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- NAME: Shari Lewis
- OCCUPATION: Television Personality
- BIRTH DATE: January 17, 1933
- DEATH DATE: August 02, 1998
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
- AKA: Shari Lewis
- Originally: Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz
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Shari Lewis was the host of Lamb Chop's Play-Along, which aired on PBS from 1992 to 1997, and received several Emmy Awards.
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Synopsis
Born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz in New York City on January 17, 1933, Shari Lewis was taught ventriloquism at a young age, and by the early 1950s, she was named a winner on the TV show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts for her puppetry. In the early 1990s, Lewis became the host of Lamb Chop's Play-Along, which aired on PBS from 1992 to 1997, and received several Emmy Awards. Lewis died in California in 1998.
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Famous Puppeteer
Born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz in New York City on January 17, 1933, Shari Lewis was taught ventriloquism at a young age, and by the early 1950s, she was named a winner on the TV show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts for her puppetry.
After developing the sock puppet character "Lamb Chop," Lewis became famous. Lamb Chop, a curious sheep, debuted in the late 1950s—along with several other puppet characters created that Lewis had created, including the slow-speaking "Charlie Horse" and "Hush Puppy"—on the program Hi Mom, which aired on WRCA-TV.
In 1960, Lewis was offered her own show by NBC, The Shari Lewis Show. The show eventually tranformed into Lamb Chop's Play-Along, which aired on PBS from 1992 to 1997, and received several Emmy Awards.
Shari Lewis died in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1998.
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