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Shari Lewis
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American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host (1933-1998)
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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- ventriloquist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Shari lewis 1960.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1933-01-17
- date of death
- 1998-08-02
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz
- Commons category
- Shari Lewis
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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