appears in the film ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Woman]]'' as the lead character's neighbor.
* Mrs. Earbore (The Tasteful Lady) is a somewhat prudish and prissy, conservatively dressed middle-aged apolitical woman who dispenses advice on gracious living and a life of elegance.
* Susie the Sorority Girl is a blonde collegiate who could be the Tasteful Lady's daughter. Humorless and melodramatic, her biggest worries are the likes of who took her missing album by [[The Carpenters]].
*The Consumer Advocate Lady is a dour, austere woman who rigidly inspects and tests products for their alleged value.  The Consumer Advocate Lady is something of a variation of Mrs. Beasley.
* Lucille the Rubber Freak is a woman addicted to eating rubber, whose monologue details her habit from its beginning (chewing the eraser on pencils) to her obsessive rock bottom (eating the tip off mother's cane). Tomlin performed this character as part of her ''Laugh-In'' audition.
* Tess/Trudy is a homeless bag lady who accosts theater-goers and various passers-by with her offbeat observations and tales of communications with extraterrestrials. ("They don't care if you believe in 'em or not—they're different from God.")
* Bobbi-Jeanine is a showbiz veteran of the lounge circuit where she sings and plays organ. She often dispenses advice. ("It's not called Show Art, it's Show Business.)

Tomlin was one of the first female comedians to break out in male drag with her characters Tommy Velour and Rick. In 1982, but later popularized by a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' appearance on January 22, 1983, she premiered '''Purvis Hawkins''', a black rhythm-and-blues soul singer (patterned after [[Luther Vandross]]), with a mustache, beard, and close-cropped [[afro]] hairstyle, dressed in a three-piece suit. Tomlin used very little, if any, skin-darkening cosmetics as part of the character, instead depending on stage lighting to create the effect.

[[File:LilyTomlin1976.jpg|thumb|right|Tomlin in 1976]]
In 1970, [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]] offered Tomlin $500,000 to play her character Ernestine in a commercial, but she declined, saying it would compromise her artistic integrity.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chambliss |first=John |title=Lily Tomlin, Playing Lakeland Next Week, Dishes on Her Act, Sexuality and Retiring |url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20100107/entertainment/100109893?p=2&tc=pg |url-status=dead |work=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, FL |date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012416/http://www.theledger.com/article/20100107/entertainment/100109893?p=2&tc=pg |archive-date=May 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYT98">{{cite news |last=Elliott |first=Stuart |title=Lily Tomlin in Madison Ave. debut with Peter Lynch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/04/business/the-media-business-advertising-lily-tomlin-in-madison-ave-debut-with-peter-lynch.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 4, 1998 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-date=June 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617130844/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/04/business/the-media-business-advertising-lily-tomlin-in-madison-ave-debut-with-peter-lynch.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1976, she appeared on ''Saturday Night Live''<ref>Season 2 Episode 1, September 18, 1976</ref> as Ernestine in a [[Ma Bell]] advertisement parody in which she proclaimed, "We don't care, we don't have to...we're the phone company." The character later made a guest appearance at ''[[The Superhighway Summit]]'' at [[UCLA]] on January 11, 1994, interrupting a speech being given on the [[information superhighway]] by then-Vice President [[Al Gore]]. She appeared as three of her minor characters in a 1998 ad campaign for [[Fidelity Investments]] that did not include Ernestine or Edith Ann.<ref name="NYT98"/> In 2003, she made two commercials as an "updated" Ernestine for [[WebEx]].<ref>{{cite news |title=WebEx to Begin $8 Million Campaign |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg |date=January 15, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/15/business/the-media-business-advertising-addenda-webex-to-begin-8-million-campaign.html |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521111423/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/15/business/the-media-business-advertising-addenda-webex-to-begin-8-million-campaign.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tomlin brought Edith Ann to the forefront again in the 1990s with three animated prime-time television specials. She published Edith Ann's "autobiography", ''My Life'' (1995), co-written with [[Jane Wagner]].

