List of awards and nominations received by Lily Tomlin

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| nominations = 109

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Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer who has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and seven Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the few performers to have been nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Nate|last2=Bashein|first2=Rachel|last3=Haylock|first3=Zoe|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/egot-emmy-grammy-oscar-tony-contenders-odds.html|title=EGOT Watch: Who Will Be Next to Complete the Awards Show Grand Slam?|website=Vulture|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=June 22, 2022}}

Tomlin's breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973,{{cite web|last=Braxton|first=Greg|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-lily-tomlin-laugh-in-fiftieth-anniversary-20170704-story.html|title=Still crazy after all these 50 years: Lily Tomlin and producer George Schlatter reminisce about 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.'|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 4, 2017|access-date=June 21, 2022}} which earned her one Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She received four nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording, winning once for the 1971 comedy album This Is a Recording. She won her first two Emmy Awards for the 1973 CBS special Lily, in the categories of Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special and Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special.

In 1975, Robert Altman cast Tomlin in the satirical musical film Nashville, who at the time had no prior film experience, having worked exclusively in television.{{cite web|last=Polowy|first=Kevin|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lily-tomlin-best-movies-roles-nashville-nine-to-127270007157.html|title=Role Recall: Lily Tomlin on PJ Parties With Fonda and Parton, Those 'Huckabees' Fights, and More|website=Yahoo! Entertainment|date=August 22, 2015|access-date=June 21, 2022}} Her performance earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, two Golden Globe Awards including Best Supporting Actress and New Star of the Year, and wins at the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle awards. She had her subsequent film role in The Late Show (1977), which was a critical success,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/late_show|title=The Late Show|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=June 21, 2022}} with Tomlin winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival and being nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. In 1985, Tomlin starred in the one-woman Broadway show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, written by her long-time life partner, writer/producer Jane Wagner.{{cite web|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/theater/search-for-signs-of-intelligent-life-in-the-universe.html|title=Continuing 'The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe'|website=The New York Times|date=December 22, 2021|access-date=June 21, 2022}} The production won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, two Drama Desk Awards, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. She then won the 1995 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her voice acting in the animated series The Magic School Bus (1994–97) and had a recurring role in the political drama series The West Wing (1999–2006),{{cite web|last=Rhiannon|first=Alexis|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/99105-8-reasons-deborah-fiderer-is-the-best-person-ever-an-unsung-hero-on-the-west|title=Debbie Fiderer Is 'The West Wing's Unsung Hero|website=Bustle|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=June 21, 2022}} that earned her three nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2015, she starred opposite to Jane Fonda in the successful comedy series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022),{{cite web|last=Kuiper|first=El|url=https://screenrant.com/grace-frankies-success-makes-netflixs-recent-approach-even-worse/|title=Grace & Frankie's Success Makes Netflix's Recent Approach Even Worse|website=Screen Rant|date=May 7, 2022|access-date=June 21, 2022}} for which she received four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

For her lifetime achievements, Tomlin was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, the TCA Career Achievement Award and a medallion at the Kennedy Center Honors.

Major associations

= Academy Awards =

class=wikitable
scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1976

| Best Supporting Actress

| Nashville

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976|title=The 48th Academy Awards | 1976|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

= BAFTA Awards =

class=wikitable
scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1976

| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

| Nashville

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1976/film|title=Film in 1976 | BAFTA Awards|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1978

| Best Actress in a Leading Role

| {{sort|late|The Late Show}}

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1978/film|title=Film in 1978 | BAFTA Awards|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

= Emmy Awards =

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scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

colspan=5|Daytime Emmy Awards
style="text-align:center;"| 1985

| Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program

| Pryor's Place

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Margulies|first=Lee|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-30-ca-5285-story.html|title=ABC Leads Emmy Race in Daytime|website=Los Angeles Times|date=May 30, 1985|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"|1995

| rowspan=4|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program

| rowspan=4|{{sort|magic|The Magic School Bus}}

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Margulies|first=Lee|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-22-ca-4760-story.html|title='General Hospital' Leads the Field in Daytime Emmys|website=Los Angeles Times|date=May 22, 1995|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"|1996

