Wednesday, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m., in the SFCC Theatre for the Performing Arts

Lily Tomlin, one of America’s foremost comediennes, will perform during the Artist Series at South Florida Community College on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m., in the SFCC Theatre for the Performing Arts, Highlands Campus.
Throughout her extraordinary entertainment career, Tomlin has received numerous awards, including: six Emmys; a Tony for her one woman Broadway show, Appearing Nitely; a second Tony as Best Actress, a Drama Desk award; and a Grammy for her comedy album, This is a Recording.
Tomlin made her television debut in 1966 on The Garry Moore Show and then made several memorable appearances on The Merv Griffin Show, which led to a regular appearance on Music Scene. In December 1969, Tomlin joined the cast of the top-rated Laugh-In and immediately rose to national prominence with her characterizations of Ernestine, the telephone operator, and Edith Ann, the devilish six year old in a giant rocking chair.
When Laugh-In left the air, Tomlin went on to co-write and star in six comedy television specials: The Lily Tomlin Show (1973), Lily (1973), Lily (1975), Lily Tomlin (1975), Lily: Sold Out (1981), and Lily for President? (1982), for which she won three Emmy awards and a Writers Guild of America award.
Tomlin made her Broadway debut in the 1977 play, Appearing Nitely, written and directed by Jane Wagner. Appearing Nitely included such favorites as Ernestine and Judith Beasley, the Calumet City housewife, and Trudy the bag lady. Appearing Nitely was later adapted as both an album and an HBO Special. Tomlin next appeared on Broadway in 1985 in a year-long run of Jane Wagner’s critically-acclaimed play, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. The Broadway success was followed by a coast-to-coast, 14-city tour that spanned four and a half years.
She has guest starred on numerous television shows, such as Homicide, X-Files and Will and Grace, and played the boss for two years on the popular CBS series, Murphy Brown. She is also heard as the voice of the science teacher Ms. Frizzle on the popular children’s animated series, The Magic School Bus, for which she was awarded an Emmy. In 2002, Tomlin joined the cast of the hit NBC series, The West Wing. Recently, she made several guest appearances on the highly rated series, Desperate Housewives as Roberta McCluskey.
Her movie credits, to name a few, include co-starring with Dustin Hoffman in I Heart Huckabees, and she was seen in A Prairie Home Companion (2006), written by Garrison Keillor and directed by Robert Altman, in which she and Meryl Streep appear as a sister singing act.
This performance is sponsored by Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center.

Tickets range from $40 to $60 and may be purchased online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at http://performances.southflorida.edu. Tickets may also be purchased by calling the SFCC Box Office at 863-784-7178 or by visiting the SFCC Box Office, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., located in the front of the SFCC Theatre for the Performing Arts, 600 West College Drive, Avon Park.