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Ernestine, Edith Ann are alive and well

Lily Tomlin thinks of the characters she has portrayed, such as Ernestine (left) and young Edith Ann, as real people. Lily Tomlin thinks of the characters she has portrayed, such as Ernestine (left) and young Edith Ann, as real people.
By Nick A. Zaino III
Globe Correspondent / October 17, 2008

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Lily Tomlin has spent more than 40 years populating her imagination with living, breathing characters. (Full article: 779 words)

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