Movies: Lily Tomlin

A mother and son attend a funeral for someone they really don't know, and intend to leave right after, but end up leading the procession to the burial....

Waging Change weaves the stories of individual workers such as Nataki Rhodes of Chicago and Naomi Debebe of Detroit with the efforts of thousands of restaurant workers across the country to demand respect and one fair wage....

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde's birth, 150 leading artists of the stage, screen and music worlds deliver 150 of the Irish scribe's most memorable quotes. Featured celebrities include Bono, Liam Neeson, Martin Sheen, Joan Rivers,...

A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians....

Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas....

TV special starring Lily Tomlin...

The filmed version of the one-woman stage show written by Jane Wagner and starring Lily Tomlin, which won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. The film stays true to the original stage performance. For her efforts on film and stage,...

Lily Tomlin's Tony Award-winning show "Appearing Nitely" features a repertoire of over 20 zany characters--from Edith Ann and Ernestine to Crystal "the terrible tumbleweed." Tomlin was the first woman to appear solo in a Broadway show with her premie...

“WINTER, 1973. Late afternoon: the entr'acte between dusk and darkness, when the people who conduct their business in the street -- numbers runners in gray chesterfields, out-of-work barmaids playing the dozens, adolescents cultivating their cigarett...

Interviews with people whom Gloria Steinem calls "pink collar" workers--those who wait tables....

Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975)....

Flip Wilson's stand-up special....

In 1965, Janis Ian, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from New Jersey, wrote “Society’s Child” about an interracial relationship. Recorded and released a year later, the song launched Ian's career, but its subject matter ignited controversy, even resul...