Biography
Shari Lewis has provided decades of kids with wholesome entertainment. With her trusty puppet Lamb Chop, Lewis offers performed on tv and in recordings because the 1950s. There’s simply no additional woman in the us more recognized with quality preschool entertainment. Lewis grew up in a display business family members in NEW YORK. After earning Arthur Godfrey’s Skill Scouts at age 18, Lewis continued to sponsor her own Television program, Truth ‘n’ Fun, on NBC. This is followed by other programs, like the Shari Lewis Display, which launched Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Equine, among others. Lewis began releasing recordings immediately after. Her initial record, Fun in Shariland, released in 1958, highlighted a variety of activity and rhyming music that were presented on television. Many releases implemented, including ABOUT A MINUTE Bedtime Tales, an record that showcased Lewis’ renowned feeling of comic timing. Lewis also authored over 22 books for kids and was showered with honours, including many Emmys along with a Peabody prize. Although she had not been on television through the ’70s and ’80s, Lewis continuing to increase her discography with produces such as for example Lamb Chop Within the Property of No Manners and do not Wake Your Mom on A&M Information. She also attempted her hand like a symphony conductor. In 1983, Lewis was called among the ten most important ladies in America and was honored in the Kennedy Middle. In the first ’90s, Lewis came back to tv, hosting Lamb Chop’s Play Along double each day on PBS. This program presented Lewis’s easygoing performing style, actions, and simple tasks for children. Proving that children’s music retains you youthful, Lewis continuing to release video clips and recordings, including a video known as Lamb Chop’s Unique Chanukah.
Quick Facts
- Facts
- Filmography
- Awards
- Salaries
- Quotes
- Trademarks
- Pictures
# | Fact |
---|---|
1 | Release of her book, "Shari Lewis Presents 101 Things for Kids to Do". [1987] |
2 | Release of her book, "Folding Paper Toys" by Shari with Lillian Oppenheimer. [1993] |
3 | Release of her book, "Spooky Stuff". [1979] |
4 | Release of her book, "Shari Lewis Presents 101 Games and Songs for Kids to Play and Sing". [1993] |
5 | Release of her book, "Making Easy Puppets". [1967] |
6 | Release of her book, "Toy-Store-in-a-Book". [1979] |
7 | Release of her book, "One-Minute Animal Stories". [1986] |
8 | Release of her book, "One-Minute Christmas Stories". [1987] |
9 | Her parents encouraged her to perform and, by the age of 13, her father taught her to perform specialized magic tricks. She also received instructions in acrobatics, juggling, ices-skating, baton twirling, violin and piano. She was taught ventriloquism by John W. Cooper. She continued piano and violin at New York's High School of Music and Art, dance at the American School of Ballet and acting with Sanford Meisner of the Neighborhood Playhouse. She attended Barnard College for one year but left college to go into show business. |
10 | Aunt of Tony Krantz and Nicholas Krantz. |
11 | Received a honorary doctorate from the Hofstra University School of Education on May 16, 1993. |
12 | Sister-in-law of Steve Krantz. |
13 | Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 359-360. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. |
14 | Was an accomplished symphony conductor. |
15 | When asked by TV Guide to supply an item for a celebrity recipes issue, submitted a recipe for lamb chops. |
16 | Daughter, Mallory Tarcher, was a writer on Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (1998). |
17 | Shari Lewis hosted her first kids TV shows "Facts N'Fun", "Kartoon Klub"/"Shari & Her Friends", "Shariland" and "Hi Mom"/"Family" on WNBT/WRCA Ch. 4 and on WPIX TV Ch. 11 in NYC. "Facts N'Fun" was seen Sunday afternoons on WNBT TV Ch. 4 in NYC from Sunday July 5, 1953 to Sunday September 26, 1953. "Kartoon Klub"/"Shari & Her Friends" Monday to Saturday evenings on WPIX TV Ch. 11 in NYC from Tuesday July 6, 1954 to Saturday December 22, 1956. "Shariland" was seen first on WPIX TV Ch. 11 in NYC on Saturday Evenings from Saturday October 13, 1956 to Saturday December 22, 1956 and later on WRCA TV Ch. 4 in NYC Saturday mornings from Saturday August 16, 1957 to Saturday August 16, 1958. "Hi Mom"/"Family" was seen weekday mornings on WRCA TV Ch. 4 in NYC from Thursday August 15, 1957 to Friday March 20, 1959. |
18 | Co-wrote the Star Trek (1966) episode, Star Trek: The Lights of Zetar (1969), with her husband Jeremy Tarcher, and hoped to be cast as the female guest star. The part of Lieutenant Mira Romaine went to Jan Shutan. |
19 | Son-in-law: Brad Hood (Mallory's husband). |
20 | Brother-in-law/long time friend of Shari's: Lan O'Kun (Barbara's husband). |
21 | Siblings: Barbara Hurwitz O'Kun (younger sister by nine years). |
22 | Parents: Abraham (d. 1981) and Ann Hurwitz (d. 1993). |
23 | Daughter, with Jeremy Tarcher, Mallory Tarcher. |
24 | Her husband, Jeremy Tarcher, is the brother of Judith Krantz. |
25 | Ventriloquist, best known for characters such as Lamb Chop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy. |
Actress
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Potions and Notions | 1966 | Short | Honey Halfwitch (voice, uncredited) |
Throne for a Loss | 1966 | Short | Honey Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie / Woman (voice, uncredited) |
The Defiant Giant | 1966 | Short | Honey Halfwitch (voice, uncredited) |
The Rocket Racket | 1966 | Short | Honey Halfwitch (voice, uncredited) |
Trick or Cheat | 1966 | Short | Honey Halfwitch (voice, uncredited) |
Baggin' the Dragon | 1966 | Short | Honey Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie (voice, uncredited) |
From Nags to Witches | 1966 | Short | Honey Halfwitch (voice, uncredited) |
Shoeflies | 1965 | Short | Honey Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie / Teeny Meanie (voice, uncredited) |
Poor Little Witch Girl | 1965 | Short | Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie (voice, uncredited) |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Lois |
