Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She has won multiple awards from many quarters, including Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award and has also been nominated for an Academy Award.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.7411 |
| Birthday | 1939-09-01 |
| Place of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Also Known As | Mary Jean Tomlin, Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin, |
1996
Flirting with Disaster
6.2/273
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country ques...
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Flirting with Disaster
2023
80 for Brady
6.191/199
Four lifelong friends set out on an unforgettable journey to see their hero Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI and witness one of the greatest comebacks...
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80 for Brady
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
6.302/731
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind...
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I ♥ Huckabees
1993
Short Cuts
7.223/709
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...
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Short Cuts
1975
Nashville
7.259/475
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Te...
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Nashville
1984
All of Me
6.5/386
Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the yo...
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All of Me
1999
Tea with Mussolini
6.438/161
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate M...
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Tea with Mussolini
1992
The Player
7.188/984
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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The Player
1993
And the Band Played On
6.4/114
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
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And the Band Played On
2000
The Kid
6.79/1171
An unhappy, disliked image consultant gets a second shot at life when he is mysteriously confronted by an eight-year-old version of himself.
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The Kid
1993
The Beverly Hillbillies
6.323/617
Mild-mannered dirt-poor hill-dweller Jed Clampett strikes it rich when oil is discovered on his property. At cousin Pearl's insistence, he moves his f...
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The Beverly Hillbillies
1995
Blue in the Face
6.545/190
A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threa...
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Blue in the Face
2018
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
8/1
A documentary about Top Value Television (TVTV), a band of merry video makers who, from 1972 to 1977, took the then brand-new portable video camera an...
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TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
1998
Krippendorf's Tribe
4.616/95
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a h...
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Krippendorf's Tribe
2004
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
6/2
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...
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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
1996
Getting Away with Murder
4.81/21
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it...
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Getting Away with Murder
2006
A Prairie Home Companion
6.258/330
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country m...
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A Prairie Home Companion
1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
5.4/124
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warm...
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
2007
The Walker
5.281/112
Carter Page III, a middle-aged gay man in Washington, D. C., is a "walker", a single man who escorts other men's wives to social events so the husband...
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The Walker
2022
The Martha Mitchell Effect
6.399/79
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wi...
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The Martha Mitchell Effect
1988
Big Business
6.384/310
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local...
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Big Business
2006
The Ant Bully
5.803/1503
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the i...
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The Ant Bully
1977
The Late Show
6.3/69
An over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered...
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The Late Show
1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
6.333/3
Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary with deadpan comedy. TVTV's cameras go behind the...
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TVTV Looks at the Oscars
2021
Live at Mister Kelly's
0/0
The iconic Mister Kelly’s bedazzled the country by launching superstars like Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, and Steve Martin. It smash...
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Live at Mister Kelly's
2009
The Pink Panther 2
5.707/1304
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign I...
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The Pink Panther 2
1995
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
0/0
The story of Peter Allen, Australia's beloved variety entertainer and songwriter. As one of the first openly gay entertainers, Allen won a unique star...
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Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
8.154/13
Paying tribute to a beloved national icon for her birthday, NBC celebrates Carol Burnett's illustrious career with a star-studded event featuring an A...
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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
1999
Get Bruce!
6.545/11
Affectionate tribute to Bruce Vilanch, who writes material for celebrities who make public appearances, from Oscar hosts and award recipients to Presi...
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Get Bruce!
2020
Waging Change
0/0
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 r...
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Waging Change
1980
Nine to Five
6.965/589
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
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Nine to Five
1991
Shadows and Fog
6.724/414
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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Shadows and Fog
2007
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
0/0
In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard "Take my wife, please" approach. It tackl...
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Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
1981
The Muppets Go to the Movies
7/12
In this one-hour special taped between March 9-17, 1981, Lily Tomlin and Dudley Moore join the Muppets in a tribute to film classics. Kermit the Frog...
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The Muppets Go to the Movies
1978
Moment by Moment
3.565/23
Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffering from loneliness following the separation from her womanizing husband, develops a May–December rom...
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Moment by Moment
1988
Free to Be... a Family
8.75/4
Seminal TV special about two groups of children, one in New York City and the other in Moscow, who befriend each other over a satellite connection and...
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Free to Be... a Family
2023
Moving On
5.862/112
Two old friends reconnect at their friend's funeral, and decide to exact revenge on the widower who wronged all three of them decades earlier.
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Moving On
2004
Goodnight, We Love You
7/3
GOODNIGHT, WE LOVE YOU is a film that chronicles the final stand-up comedy performance of a true living legend - the first female stand-up comic in hi...
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Goodnight, We Love You
2013
Admission
5.602/660
Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school...
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Admission
2023
Bella!
0/0
Bella! tells the story of Bella Abzug, who first rose to prominence as a scrappy grassroots activist in New York's West Village, and then went on to c...
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Bella!
2012
Stars in Shorts
6/4
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Fer...
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Stars in Shorts
1972
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
7/7
An aspiring actress from Kansas comes to New York and meets a host of zany characters.
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Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
7.054/65
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2022
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
4.379/29
A group of LGBTQ+ comedians get together to celebrate a brand of queer comedy. Legends, headliners, and emerging talent all perform at The Greek Theat...
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Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2013
An Apology to Elephants
7.889/9
Elephants are among the most majestic and intelligent creatures on Earth--but for hundreds of years, they have suffered at the hands of humans. Narrat...
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An Apology to Elephants
2022
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
5.9/17
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin host an iconic celebration of women in comedy with stand-up sets from Cristela Alonzo, Margaret Cho, Michelle Buteau and mo...
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Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
2002
Orange County
6.017/520
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional famil...
