VIDEO: Lily Tomlin, Laverne Cox Star in Road Comedy GRANDMA

Sony Classics has shared a new trailer for the road trip comedy GRANDMA, starring two-time Tony Award winner Lily Tomlin. Directed by Paul Weitz, the film, which also stars Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer and Sam Elliott, hits theaters August 21. Get a first look below!

The comedy follows a grandmother (Tomlin) and her granddaughter on a daylong journey as hidden secrets are revealed and past memories are divulged in a long and intimate car ride.

Tomlin began a career as a stand-up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. The Broadway vet is a two-time Tony Award winner, starring in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. She wrote, directed and performed in Appearing Nitely.

She has starred in such films as Nashville, 9 to 5, All of Me, The Beverly Hillbillies, Orange County, and I Heart Huckabees. Her notable television roles include Laugh-In as a cast member from 1970-73, Ms. Frizzle on The Magic School Bus, Kay Carter-Shepley on Murphy Brown, Deborah Fiderer on The West Wing, and Lillie Mae MacKenzie on Malibu Country.

The actress recently reunited with her "9 to 5" co-star Jane Fonda in the upcoming Netflix comedy "Grace and Frankie."

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