Editing Lily Tomlin (section)

=== 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]]''.