100 WOMEN WE LOVE 2008
Lily Tomlin’s extraordinary career as a funny lady bloomed on the TV show Laugh-In in 1969, the year of the Stonewall rebellion. Fittingly, she has woven feminism and LGBT life into her characters—the not-so-hardworking phone operator Ernestine, Violet Newstead in 9 to 5 and the numerous personas populating The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, the one-woman play written by Tomlin’s partner Jane Wagner, for which Tomlin won a Tony Award. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Linnea Reese in Robert Altman’s Nashville, played recurring roles on TV shows from Murphy Brown to The West Wing, and has won six Emmys, a Grammy, and a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1977. Tomlin, who has called Wagner the most influential person in her life and career, narrated 1995’s landmark LGBT documentary The Celluloid Closet. –KL
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Hats off to the 100 Women We Love, class of 2008 (in no particular order, ’cause we love ’em all!).
Linda Harrison
Not only is Linda Harrison a top realtor in luxury and investment properties with Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate and the founding partner of The Harrison Team, a luxury real estate services firm, she also helms the board of directors of Frameline, the only nonprofit dedicated to LGBT media arts, and she works with Habitat for Humanity and SFEARN, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps low-wage workers save money for homes, education, and starting small businesses. “Now is a good time to get in the game,” she says of real estate. “As the market is shifting, you will be at a distinct advantage to purchase your first home, a vacation home or an investment property. “ -KL
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