[PAR] [TLE] Lily Tomlin [SEP] Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer.  Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s.  Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" from 1969 until 1973.  She currently stars on the Netflix series "Grace and Frankie" as Frankie Bergstein.  Her performance as Frankie garnered her three consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015, 2016, and 2017. [PAR] [TLE] Get Bruce [SEP] Get Bruce (sometimes stylized as Get Bruce!)  is a 1999 American documentary film starring Bruce Vilanch, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Lily Tomlin, Shirley MacLaine, Steven Seagal, Carol Burnett and Michael Douglas.  The film is directed by Andrew J. Kuehn.
[PAR] [TLE] Lily Tomlin [ SEP ] Mary Jean " Lily " Tomlin ( born September 1 , 1939 ) is an American actress , comedian , writer , singer , and producer . Tomlin began her career as a stand - up comedian , and performing Off - Broadway during the 1960s . Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show " Rowan & Martin 's Laugh - In " from 1969 until 1973 . She currently stars on the Netflix series " Grace and Frankie " as Frankie Bergstein . Her performance as Frankie garnered her three consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015 , 2016 , and 2017 . [PAR] [TLE] Get Bruce [ SEP ] Get Bruce ( sometimes stylized as Get Bruce ! ) is a 1999 American documentary film starring Bruce Vilanch , Whoopi Goldberg , Robin Williams , Lily Tomlin , Shirley MacLaine , Steven Seagal , Carol Burnett and Michael Douglas . The film is directed by Andrew J. Kuehn .
Get Bruce starred the actress and writer who started her career in what capacity?
Get Bruce starred the actress and writer who started her career in what capacity ?
stand-up comedian
stand-up comedian