Car 54, Where Are You? | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Judy / Melinda Walsh |
The United States Steel Hour | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Dulie Hudson |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1959 | TV Series | |
Wrongfully Accused | 1998 | Lambchop (voice, uncredited) | |
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza | 1998 | TV Series | Shari Lambchop Hush Puppy ... |
Cybill | 1997 | TV Series | Lamb Chop |
Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise | 1996 | TV Movie | Shari Lamb Chop Charlie Horse ... (voice) |
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah | 1995 | TV Movie | Shari Lamb Chop Charlie Horse ... (voice) |
The Nanny | 1995 | TV Series | Shari Lewis |
Lamb Chop and the Haunted Studio | 1994 | TV Movie | Shari |
Lamb Chop's Play-Along | 1992-1993 | TV Series | Host, Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse Host Lamb Chop ... |
Tony Orlando and Dawn | 1974 | TV Series | |
NBC Children's Theatre | 1973 | TV Series | |
Love, American Style | 1969-1972 | TV Series | Sue (segment "Love and the Alibi") / Diane (segment "Love and the Dummies") |
The Other Reg Varney | 1970 | TV Movie | Various Characters |
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour | 1969 | TV Series | Princess Nidor |
Arabian Knights | 1968 | TV Series | Princess Nida (voice) |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | TV Series | Janet Jerrod |
A Wedding Knight | 1966 | Short | Gwendolyn (voice, uncredited) |
Writer
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
The Shari Show | TV Series creator - 9 episodes, 1975 - 1976 developer - 9 episodes, 1975 - 1976 written by - 1 episode, 1975 | ||
Star Trek | 1969 | TV Series written by - 1 episode |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
I'll Do Anything | 1994 | performer: "THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END" | |
Shoeflies | 1965 | Short performer: "I'm Polishing My Shoes" | |
Poor Little Witch Girl | 1965 | Short performer: "Looka Me" | |
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1960-1961 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
Producer
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise | 1996 | TV Movie producer | |
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah | 1995 | TV Movie chief executive producer | |
Lamb Chop and the Haunted Studio | 1994 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Lamb Chop's Play-Along | 1992 | TV Series executive producer |
Thanks
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997 | special thanks | |
The Funhouse | 1981 | dummy courtesy of |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Harlow Hickenlooper | 2010 | Video documentary | Herself |
Television's Greatest Hits | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself (Memoriam) |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1997 | TV Movie | Herself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1996 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
Kids for Character | 1996 | Video | Herself |
Belly Talkers | 1996 | Documentary | Herself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1995 | TV Movie | Herself |
Music City Tonight | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Biography | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
Vicki! | 1994 | TV Series | Herself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1993 | TV Movie | Herself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1992 | TV Movie | Herself |
One on One with John Tesh | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | 1987 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
The New Hollywood Squares | 1986 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself |
Star's Table | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself |
Breakaway | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
Save the Cable Cars Telethon | 1982 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Val Doonican Music Show | 1980-1982 | TV Series | Herself |
The Regis Philbin Show | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
Christmas Concert | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The John Davidson Show | 1981 | TV Series | Herself - Ventriloquist |
The Alan Thicke Show | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
Definition | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
America 2-Night | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
The Vent Event | 1978 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1963-1977 | TV Series | Herself - Puppeteer / Herself - Co-Host / Herself / ... |
Break the Bank | 1976 | TV Series | Herself |
Dinah! | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Herself |
The Shari Show | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess / Various Roles |
Showoffs | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
Tattletales | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
The David Nixon Show | 1974 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Tony Orlando and Dawn | 1974 | TV Series | Herself |
A Picture of Us | 1973 | TV Movie | Herself - Host |
Dinah's Place | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962-1973 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
Nana Mouskouri | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mouse Factory | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Herself |
Saturday Variety | 1972 | TV Series | Herself |
It's Lulu | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
Maggie's Place | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
Playboy After Dark | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Herself |
Della | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Herself |
The Val Doonican Show | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
The David Frost Show | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
The Royal Variety Performance 1969 | 1969 | TV Special | Herself (as Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop) |
