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if(document.body.clientWidth > 1200)wideBrowser=1; if(wideBrowser){ document.getElementById("wrapper").style.width = "1175px"; document.write("<div id=\"toolbarright\" style=\"width:175px;border:1px solid #cccccc;border-right:0;border-top:0;margin:0;\"><div id=\"toolbarrightin\">"); document.write("<iframe src=\"/bnr/iframe-skyscraper-fb.php\" style=\"height:600px;width:160px;border:0;\"></iframe>"); document.write("</div></div>"); } </script> <div id="content"> <script type="text/javascript">if(wideBrowser){ document.getElementById("content").style.marginRight = "181px"; document.getElementById("content").style.minHeight="600px"; }</script><h1>Shari Lewis</h1><div id="profile"><b>Shari Lewis</b> (January 17, 1933 - August 2, 1998) was a television children's show host, ventriloquist and puppeteer, most popular during the 1960s.<p> She began hosting children's television programs on local station in New York in 1953, graduating to network television in 1960 with The Shari Lewis Show as host and puppeteer. The programs featured such characters as Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Lambchop, the latter, who was little more than a sock with eyes, serving as a sort of sassy alter-ego for the sweet-natured host. Subsequent television programs introduced the characters to the children of the generation that had first come to know them. She died of uterine cancer in Los Angeles, California.<p> Shari Lewis was her married name (her first husband being Stan Lewis): she was born Shari Hurwitz. Her second husband, Jeremy Tarcher, is the brother of Judith Krantz.</div><br><div class="profile"><i>Note</i>: This profile was written in or before <b>2004</b>.<br/></div> <h2 class="pagebar">Shari Lewis Facts</h2> <table class="facts"> <tr><td class="desc">Occupation</td><td>TV Host</td></tr><tr class="alt"><td class="desc">Birthday</td><td><a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/people/day/01-17/">January 17</a>, <a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/people/year/1933/">1933</a></td></tr><tr><td class="desc">Sign</td><td><a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/site/zodiac.php?sign=Capricorn">Capricorn</a></td></tr><tr class="alt"><td class="desc">Birthplace</td><td>New York, <a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/people/state/33/">New York, USA</a></td></tr><tr><td class="desc">Date of death</td><td>August 2, 1998 (Los Angeles, California, USA, age 65)</td></tr></table><h2 class="pagebar">Selected Filmography</h2><table class="facts"> <tr><td>The Shari Show</td></tr><tr class="alt"><td>Lewis, Shari</td></tr><tr><td>LAMBCHOP, CHANUKAH & PASSOVER</td></tr><tr class="alt"><td>Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop-Shari Show-Story Person Show</td></tr><tr><td>Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop-Shari Show-Is Everybody Happy</td></tr><tr class="alt"><td>Cinderfella</td></tr><tr><td>The Lights of Zetar</td></tr><tr class="alt"><td>Chicken People</td></tr><tr><td>Baby Shower</td></tr><tr class="alt"><td>Shari Lewis Lamb Chop's Play-Along! Jump Into the Story</td></tr> <tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td><a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/db/344294-2">Continue »</a></td> <td align="right" class="extrasmall">Find more details on the <a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/db/344294-2">Shari Lewis Movies</a> page</td> </tr></table></td></tr> </table> </div></div> </div> <div id="copyright"><div id="copyrightin"> © 1998-2021 Filmbug - <a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/site/contact.php">contact Filmbug</a> - <a href="/web/20210623171749/https://www.filmbug.com/site/disclaimer.php">terms/privacy</a> <br/><span style="text-transform:none;">Article text released under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210623171749/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC-BY-SA</a>. 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