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1996/05/19/daytime-emmy-awards/c05996f1-d6ac-4902-b6e2-c9a405a35d01/|title=Daytime Emmy Awards|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 19, 1996|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"|1997

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite book|title=Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life|last=Paulsen|first=Rob|publisher=Viva Editions|year=2019|isbn=978-1-6322-8066-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SViKDwAAQBAJ&dq=%221997%22+daytime+emmy+awards+nominations+lily+tomlin&pg=PT124|author-link=Rob Paulsen}}

style="text-align:center;"|1998

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Lowry|first=Brian|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-12-ca-27929-story.html|title=ABC Tops CBS in Daytime Emmy Nods|website=Los Angeles Times|date=March 12, 1998|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

colspan=5|Primetime Emmy Awards
style="text-align:center;"| 1971

| Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Variety Program

| rowspan=3|Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="25"| {{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/lily-tomlin|title=Lily Tomlin | Emmy Awards|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1972

| rowspan=2| Outstanding Achievement by a Performer in Music or Variety

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1973

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music

| {{sort|lily tomlin show|The Lily Tomlin Show}}

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1974

| Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special

| rowspan="2"| Lily (1973 special)

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1975

| Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music

| rowspan="2"| Lily (1974 special)

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1976

| Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music

| rowspan="2"| Lily Tomlin

| {{nom}}

rowspan=2| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1978

| {{sort|paul|The Paul Simon Special}}

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1981

| Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program

| Lily: Sold Out

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1984

| Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

| Live... And in Person

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1993

| Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special

| rowspan="2"| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1994

| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special

| And the Band Played On

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

| Growing Up Funny

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1996

| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

| Homicide: Life on the Street

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Informational Special

| {{sort|celluloid|The Celluloid Closet}}

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"|2010

| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

| Damages

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"|2013

| Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

| {{sort|apology|An Apology to Elephants}}

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

style="text-align:center;"|2015

| rowspan=4|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

| rowspan=4|Grace and Frankie

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"|2016

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"|2017

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"|2018

| {{nom}}

= Golden Globe Awards =

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scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1972

| Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| {{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/lily-tomlin|title=Lily Tomlin | Golden Globes|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1976

| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

| rowspan="2"| Nashville

| {{nom}}

New Star of the Year – Actress

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1978

| rowspan="2" | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

| {{sort|late|The Late Show}}

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1985

| All of Me

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1994

| Special Achievement Award for Ensemble Cast {{small|(non-competitive)}}

| Short Cuts

| {{won|Recipient}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Persall|first=Steve|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/01/25/what-s-luck-got-to-do-with-it/|title=What's luck got to do with it?|website=Tampa Bay Times|date=January 25, 1994|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 2016

| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

| Grandma

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|

Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical

| Grace and Frankie

| {{nom}}

= Grammy Awards =

class=wikitable
scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1972

| rowspan=4|Best Comedy Recording

| This Is a Recording

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| {{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/lily-tomlin/6828|title=Lily Tomlin | Grammy Awards|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1973

| And That's the Truth

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1976

| Modern Scream

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1979

| On Stage

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2005

| Best Spoken Word Album

| {{sort|world|The World According to Mr. Rogers}}

| {{nom}}

= Screen Actors Guild Awards =

class=wikitable
scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 2003

| Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

| rowspan="3"| {{sort|west|The West Wing}}

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/9th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=Screen Actors Guild|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

rowspan=2|Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2002

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/11th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=Screen Actors Guild|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| rowspan=3|Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

| rowspan=3|Grace and Frankie

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/23rd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=Screen Actors Guild|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2018

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/24th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=Screen Actors Guild|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2019

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/25th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=Screen Actors Guild|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

= Tony Awards =

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scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1977

| colspan=2|Special Tony Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/1977/category/special-tony-award/show/any/|title=1977 / Special Tony Award|publisher=American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

style="text-align:center;"|1986

| Best Actress in a Play

| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-a-backwards-glancethe-1986-tony-awards-plus-mcdonald-and-evita-recordings-com-133869#|title=DIVA TALK: A Backwards Glance—the 1986 Tony Awards PLUS McDonald and Evita Recordings|website=Playbill|date=July 21, 2006|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

