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Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin (born September 1, 1939), is an actress and comedian, famous for her character skits on television's Laugh-In in 1970. She played a deaf woman in Nashville, and secretaries in Nine to Five[?], The Kid and the TV show The West Wing.

She starred in the hit one-woman Broadway show The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe[?], written by her long-time romantic partner, Jane Wagner[?]. The show won Tomlin a Tony Award.

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