Lily Tomlin (born September 1, 1939), is an actress and comedian, famous for her character skits on television's Laugh-In. She played a deaf woman in Nashville, and secretaries in Nine to Five, The Kid and the TV show The West Wing. She played the voice of Ms. Frizzle for the Magic School Bus cartoon series 1994 to 1997.

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.

In 2003 Tomlin won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan.