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Shari Lewis
January 17 1933 – August 2 1998- Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Gender: Female
- Also known as: Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop, Lamb Chop, Shari & Jeremy, Jeremy & Shari, Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz
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
Latest roles
![Shari & Lamb Chop poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//li9DNsJAibeF4naA18KrcrAZSNg.jpg)
Shari & Lamb Chop
![The Charlie Horse Music Pizza poster](/television-placeholder.webp)
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
![The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//rHHSx7kyLEHK48Y3LO3sNfclOT2.jpg)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
![Shari's Passover Surprise poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//bXUZjHddkmj0utZ9G7q44LPMyMC.jpg)
Shari's Passover Surprise
Shari / Lamb Chop / Hush Puppy / Charlie Horse (voice)
![Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//rsGPuEcnq1ydLvBVu2gPH7nOVCY.jpg)
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah
Shari
![Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//klk4UliN6NpxxO50ofwjlzAw89S.jpg)
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
Self / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
![The Nanny poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//4syShXMjaPAP3mG81ekhruv94sd.jpg)
The Nanny
Shari Lewis
![Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' poster](/movie-placeholder.webp)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
archive footage
![Vicki! poster](/television-placeholder.webp)
Vicki!
Self
![Lamb Chop's Play-Along poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//79nD5jo8x9ko651Nxu1Yg38k4Pg.jpg)
Lamb Chop's Play-Along
Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
Producing credits
Shari Lewis's Images
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