Shari Lewis
Born	January 17, 1933 New York City, New York
Died	August 2, 1998 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California

Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz; January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s. She is best known as the original puppeteer of Lamb Chop, first appearing on Hi Mom, a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York. Image File history File links ShariLewis&Lambchop. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... NY redirects here. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... d Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Ventriloquism is an act of deception in which a person (ventriloquist) manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere. ... A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object — a puppet— in real time to create the illusion of life. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Shari Lewis with Lamb Chop Mallory Lewis with Lamb Chop Lamb Chop is a fictional character, more precisely a fictional sheep, who is a sock puppet created by comedian and ventriloquist Shari Lewis. ... WNBC, channel 4, is the flagship station of the NBC television network, located in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Lewis was Jewish-American. Her father was a founding member of Yeshiva University in New York City. Her parents encouraged Shari to perform and at the age of thirteen her father taught her magic acts with Jewish content. As a young girl Shari had instruction in acrobatics, juggling, piano, violin and ventriloquism, that last by John W. Cooper. She also learned how to play the 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 Columbia University for one year, then left college to go into show business. A Jewish American (also commonly American Jew) is an American (a citizen of the United States) of Jewish descent or religion who maintains a connection to the Jewish community, either through actively practicing Judaism or through cultural and historical affiliation. ... Yeshiva University is a private Jewish university in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... High wire act Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking) is one of the performing arts, and is also practiced as a sport. ... Juggling is a form of skillful, often artful, object manipulation. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... John W. Cooper (1873-1966) was an African-American ventriloquist of the early 20th century. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts is located near the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between 65th Street and 64th Street. ... Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to movement used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. ... The School of American Ballet is located in New York City, in Lincoln Center. ... Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905-February 2nd, 1997) was an actor and acting coach well known for the Meisner technique. ... The Neighborhood Playhouse is an actor training school in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford Meisner. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States and a member of the prestigious Ivy League. ... Show business is a vernacular term for the business of entertainment. ...

In 1952, Lewis and her puppetry won first prize on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts television show. In March 1956, she and Lamb Chop were on Captain Kangaroo and by 1960 she had her own television program. She graduated to network television in 1960 as host and puppeteer of The Shari Lewis Show. The programs featured such characters as Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop, and Crowie. Lamb Chop, who was little more than a sock with eyes, served as a sassy alter-ego for Shari. Subsequent television programs introduced these characters (minus the black crow, whose characterization became more problematic after the 1960s) to a new generation of children. In 1992, her new Emmy-winning show Lamb Chop's Play-Along began a five year run on PBS. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Captain Kangaroo was a childrens television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS from 1955 until 1984, then moved to the American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) to air syndicated reruns of past episodes in 1992. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Shari Lewis Show was a United States television program for children which appeared on NBC from 1960 to 1963. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... An Emmy Award. ... Charlie Horse redirects here. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ...

The video Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah was released in 1996 and received the Parent's Choice award of the year. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

On August 2, 1998, Lewis died while undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, for ovarian cancer she had been diagnosed with only two months before. Lewis developed viral pneumonia, which – with her cancer – proved to be a fatal combination. She was 65 years old. Two years later, her daughter, Mallory Lewis resumed her mother's work with the Lamb Chop character. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. ... d Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Ovarian cancer is a malignant tumor (a kind of neoplasm) located on an ovary. ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ... Mallory Lewis with Lamb Chop Mallory Lewis (born Mallory Tarcher; c. ...

Lewis was the recipient of numerous awards during her lifetime, including:

• 12 Emmy Awards
• Peabody Award (1960)
• John F. Kennedy Center Award for Excellence and Creativity (1983)
• 7 Parent's Choice Awards
• Action for Children's Television Award
• 1995 American Academy of Children's Entertainment award for Entertainer of the Year
• Dor L'Dor award of the B'nai B'rith (1996)
• 3 Houston Film Festival awards
• Silver Circle Award of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1996)
• Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence (1996)
• 2 Charleston Film Festival Gold Awards (1995)
• Houston World Festival silver and bronze awards (1995)
• New York Film and Video Festival Silver Award (1995)
• Monte Carlo Prize for the World's Best Television Variety Show (1963)

In addition to writing over 60 books for children, she and her second husband wrote an episode of Star Trek, entitled "The Lights of Zetar". An Emmy Award. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly referred to as the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... The Lights of Zetar is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast January 31, 1969 and repeated on August 26, 1969. ...

Her first husband was Stan Lewis. Her second husband, Jeremy Tarcher, is the brother of Judith Krantz. Her only child, Mallory Tarcher, was a writer on Lamb Chop's Play-Along and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza. Judith Krantz (born Judith Tarcher on January 9, 1928 in New York City), is an American novelist who writes in the romance genre. ...

Television shows

• The Shari Lewis Show - 1960
• The Shari Lewis Show (BBC) - 1975
• Lamb Chop's Play-Along - 1992
• Charlie Horse Music Pizza - 1998

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Episodic TV appearances

• The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1966) - Lewis was the guest star in the episode known as "The Off-Broadway Affair"; she played an adorably perky, somewhat ditsy understudy.

• Lewis (and Lamb Chop) guest-starred on episode 2.20 of The Nanny, which premiered on February 13, 1995.

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External links

• Shari Lewis at the Internet Movie Database
• Shari Lewis: A Fan's Tribute
• The Lights of Zetar article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki — Star Trek episode
• Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop