Also from todays Writers Almanac Today is the birthday of comedian Mary Jean Lily Tomlin , born in Detroit (1939). Of her adolescence in the 1950s, she once wrote, There were only two kinds of women in the world then, good women and bad women. So there were two kinds of magazines. Those about good women that used words like meatloaf, budget, mending and curtains and those about bad women that used words like throbbing, lurid, sordid and seamy ... We were a good woman if we were economical in our cooking and loved our homes more than ourselves. And we were a bad woman if we werent happy being a good woman. Tomlin started doing stand-up comedy after college, and made her TV debut on The Garry Moore Show in 1966. Her big break came when she joined the cast of the sketch comedy show Rowan and Martins Laugh-In in 1969. She created some memorable characters during her time on the show, including Edith Ann, a precocious six year old; and Ernestine, a snarky telephone operator who snorts when she laughs. Laugh-In launched her career, which has spanned television, Broadway, feature films, comedy records, and even childrens programming. She got a lot of work, she said, because she preferred the quirkier supporting characters. I wasnt competing for traditional kinds of roles, she told Salon. I wasnt one of seven young actresses between 18 and 30 competing for the lead.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:05:11 +0000
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