Lily Tomlin told James Corden about the time she performed for Queen Elizabeth II as two iconic characters she created, Edith Ann and Ernestine.

The genesis of Edith Ann Tomlin’s major breakthrough TV role came during the late 1960s, during her stint on the comedy sketch show “Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.” She created the character of Edith Ann, ...

From 1969 to 1973, Tomlin starred on sketch comedy show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, where she originated Ernestine, a brash telephone operator, and Edith Ann, a precocious 5-year-old.

Tomlin recalled how she was in London with Liza Minnelli and the Osmond family for an Olympics fundraiser. She performed as her characters Edith Ann and Ernestine for the queen.

Lily Tomlin calls the 6-year-old animated alter-ego to whom she gives voice in her second Edith Ann special (tonight from 8:30-9 p.m. on ABC) "an animated heroine who's a real little girl.

Tomlin, who was born in Detroit, is well known for her host of quirky characters, including the entire cast of her Tony-award winning one woman Broadway show "The Search for Intelligent Signs of Life ...

Since she burst onto the entertainment scene almost 50 years ago – with her creations of Ernestine and Edith Ann – Lily Tomlin has redefined the intersection of standup, theater, television ...

So indelible is the character of Ernestine, the snort-snort, "one ringy-dingy" telephone operator, given voice by the fertile imagination of Lily Tomlin. The Oscar-nominated actress and comic ...