Tomlin released her first comedy album, ''[[This Is a Recording (Lily Tomlin album)|This Is A Recording]]'', on [[Polydor Records]] in March 1971 that contained Ernestine's run-ins with customers over the phone. The album hit No. 15 on the [[Billboard Hot 200|''Billboard'' Hot 200]], becoming (and remaining {{as of|2011|lc=y}}) the highest-charting album ever by a solo comedienne.<ref name="Billb">[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044968/chart-beat-katy-perry-kathy-griffin-miley-cyrus "Chart beat: Katy Perry, Kathy Griffin, Miley Cyrus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218094050/http://www.billboard.com/ |date=December 18, 2009 }}. Billboard.com.</ref>  She earned a [[Grammy]] award that year for [[Best Comedy Recording]]. Tomlin's second album, 1972's ''[[And That's The Truth]]'', featuring her character Edith Ann, was nearly as successful, peaking at No. 41 on the chart and earning another Grammy nomination. (Tomlin has two of the three top-charting female comedy albums on ''Billboard'', sandwiching a 1983 [[Joan Rivers]] release.)<ref name="Billb"/>

=== 1975–1989: Film stardom and acclaim ===
[[File:Robert Altman - 1976.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lilian Gish]], [[Robert Altman]] and Tomlin in 1976]]
Tomlin made her dramatic debut in [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'' (1975), for which she was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress]] and an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]; she played Linnea Reese, a straitlaced, gospel-singing mother of two deaf children who has an affair with a womanizing country singer (played by [[Keith Carradine]]). The Oscar that year went to [[Lee Grant]] for her role in ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]''. A comedy-mystery, ''[[The Late Show (film)|The Late Show]]'', teaming Tomlin with [[Art Carney]], was a critical success in 1977. One of the few widely panned projects of Tomlin's career was 1978's ''[[Moment by Moment]]'', directed and written by Wagner, which teamed Tomlin in a cross-generational older woman/younger man romance with [[John Travolta]]. Tomlin's third comedy album, 1975's ''Modern Scream'', a parody of movie magazines and celebrity interviews, featured her performing as multiple characters, including Ernestine, Edith Ann, Judith, and Suzie. Her 1977 release ''Lily Tomlin On Stage'' was an adaptation of her Broadway show that year. Each of these albums earned Tomlin additional Grammy nominations. Tomlin recorded a single/EP called "The Last Duet" with [[Barry Manilow]] in 1980.<ref>{{Citation|title=Barry Manilow & Lily Tomlin - The Last Duet (Klyk's Tribal Dance Mix 09)| date=June 22, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75v2bsMpbX4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/75v2bsMpbX4| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In March 1977, Tomlin made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in the solo show ''Appearing Nitely'', which she co-wrote and co-directed with Jane Wagner, at the Biltmore Theatre. She received a Special Tony Award for this production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lily Tomlin – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lily-tomlin-7337 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.ibdb.com |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711040011/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lily-tomlin-7337 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same month, she made the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' with the headline "America's New Queen of Comedy". Her solo show then toured the country and was made into a record album titled ''On Stage''. In 1980, Tomlin co-starred in ''[[9 to 5 (film)|9 to 5]]'', in which she played a secretary named [[Violet Newstead]] who joins coworkers [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Dolly Parton]] in seeking revenge on their boss, Franklin M. Hart Jr., played by [[Dabney Coleman]]. The film was one of the year's top-grossing films. Tomlin then starred in the 1981 science fiction comedy ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Woman]]'', playing three roles (a fourth, a reprise of her Edith Ann character, was cut from the theatrical print, but footage of this character was included in some later TV showings.)  The film, a send-up of [[consumerism]], was written by Wagner and met with mixed reviews.

[[File:Dolly Parton Lily Tomlin Jane Fonda (48591893841).jpg|thumb|right|[[Dolly Parton]], Tomlin, and [[Jane Fonda]] starred in ''[[9 to 5 (film)|9 to 5]]'' (1980)]]
Tomlin bounced back with the critical and financial hit ''[[All of Me (1984 film)|All of Me]]'' (1984), opposite [[Steve Martin]], in which she played a sickly heiress whose spirit became trapped in Martin's body. In 1985, Tomlin starred in another one-woman Broadway show ''[[The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe]]'', written by her long-time [[life partner]], writer/producer [[Jane Wagner]]. The show won her a [[Tony Award]] and was made into a [[The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (film)|feature film]] in 1991. Tomlin revived the show for a run on Broadway in 2000 which then toured the country through mid-2002. In 1989, she won the [[Sarah Siddons Award]] for her work in [[Chicago theatre]]. Tomlin premiered her one-woman show ''Not Playing with a Full Deck'' at the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas|MGM Grand]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] in November 2009. It was her first appearance in that city, though she did tape an Emmy-winning TV special, a spoof of Las Vegas called ''Lily: Sold Out'' which premiered on CBS in January 1981. Tomlin and [[Bette Midler]] played two pairs of identical twins who were [[babies switched at birth|switched at birth]] in the 1988 comedy ''[[Big Business (1988 film)|Big Business]]''.

