Shari Lewis

Also known as Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz

American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host (1933-1998)

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Vinony catalogs Shari Lewis in its Peabody Award collection (454 entries). It also appears in Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Vinony's link graph records 232 inbound references to Shari Lewis, and connects out to ventriloquism, Peabody Awards and The Nanny.

Vinony files it under 1933 births, 1998 deaths and 20th-century American actresses.

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Film & TV

New York City, New York, USA

Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998), better known as Shari Lewis, was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer and television show host. She was best known as the original puppeteer of the sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and then Hi Mom, a local morning television show that aired on WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) in New…

Known for

Shari & Lamb Chop — Self (archival footage)2025
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza — Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)1998
Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise — Shari / Lamb Chop / Hush Puppy / Charlie Horse (voice)1996
Kids for Character — Self/Self - Lamb Chop/Self - Charlie Horse/Self - Hush Puppy1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self1996
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah — Shari1995
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio — Self / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)1994
One-Minute Bible Stories1994
The Nanny — Shari Lewis1993
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' — archive footage1992