Operators and switchboards have largely been consigned to history. But Ernestine the Telephone Operator as played by Lily Tomlin endures. The character originated on the TV comedy series “Laugh-In” in ...

Lily Tomlin loves her characters! She's so enthusiastic about them that it's hard to keep up with her when she talks about creating them. Ernestine the Phone Lady, Sister Boogie Woman, Mrs. (Judith) ...

Lily Tomlin is probably best known for her sketch comedy characters Ernestine, the chronically unhelpful phone operator; Edith Ann, the smugly precocious 6-year-old; the nut-job philosopher that is ...

Lily Tomlin long ago embraced the unpredictable and the unlikely. Born in Detroit, Mich. to blue collar-working parents from the South, she rode her talents to international acclaim as a funny woman ...

YPSILANTI – Award-winning comedian and actress Lily Tomlin will grace the stage at Pease Auditorium at Eastern Michigan University for a performance of "classic" Tomlin on Saturday, Oct. 1. For a ...