=== 1990–2009: Continued work and ''The West Wing'' ===
[[File:Lily Tomlin (2008).jpg|150px|thumb|Tomlin in 2008|left]]
Tomlin also played chain-smoking waitress Doreen Piggott in Altman's 1993 ensemble film ''[[Short Cuts]]'', based on stories by [[Raymond Carver]]. Tomlin voiced Ms. Valerie Frizzle on the animated [[television series]] ''[[The Magic School Bus (TV series)|The Magic School Bus]]'' from 1994 to 1997. Also, in the 1990s, Tomlin appeared on the popular [[sitcom]] ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' as the title character's boss. In 1995 she appeared on an episode of ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' as a murder suspect being transported to Baltimore. She also guest starred on ''[[The X-Files]]'' in 1998, in episode 6 ("How The Ghosts Stole Christmas") of season 6 as a ghost haunting an old mansion. In 2005 and 2006, she had a recurring role as [[Will Truman]]'s boss Margot on ''[[Will & Grace]]''. She appeared on the dramatic series ''[[The West Wing]]'' for four years (2002–2006) in the recurring role of presidential secretary [[Deborah Fiderer]]. Tomlin performed in two films by director [[David O. Russell]]; she appeared as a peacenik Raku artist in ''[[Flirting with Disaster (film)|Flirting with Disaster]]'' and later as an existential detective in ''[[I Heart Huckabees]]''. In March 2007, two videos were leaked onto [[YouTube]] portraying on-set arguments between Russell and Tomlin, in which among other things he called her sexist names. When the ''[[Miami New Times]]'' asked Tomlin about the videos, she responded, "I love David. There was a lot of pressure in making the movie—even the way it came out you could see it was a very free-associative, crazy movie, and David was under a tremendous amount of pressure. And he's a very free-form kind of guy anyway."<ref>{{cite web|title=What a Character. She's had her brush with online infamy. Now Lily Tomlin is ready to make you laugh again|first=Frank|last=Houston|date=April 12, 2007|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2007-04-12/culture/what-a-character/|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-date=December 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201124710/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2007-04-12/culture/what-a-character/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tomlin collaborated again with director Robert Altman in what would prove to be his last film, ''[[A Prairie Home Companion (film)|A Prairie Home Companion]]'' (2006). She played Rhonda Johnson, one-half of a middle-aged Midwestern singing duo partnered with [[Meryl Streep]]. Tomlin provided a voice for the film ''[[Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea]]'', which was released in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 26, 2008 |title=Exclusive News on Ponyo's English Voice Talent Cast |url=http://www.ghibliworld.com/news.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206090310/http://www.ghibliworld.com/news.html |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |access-date=November 30, 2008 |publisher=Ghibli World}}</ref> In the 2008–2009 fifth season of ''[[Desperate Housewives]],'' she had a recurring role as [[List of Desperate Housewives characters#Karen's Family|Roberta]], the sister of [[Karen McCluskey|Mrs. McCluskey]] (played by [[Kathryn Joosten]] who coincidentally had played Tomlin's secretarial predecessor on ''The West Wing''). During the 2008 [[Emmy Awards]], Tomlin appeared as part of a tribute to the influential 1960s television series ''Laugh-In''. Tomlin voiced Tammy in the 2005 ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]".