Decidedly Dusty | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
The John Gary Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
The Hollywood Squares | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The Kraft Music Hall | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
The Hollywood Palace | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Singer / Ventriloquist |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1962-1968 | TV Series | Herself |
Dream Girl of '67 | 1967 | TV Series | Herself - Fashion Hostess |
P.D.Q. | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
The Milton Berle Show | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
Hippodrome | 1966 | TV Series | Herself - Puppeteer |
The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
The Dean Martin Show | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Herself |
Fanfare | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1960-1965 | TV Series | Herself - Puppeteer / Herself - Ventriloquist |
The Match Game | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Herself - Team Captain |
The Danny Kaye Show | 1964 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Ventriloquist |
On Broadway Tonight | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
Get the Message | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
The Celebrity Game | 1964 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Panelist |
Missing Links | 1964 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The Arthur Godfrey Thanksgiving Special | 1963 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Shari Lewis Show | 1960-1963 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
Arthur Godfrey Loves Animals | 1963 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Jack Benny Program | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Herself - Ventriloquist |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Herself |
Person to Person | 1959 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
The Garry Moore Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
The Arthur Murray Party | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Herself |
The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Herself |
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
Hi Mom | 1957 | TV Series | Herself |
Captain Kangaroo | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Herself |
Shariland | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
Kartoon Klub | 1953 | TV Series | Herself |
Facts n' Fun | 1953 | TV Series | Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
The Best of the Royal Variety | 2006 | TV Series | |
Corrina, Corrina | 1994 | Herself (uncredited) |
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (1998) | |
1998 | Lucy Award | Women in Film Lucy Awards | The award was given posthumously and accepted by Shari Lewis' daughter Mallory Tarcher. | ||
1996 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | |
1995 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | |
1994 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | |
1993 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | |
1993 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Bernard Rothman (series writer) · Aubrey Tadman (series writer) · Mallory Tarcher (series writer) · Ken Steele (series writer) · Lan O'Kun (series writer) |
1992 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | |
1976 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 18 August 1976. At 6743 Hollywood Blvd. | |
1973 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual | A Picture of Us (1973) |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Jon Slan (executive producer) · Richard Borchiver (executive producer) · Bernard Rothman (producer) |
1996 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Mallory Tarcher · Aubrey Tadman · Ken Steele · Tibby Rothman · Lan O'Kun · Bernard Rothman |
1995 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Program | Lamb Chop and the Haunted Studio (1994) | · Jon Slan (executive producer) · Richard Borchiver (co-executive producer) · Bernard Rothman (producer) · Jack McAdam (co-producer) |
1995 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Lan O'Kun · Aubrey Tadman · Mallory Tarcher · Ken Steele · Bernard Rothman |
1995 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Jon Slan (executive producer) · Bernard Rothman (producer) · Richard Borchiver (co-executive producer) |
1994 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Richard Borchiver (executive producer) · Jon Slan (executive producer) · Bernard Rothman (producer) |
1994 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Kimberley Wells · Bernard Rothman · Lan O'Kun · Tibby Rothman · Aubrey Tadman · Mallory Tarcher · Ken Steele · Michael Lyons · Jeremy Tarcher · Steve Edelman |
1992 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Bernard Rothman |
1992 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Series | Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992) | · Jon Slan (executive producer) · Richard Borchiver (co-executive producer) · Bernard Rothman (producer) |
Looks like we don't have salary information. Sorry!
# | Quote |
---|---|
1 | All fantasy is about exploring facets of your personality that aren't surface, facets not dealt with in everyday life. When you deal with a puppet, you're allowing a sub-personality to emerge and create itself. You don't create it; it does what it wants to do. You know how you hear writers say the character takes over? Well, if the puppet doesn't take over, the puppet isn't worth doodley-squat! |
2 | I don't contemplate these things. I'm very intuitive and instinctive about what I do. There's a story about a man with a long beard. Somebody asked him one day: "Do you sleep with your beard outside of the blanket or under the blanket?" and from that moment on he didn't sleep! He kept watching where his beard was. What I do works and I'm not analytic. (on the enduring appeal of Lambchop) |
Looks like we don't have trademarks information. Sorry!
Looks like we don't have pictures. Sorry!