Turner Classic Movies will honour Lily Tomlin with a hand and footprint ceremony in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood at the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival. Lily Tomlin was part of the cast of the classic sketch comedy television series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She has appeared in such movies as Nashville (1975), 9 to 5 (1980), and I Heart Huckabees (2004). On television she was the voice of Ms. Frizzle on the animated series The Magic School Bus, the president's executive secretary Debbie Fiderer on The West Wing, and Frankie Bergstein on Grace and Frankie. She has won Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. In 2017 she received a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.
TCM will also present film critic and film historian Leonard Maltin with the third Robert Osborne Award. Named for the long-time host of Turner Classic Movies, The Robert Osborne Award is presented to individuals "who has helped keep the cultural heritage of classic film alive for future generations." Leonard Maltin is an author and editor of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, as well as the author of the books Movie Comedy Teams, The Disney Films, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, and many others. He was the long-time movie critic for Entertainment Tonight.
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