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Shari Lewis (born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz; [citation needed] January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was a Peabody-winning American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, television show host, dancer, singer, actress, author, and symphony conductor. [1]
Shari Lewis and her puppets Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse from The Ford Show, 1960 Lamb Chop is a sock puppet anthropomorphic sheep created by the puppeteer and ventriloquist Shari Lewis . The character first appeared during Lewis's guest appearance on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and later appeared on Hi Mom (1957–1959), a local morning show ...
The Shari Lewis Show is an American children's television program that first appeared on NBC Saturday mornings from October 1, 1960 to September 28, 1963, [1] and then on BBC One from April 13, 1968 to August 28, 1976.
In 1960, while still in her early 20s, NBC gave Shari her first national network show, TheShari Lewis Show, replacing The Howdy Doody Show. But Shari still had glass ceilings to break.
Shari Lewis and her trusty sock puppet, Lamb Chop, entertained generations of young fans. Her daughter, Mallory Lewis, is carrying on her mother's legacy.
PBS commissioned the show from Shari Lewis in May 1991, and the show premiered in January 1992. [1] This marked Lewis' return to television after about 15 years (following the BBC version of The Shari Lewis Show in 1975).
This is a list of notable ventriloquists and their best known characters. It is ordered by nationality or country in which they were notable in an alphabetical order, and then by alphabetical order of surname.
Mallory Lewis was born as Mallory Tarcher in New York City into a Jewish family. She is the daughter of Jeremy Tarcher (1932–2015) and Shari Lewis (1933–1998), creator of Lamb Chop. [4] Growing up, Lewis used to sleep with Lamb Chop. [5] She is of Jewish faith.