FrameThrower · Actors · Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
5 films · 388 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1993–2018
Born 1 September 1939 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin 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.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 388 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1993–2018
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award2017
- Silver Bear for Best Actress1977
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance2013
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series1981
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1986
- Kennedy Center Honors2014
- Lucy Award2003
- Mark Twain Prize for American Humor2003
- Michigan Women's Hall of Fame1998
- Crystal Award1992
- Special Tony Award1977
- Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album1972
How their films are shot
Measured across 388 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Lily takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 41% low key — the look of the work Lily takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 388 frames from Lily Tomlin's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.