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Lily Tomlin: Murphy Brown
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In 1996, Tomlin became a regular on the cast of the long-running sitcom Murphy Brown playing a canny news producer and foil for Candice Bergan's Murphy. That same year she would work for the first time with director David O. Russell on the film Flirting With Disaster. After returning to film with the demise of Murphy Brown, Tomlin took on supporting roles in a variety of films, such as Tea with Mussolini and Disney's The Kid. But television soon came calling again in the form of a recurring role on NBC's The West Wing as The President's eccentric personal secretary.
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Tomlin ... voiced the Ms. Frizzle character on the animated television series The Magic School Bus from 1994 to 1998. Also, in the 1990s, due to financial reverses, Tomlin appeared on the popular sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2005 and 2006, she had a recurring role as Will Truman's boss Margot on Will & Grace. Since 2002, Tomlin has played Presidential secretary Deborah Fiderer on The West Wing. The series finished in May 2006.
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Tomlin voiced Ms. Frizzle on the animated television series The Magic School Bus from 1994 to 1998. Also, in the 1990s, Tomlin appeared on the popular sitcom Murphy Brown as the title character's boss. In 2005 and 2006, she had a recurring role as Will Truman's boss Margot on Will & Grace. She starred on the dramatic series The West Wing for four years, between 2002 and the series' end in 2006, in the recurring role of presidential secretary Deborah Fiderer.
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Tomlin is noted for her wide range. For example, she played Linnea Reese, a strait-laced mother of two deaf children who has an affair with a country singer played by Keith Carradine, in Nashville; secretary Violet Newstead in Nine to Five; and a sickly heiress in All of Me. Tomlin ... voiced the Ms. Frizzle character on the television series The Magic School Bus from 1994 to 1998. Also in the 1990s, Tomlin appeared as a regular on the popular sitcom Murphy Brown. Tomlin currently plays presidential assistant Deborah Fiderer on the TV show The West Wing.
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