Honours

= Kennedy Center Honors =

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! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2014

| Kennedy Center Honors

| Honoree

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Harris|first=Paul|url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/tom-hanks-lily-tomlin-sting-to-receive-kennedy-center-honors-1201297630/|title=Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin, Sting to Receive Kennedy Center Honors|website=Variety|date=September 4, 2014|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

= Peabody Awards =

class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;", rowspan="2"| 1996

| rowspan="2"| Area of Excellence

| {{sort|celluloid|The Celluloid Closet}}

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/t/to-tz/lily-tomlin/|title=Lily Tomlin|publisher=Kennedy Center Honors|access-date=June 21, 2022}}

Edith Ann's Christmas - Just Say Noël

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2023

| Career Achievement Award

| Honoree

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/peabodys-lily-tomlin-career-achievement-award-issa-rae-trailblazer-1235332211/|title=Peabodys Honor Lily Tomlin With Career Achievement Award, Issa Rae With Trailblazer Award|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 20, 2023|access-date=November 5, 2023}}

= Mark Twain Prize for American Humor =

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! scope="col" style="width:26em;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result

! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2003

| Mark Twain Prize

| Honoree

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/weta/onstage/twain2003/|title=On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize – Lily Tomlin|publisher=PBS|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

= Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award =

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! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| Life Achievement Award

| Honoree

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/nominees/life-achievement-award-recipient/53rd|title=53rd Lifetime Achievement Recipient – Lily Tomlin|publisher=Screen Actors Guild|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

Miscellaneous awards

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:99%;"

|+ {{sronly|Awards and nominations received by Lily Tomlin}}

scope="col" style="width:19%;"| Award

! scope="col" style="width:6%;"| Year{{efn|Indicates the year of ceremony.}}

! scope="col" style="width:28%;"| Nominated work

! scope="col" style="width:32%;"| Category

! scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Result

! scope="col" style="width:4%;" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

scope="row"| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

| 2016

| {{N/A}}

| Actress Defying Age and Ageism

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}{{efn|Tied with Charlotte Rampling}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2015-eda-award-winners/|title=2015 EDA Award Winners|publisher=Alliance of Women Film Journalists|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="4"| {{sort|American|AARP Movies for Grownups Awards}}

| 2005

| I Heart Huckabees

| rowspan="2" | Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Newcott|first=Bill|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2006/movies_for_grownups_2006.html|title=Movies for Grownups Awards 2006|publisher=AARP|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

2016

| Grandma

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Pond|first=Steve|url=https://www.thewrap.com/spotlight-named-best-movie-for-grownups-by-aarp/|title='Spotlight' Named Best 'Movie for Grownups' by AARP|website=TheWrap|date=January 5, 2016|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

rowspan="2"| 2022

| Grace and Frankie

| Best Actress (TV/Streaming)

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|last=Coates|first=Tyler|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-2022-winners-list-1235114525/|title=AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'Belfast' Named Best Picture|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 18, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

{{N/A}}

| Career Achievement Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

scope="row" rowspan="12"| American Comedy Awards

| rowspan="2"| 1987

| {{N/A}}

| Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/21/arts/bette-midler-wins-4-comedy-awards.html|url-access=subscription|title=Bette Midler Wins 4 Comedy Awards|website=The New York Times|date=May 21, 1987|access-date=June 18, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108051349/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/21/arts/bette-midler-wins-4-comedy-awards.html|archive-date=November 8, 2012}}

{{N/A}}

| Lifetime Achievement Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

1988

| {{N/A}}

| Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Christon|first=Lawrence|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-19-ca-4752-story.html|title=Comedy Review: And the Winner Is... the Writers' Strike|website=Los Angeles Times|date=May 19, 1988|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

rowspan="2"| 1989

| Big Business

| Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/04/06/who-are-funniest-americans-the-nominees-are/|title=Who Are Funniest Americans? The Nominees Are...|work=Chicago Tribune|date=April 6, 1989|access-date=April 1, 2024}}

{{N/A}}

| Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic

| {{nom}}

1991

| {{sort|evening|An Evening with... Friends of the Environment}}

| Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910311/03110037.htm|title=People|work=The Roanoke Times|via=Virginia Tech|date=March 11, 1991|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

