Lily Tomlin acknowledges that remaking the 1980 ... created iconic characters like Ernestine the telephone operator and Edith Ann, a precocious 5-year-old. She wanted to create a world that ...

But we start a phone call. Ernestine the Telephone Operator as played by Lily Tomlin is a character that endures. The role originated on the TV comedy series “Laugh-In” in 1969. Tomlin played ...