Jerry Lewis Biography

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NAME: Jerry Lewis
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Philanthropist
BIRTH DATE: March 16, 1926 (Age: 87)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Newark, New Jersey
ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces

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Jerry Lewis rose to fame as Dean Martin's comedic partner. The two performed on stage before their film career began in 1949.

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In addition to his prolific career as an entertainer, Lewis is also very active in the fight against muscular dystrophy. He serves as the chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and hosts an annual telethon that has raised nearly $60 million a year in donations. In both his passionate comedic performances and his tireless charitable fundraising, Jerry Lewis displays an insatiable appetite for life. He expresses this boundless joy of living in his own personal motto,

borrowed from the Quaker missionary Stephen Grellet: "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again!"

Personal Life

Jerry Lewis married Patti Palmer in 1944, and they had six children before eventually divorcing in 1982. A year later he married SanDee Pitnick and they have one daughter.

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