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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 17, 1933
Died
August 2, 1998
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop
- Lamb Chop
- Shari & Jeremy
- Jeremy & Shari
- Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz
Shari Lewis
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998), better known as Shari Lewis, was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer and television show host. She was best known as the original puppeteer of the sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and then Hi Mom, a local morning television show that aired on WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) in New York City. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
7.0
Self (archival footage)
Shari & Lamb Chop
2025
10.0
Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
1998
3.9
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
5.0
Shari / Lamb Chop / Hush Puppy / Charlie Horse (voice)
Shari's Passover Surprise
1996
0.0
Shari
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah
1995
0.0
Self / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
1994
8.1
Shari Lewis
The Nanny
1993
🎬
6.0
archive footage
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
🎬
5.0
Self
Vicki!
1992
4.0
Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
Lamb Chop's Play-Along
1992
Credits
Shari & Lamb Chop
as Self (archival footage)
2025
7.0
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
as Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
1998
10.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Shari's Passover Surprise
as Shari / Lamb Chop / Hush Puppy / Charlie Horse (voice)
1996
5.0
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah
as Shari
1995
0.0
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
as Self / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
1994
0.0
The Nanny
as Shari Lewis
1993
8.1
🎬
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as archive footage
1992
6.0
🎬
Vicki!
as Self
1992
5.0
Lamb Chop's Play-Along
as Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
1992
4.0
🎬
Lamb Chop in the Land of No Manners
as Self / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
1989
0.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Kooky Classics
as Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
1984
0.0
Have I Got a Story For You
as Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
1984
0.0
You Can Do It
as Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
1984
0.0
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
0.0
The Muppet Movie
as Additional Muppet Performer
1979
7.2
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
as Self
1979
7.5
🎬
The Vent Event
as Shari Lewis/Lamb Chop
1978
0.0
The Shari Show
as Herself
1975
8.0
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Love, American Style
as Diane
1969
6.1
🎬
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
as Self
1968
0.0
Arabian Knights
as Princess Nida (voice)
1968
5.7
🎬
A Wedding Knight
as Gwendolyn (voice)
1966
0.0
The Defiant Giant
as Honey Halfwitch
1966
0.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Janet Jerrod
1964
7.1
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer / Ventriloquist
1964
4.5
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess
1961
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Jack Benny Program
as Shari Lewis
1950
7.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8