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Orange County
1996
The Celluloid Closet
7.242/120
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film co...
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The Celluloid Closet
2022
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
2.5/4
Top stand-ups and rising stars sound off on sex, parenting, politics, pettiness and more in these highlights from the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festiva...
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The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
2013
Inequality for All
7.512/126
Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S....
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Inequality for All
2014
Altman
6.61/41
Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution o...
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Altman
1991
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
8.167/6
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 E...
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The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
1977
The Paul Simon Special
8.333/3
Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas.
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The Paul Simon Special
2024
The World According to Allee Willis
0/0
Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and co...
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The World According to Allee Willis
2015
Grandma
6.44/393
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them...
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Grandma
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
6.125/8
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers, Gorgs and most of the Fraggles) have ga...
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1993
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
0/0
On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein, Marga Gomez, and Lypsinka performe...
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An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
2011
Vito
7/15
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He w...
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Vito
2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
7.2/3
An uncensored look into the lives of the female stand-up comedian. Featuring interviews and live performance footage from some of today's most promine...
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Why We Laugh: Funny Women
1981
Lily: Sold Out
6.5/2
After taking her successful Broadway show to Las Vegas, Lily Tomlin is faced with a tough decision: soften her act for mass appeal, or keep her materi...
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Lily: Sold Out
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
6.2/11
This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful cultural influence it has had on social change in...
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
1987
Lily Tomlin
6/2
Backstage record of how Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner and their associates put together "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," Miss To...
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Lily Tomlin
2012
The Procession
6.5/2
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...
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The Procession
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
7.25/4
A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her life and career.
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
8/1
An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by Disne...
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Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
2024
An Unexpected Community
0/0
In the early days of the pandemic, Andrea Meyerson, founder of Women On A Roll, launched an online platform for lesbians and queer women. She called i...
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An Unexpected Community
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
7.1/72
Girl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness tycoon, Oscar winner: Jane Fonda has lived a life of controversy, tragedy and transformation – an...
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Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
4.143/7
Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her...
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Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8.399/17835
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive sp...
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
1986
Waiting Tables
9/1
Interviews with people whom Gloria Steinem calls "pink collar" workers--those who wait tables.
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Waiting Tables
2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
7.535/100
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity....
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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
8/4
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.
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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1979
Appearing Nitely
8/2
Lily Tomlin's Tony Award-winning show "Appearing Nitely" features a repertoire of over 20 zany characters--from Edith Ann and Ernestine to Crystal "th...
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Appearing Nitely
1973
Juke and Opal
0/0
“WINTER, 1973. Late afternoon: the entr'acte between dusk and darkness, when the people who conduct their business in the street -- numbers runners in...
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Juke and Opal
2019
I Am Richard Pryor
6.9/17
The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his ho...
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I Am Richard Pryor
2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
5.3/15
Hollywood's finest pay tribute to "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" for an uncensored and unforgettable celebration at The Dolby Theater.
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Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
1994
But... Seriously
8.5/2
A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.
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But... Seriously
2019
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
7.263/40
Dolly Parton leads a moving, musical journey in this documentary that details the people and places who have helped shape her iconic career.
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Dolly Parton: Here I Am
1973
Lily
0/0
TV special starring Lily Tomlin
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Lily
1994
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
9/1
A young quirky girl finds her way in a crazy world.
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Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
1994
Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle
10/1
Edith Ann is NOT your average 6-year-old. She sees the world unlike any other child her age. Created by the multi-talented Lilly Tomlin, Edith Ann doe...
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Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle
1996
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)
9/1
Drama engulfs the household of Edith Ann and her family during the holidays.
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Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
6.895/19
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
2021
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
0/0
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos interweaves Emily Levine’s live performance with animation, appearances by scientists, and animated characters. The film use...
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Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
1982
Lily for President?
0/0
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.
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Lily for President?
2020
One World: Together at Home
7.1/36
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise...
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One World: Together at Home
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7/3
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
2013
The Making of 'Nashville'
0/0
Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).
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The Making of 'Nashville'
2022
Still Working 9 to 5
10/1
Examines the 40-year evolution of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace since the 1980 release of the comedy film “9 to 5” starring Ja...
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Still Working 9 to 5
1974
Flip Wilson... Of Course
0/0
Flip Wilson's stand-up special.
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Flip Wilson... Of Course
2025
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
5.5/6
In 1965, Janis Ian, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from New Jersey, wrote “Society’s Child” about an interracial relationship. Recorded and released...
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Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
2000
Altman on His Own Terms
9/2
A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. The genius director who shook the cinema industry w...
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Altman on His Own Terms
2025
This Ordinary Thing
0/0
A film about non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
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This Ordinary Thing
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
8/1
Following the departure of the show's original cast and creator after five seasons, SNL in the '80s is a look back at a decade of turbulent, often unc...
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
1993
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
7/1
It's New Year's Eve on Sesame Street and around the world! Anchorman Elmo and the Monster News Network provide special reports showing us the New Year...
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Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1996
Kids for Character
0/0
Kids for Character was a program that was released on VHS in April 23, 1996. It was a charity special about moral character that featured many differe...
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Kids for Character
2014
I Am Divine
7.281/96
Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image...
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I Am Divine
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
5/7
Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A prod...
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The Fabulous Allan Carr
2026
Lorne
6.875/16
An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the man who built the inimitable empire of comedy, shaping television and culture for generations. The...
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Lorne
2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
7.6/5
Elmo's World celebrates 35 years of Sesame Street. Elmo wants to know more about the street he lives on, so Grover takes him on a trip back in time to...
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2026
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
10/1
Celebrating Dolly Parton's life, music and legacy -- featuring never-before-seen interviews with Dolly herself, unforgettable interviews with Robin Ro...
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