Since its launch in 2008, Tomlin has been a contributor for [[wowOwow]].com, a [[website]] for women to talk culture, politics, and gossip.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/check-it-out-im-a-woman-on-the-web/|title=Check it out! I'm a Woman on the Web!|last=Wood|first=Molly|website=CNET|date=November 14, 2008|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05|archive-date=September 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905100120/https://www.cnet.com/news/check-it-out-im-a-woman-on-the-web/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tomlin and [[Kathryn Joosten]] were in talks to star in a ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' spin-off,<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/05122009/tv/wives_spins_168753.htm "Wives" Spins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515131405/http://www.nypost.com/seven/05122009/tv/wives_spins_168753.htm |date=May 15, 2009 }}, ''[[New York Post]]'', May 12, 2009</ref> which was given the green light in May 2009.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/05182009/tv/galloping_girls_169862.htm Galloping "Girls"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521095208/http://www.nypost.com/seven/05182009/tv/galloping_girls_169862.htm |date=May 21, 2009 }}, ''New York Post'', May 18, 2009</ref> The series plan was scrapped due to Joosten's illness, a recurrence of lung cancer; Joosten died on June 2, 2012, twenty days after the onscreen death from cancer of her character [[Karen McCluskey]]. In 2010, Tomlin guest-starred as Marilyn Tobin in the third season of ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'' opposite [[Glenn Close]], for which she was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Emmy]]''.'' She also appeared in the ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' episode titled "The Penelope Papers", playing Penelope Langston, the grandmother of Agent [[Timothy McGee]] ([[Sean Murray (actor)|Sean Murray]]). In 2012, Tomlin guest starred on the HBO series ''[[Eastbound and Down]]'' as Tammy Powers, mother of the main character [[Kenny Powers (character)|Kenny Powers]], and appeared in three episodes of Season 3. Tomlin co-starred with [[Reba McEntire]] in the TV series ''[[Malibu Country]]'' as Reba's character's mother Lillie Mae. The series started shooting in August 2012 with a premiere date of November 2, 2012, at 8:30 pm ET but was canceled in 2013 after 18 episodes.

=== 2015–present: ''Grace and Frankie'' and resurgence ===
From 2015 to 2022, Tomlin starred opposite [[Jane Fonda]], [[Martin Sheen]], and [[Sam Waterston]] in the [[Netflix]] original comedy series ''[[Grace and Frankie]]''. Tomlin plays Frankie Bergstein, recently separated from her husband of forty years (Waterston) while Fonda plays Grace Hanson, recently separated from her husband (Sheen). Grace and Frankie become reluctant friends after learning their husbands are leaving them to be with one another. She received her first [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]] in 2015.<ref name=NYTimes-Tomlin-IsntBuyingHype-2015>{{cite news|last1=The Associated Press|title=Lily Tomlin Isn't Buying Her Own Hype|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/21/us/ap-us-people-lily-tomlin.html|access-date=23 August 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 August 2015|archive-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825030845/http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/21/us/ap-us-people-lily-tomlin.html?|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Tomlin starred in filmmaker [[Paul Weitz (filmmaker)|Paul Weitz]]'s film ''[[Grandma (2015 film)|Grandma]]'',<ref name=CharlieRose-Grandma-2015>{{cite news|last1=Rose|first1=Charlie|title=Grandma: A look at the film "Grandma" with director Paul Weitz and actor Lily Tomlin.|url=http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60605521|access-date=23 August 2015|work=[[Charlie Rose]]|date=16 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822001344/http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60605521|archive-date=August 22, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> which Weitz said was inspired by Tomlin. It garnered rave reviews and earned Tomlin a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination.<ref name=NYTimes-GrandmaReview-2015>{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=A. O.|title=Review: In 'Grandma,' Lily Tomlin Energizes an Intergenerational Road Trip|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/21/movies/review-in-grandma-lily-tomlin-energizes-an-intergenerational-road-trip.html|access-date=23 August 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 August 2015|archive-date=January 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101075342/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/21/movies/review-in-grandma-lily-tomlin-energizes-an-intergenerational-road-trip.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-Gma-AnatomyScene-2015>{{cite news|last1=Murphy|first1=Mekado|title='Grandma' (With Movie Trailer): Paul Weitz Narrates a Scene|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/21/movies/grandma-with-movie-trailer-paul-weitz-narrates-a-scene.html|access-date=23 August 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 August 2015|archive-date=August 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823010528/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/21/movies/grandma-with-movie-trailer-paul-weitz-narrates-a-scene.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tomlin reprised her role as Professor Frizzle in the 2017 Netflix sequel ''[[The Magic School Bus Rides Again]]'', a continuation of the original series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/877737/the-magic-school-bus-rides-again-with-lily-tomlin-kate-mckinnon-and-a-lin-manuel-miranda-theme-song|title=Magic School Bus Returns With Kate McKinnon, Lin-Manuel Miranda|date=2017-09-05|website=E! Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-05|archive-date=July 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711040011/https://www.eonline.com/news/877737/the-magic-school-bus-rides-again-with-lily-tomlin-kate-mckinnon-and-a-lin-manuel-miranda-theme-song|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, she had a small role voicing [[Aunt May]] in the critically acclaimed animated film ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]''.