1992

| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| rowspan="2" | Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Kleid|first=Beth|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-30-ca-149-story.html|title=Awards|website=Los Angeles Times|date=March 30, 1992|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

rowspan="2"| 1994

| {{sort|beverly|The Beverly Hillbillies}}

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/comedy-awards-list-top-laughers-117759/|title=Comedy Awards list top laughers|website=Variety|date=January 25, 1994|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

Short Cuts

| rowspan="3" | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Karlin|first=Susan|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/comedy-vet-trio-honored-118986/|title=Comedy vet trio honored|website=Variety|date=March 7, 1994|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

1996

| Blue in the Face

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite magazine|last=Davies|first=Jonathan|title=Jokes on them: NBC, Fox top comedy noms|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|volume=340|issue=30|date=January 11, 1996|pages=1, 57|id={{ProQuest|2467875116}}}}

rowspan="2"| 1997

| Flirting with Disaster

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1997/02/16/american-comedy/dc4e4d20-002d-46ce-88fd-24888c480ddf/|title=American Comedy|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 16, 1997|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

{{sort|tenth|The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards}}

| Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| Berlin International Film Festival Awards

| 1977

| {{sort|late|The Late Show}}

| Silver Bear for Best Actress

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1977/03_preistraeger_1977/03_preistraeger_1977.html|title=Prizes & Honours 1977|publisher=Berlinale|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| 2007

| {{sort|prairie|A Prairie Home Companion}}

| Best Acting Ensemble

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://bfca.org/ccawards/2006.php|title=The 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners|publisher=Critics Choice Association|access-date=June 18, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707023015/http://bfca.org/ccawards/2006.php|archive-date=July 7, 2012}}

2016

| Grandma

| Best Actress in a Comedy

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/critics-choice-awards-nominations-2016-full-list-1201666326/|title=Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: 'Mad Max' Leads Film; ABC, HBO, FX Networks & 'Fargo' Top TV|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 14, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Dorian Awards

| 2014

| {{N/A}}

| Timeless Star Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://galeca.org/past-winners/|title=Dorian Awards – Past Winners|publisher=GALECA|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

2016

| Grace and Frankie

| TV Performance of the Year – Actress

| {{nom}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Drama Desk Awards

| rowspan="2"| 1986

| rowspan="2"| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| Outstanding Actress in a Play

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1986-awards/?submit=Search|title=Nominees And Recipients – 1986 Awards|publisher=Drama Desk|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

Unique Theatrical Experience

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

scope="row"| Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards

| 2015

| Grandma

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/2015-dublin-film-critics-circle-awards-announced-236545/|title=2015 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Announced|website=Entertainment.ie|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Gotham Awards

| 2006

| {{sort|prairie|A Prairie Home Companion}}

| Best Ensemble Cast

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/ifp-gotham-awards-name-noms-1117952463/|title=IFP Gotham Awards name noms|website=Variety|date=October 23, 2006|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

2015

| Grandma

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Cox|first=Gordon|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/awards/gotham-awards-winners-2015-full-list-1201650371/|title='Spotlight' Wins Big at 2015 Gotham Awards (FULL LIST)|website=Variety|date=November 30, 2015|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Independent Spirit Awards

| 1992

| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| Best Female Lead

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2023_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_051623.pdf|title=38 Years of Nominees and Winners (1986–2023)|publisher=Film Independent|pages=44, 49|access-date=December 2, 2023}}

1997

| Flirting with Disaster

| Best Supporting Female

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| {{sort|los angeles|LA Film Festival Awards}}

| 2015

| {{N/A}}

| Spirit of Independence Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/grandma-movie-los-angeles-film-festival-lily-tomlin-paul-weitz-1201405967/|title=Lily Tomlin Starrer 'Grandma' To Open 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

scope="row"| National Society of Film Critics Awards

| 1975

| Nashville

| Best Supporting Actress

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/|title=Past Awards|publisher=National Society of Film Critics|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

scope="row"| New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

| 1986

| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| Special Citation{{efn|Shared with Jane Wagner}}

