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Shari Lewis

(1933-1998)

Who Was Shari Lewis?

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.

Famous Puppeteer

Born 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-

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Lamb Chop (puppet)

Anthropomorphic sock puppet sheep

Lamb Chop is a sock puppetanthropomorphicsheep created by the puppeteer and ventriloquistShari 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 that aired on WRCA-TV in New York, New York.

History

Concept and creation

Lamb Chop has been described as a "6-year-old girl, very intuitive and very feisty, a combination of obstinacy and vulnerability...you know how they say fools rush in where wise men fear to go? Well, Lamb Chop would rush in, then scream for help."^[1] Lamb Chop, in all her shows, had referred to her close friend, a girl named Lolly Pincus.

From 1960 to 1963, Lewis had her own musical-comedynetwork televisionprogram, The Shari Lewis Show. As children's programming turned more towards animation in the mid-1960s, she continued to perform in a wide range of venues.

In 1992, Lamb Chop and Lewis began their own PBS children's show, Lamb Chop's Play-Along, an

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Shari Lewis

American ventriloquist and puppeteer (1933–1998)

For the Canadian television personality and film director, see Sharon Lewis. For another actress, see Sharon Pierre-Louis.

Shari Lewis
Lewis with Lamb Chop in November 1993
Born	Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (1933-01-17)January 17, 1933
Died	August 2, 1998(1998-08-02) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Ventriloquist puppeteer author children's television show host singer
Years active	1952–1998
Spouses	Stan Lewis (m. 1953; div. 1957)
Children	Mallory Tarcher

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] She famously created and performed the sock puppetLamb Chop for Captain Kangaroo in March 1956.

Early life

Lewis was born to Jewish parents, Ann