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html#1986|title=Past Awards|publisher=New York Drama Critics' Circle|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

scope="row"| New York Film Critics Circle Awards

| 1976

| Nashville

| Best Supporting Actress

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1975|title=1975 Awards|publisher=New York Film Critics Circle|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

scope="row"| New York Women in Film & Television Awards

| 1985

| {{N/A}}

| Muse Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.nywift.org/muse/past-honorees/|title=Past Muse Award Honorees|publisher=New York Women in Film & Television|access-date=June 19, 2022}}

scope="row"| Outer Critics Circle Awards

| 1986

| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| Outstanding Actress in a Play

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/awards.cfm?year=1986&browseby=Year&awardstypeid=5|title=Broadway Awards Database by Year – Outer Critics Circle Awards|website=BroadwayWorld|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

scope="row"| Provincetown International Film Festival Awards

| 2000

| {{N/A}}

| Lily Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://eu.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2000/05/20/kennedy-wife-to-present-award/51009898007/|title=Kennedy, wife to present award at P'town festival|website=Cape Cod Times|date=May 20, 2000|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Satellite Awards

| 2006

| {{sort|prairie|A Prairie Home Companion}}

| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://www.pressacademy.com/recipient/lily-tomlin/|title=Lily Tomlin | Satellite Awards|publisher=International Press Academy|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

2016

| Grace and Frankie

| Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

| {{nom}}

scope="row"| Saturn Awards

| 1982

| {{sort|incredible|The Incredible Shrinking Woman}}

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1981/1981sat.htm|title=1981 | 9th Saturn Awards|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 20, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175619/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1981/1981sat.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}

scope="row"| Seattle International Film Festival Awards

| 1991

| {{sort|search|The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe}}

| Best Actress

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.siff.net/the-golden-space-needle-awards/golden-space-needle-history-1990-1999|title=Golden Space Needle History 1990–1999|publisher=Seattle International Film Festival|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

| rowspan="2"| 1979

| rowspan="2"| Moment by Moment

| Worst Actress

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1978/1978st.htm|title=1978 | 1st Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 20, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031103/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1978/1978st.htm|archive-date=August 16, 2007}}

Worst On-Screen Couple{{efn|Shared with John Travolta}}

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

scope="row"| {{sort|television|TCA Awards}}

| 2016

| {{N/A}}

| TCA Career Achievement Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Calvario|first=Liz|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/television-critics-association-awards-2016-complete-list-the-people-v-oj-simpson-1201714020/|title='The People v. O.J. Simpson' Tops Television Critics Association Awards|website=IndieWire|date=August 6, 2016|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

scope="row"| {{sort|united|US Comedy Festival Awards}}

| 2002

| {{N/A}}

| Career Tribute

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/entertainment-news/2002/03/09/cockettes-doc-honored-comedy-arts-festival-3401|title=Cockettes doc honored at Comedy Arts Festival|website=The Advocate|date=March 9, 2002|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

scope="row"| Venice Film Festival Awards

| 1993

| Short Cuts

| Special Volpi Cup for Ensemble Cast

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite book|title=1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die|last=Schneider|first=Steven|publisher=Barron's Educational Series|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7641-6422-4|edition=4th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eu98tPrlok8C&q=1993+volpi+cup+ensemble+cast+short+cuts&pg=PT2285}}

scope="row"| Women Film Critics Circle Awards

| 2015

| {{N/A}}

| Lifetime Achievement Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ashley|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/women-film-critics-salute-suffragette-849853/|title=Women Film Critics Salute 'Suffragette' and 'Mad Max', Slam 'Jurassic World' and 'Steve Jobs'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 17, 2015|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards

| 1992

| {{N/A}}

| Crystal Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://womeninfilm.org/updates/wif-awards-retrospective/|title=WIF Awards Retrospective|publisher=Women in Film|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

2003

| {{N/A}}

| Lucy Award

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Women's Image Network Awards

| 2012

| Eastbound & Down

| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.prlog.org/11979195-the-womens-image-network-win-awards-14-nominations-announced.html|title=The Women's Image Network (WIN) Awards 14 NOMINATIONS Announced|agency=PRLog|publisher=Women's Image Network|date=September 19, 2012|access-date=June 20, 2022}}

2015

| Grandma

| Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film

| {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://thewinawards.com/17.html|title=The 17th Annual WIN Awards|publisher=Women's Image Network|access-date=June 20, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505081200/http://thewinawards.com/17.html|archive-date=May 5, 2018}}

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{reflist}}