Jerry Lewis
Director, Comedian, and Actor
Holidays at the Sands...away from competitors were Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Danny Thomas, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Nat King Cole, Red Skelton, Jerry Lewis, Lena Horne, Rowan and Martin, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. When Howard Hughes purchased the Sands in... In this article: Nat King Cole, Red Skelton, Eydie Gorme, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Danny Thomas, Jerry Lewis, and Howard Hughes |
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The Australian | October 22, 2009
Lanky Yank bows out
...a furore. Guests such as Liza Minnelli, Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Sellers, Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Ali and Bob Hope brought Hollywood glamour closer to Australian viewers than ever. An appearance on...
In this article: Don Lane, Peter Faiman, Australia, Rove McManus, Sydney, Dave Allen, Bob Hawke, Dolly Parton, and Bert Newton
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Village Voice | November 09, 2009
Jerry Lewis Retro at Anthology
...as auteur. This Jekyll and Hyde psychodrama in which the star plays an overbearing, self-regarding Dean Martin type (suggestively named "Buddy Love") to his usual dithering idiot is certainly Lewis's most richly pathological film. But once...
In this article: Hollywood, The Nutty Professor, World War II, University of Illinois, and Three on a Couch
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New York Post | October 18, 2009
Bud leaving series, fans out in the cold
...Man of the Week." Gee, not since Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis briefly were reunited, has there been the kind of excitement attached to Friday's appearance of Chris Russo and Mike Francesa on each other's show. And to hear them together,...
In this article: Dre' Bly, ESPN, Bud Selig, World Series, Roddy White, Mike Francesa, The 49ers, and Brewers
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For Heath
...important," he says. Films that did leave their mark on the young Gilliam included all those from Disney, the comedy excursions of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and the 1940 Michael Powell fantasy The Thief of Baghdad. "I loved Cecil B....
In this article: Terry Gilliam, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Ken Loach, Dog, Monty Python, and Perth, Western Australia
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Neatorama | July 29, 2009
Ghost Busters 1954
...Ghost Busters was made a few decades earlier? YouTube member whoiseyevan used 17 sources to create a trailer for a 1954 version, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope, and Fred MacMurray. Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
In this article: Ghost Busters, YouTube, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, and Dean Martin
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Gene Tunney
...which Lewis (in boxing shorts and gear) states he's fight'n Gene Tierney (the actress). Martin corrects Lewis and suggests that he must mean "Gene Tunney". Lewis then quips "You fight who you wanna fight, I'm fight'n who I wanna fight, I'm...
In this article: Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, Harry Greb, Dean Martin, Gene Tierney, The Fighting Marine, Tom Heeney, and Benny Leonard
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Business Wire Entertainment News | September 17, 2009
Rock & Roll Legend John Oates to Play 'Stache Bash 2009
...American Mustache Institute. "This will be an important event, not unlike the moment when Frank Sinatra reunited Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin or when the cast of "Saved by the Bell" appeared on the Jimmy Fallon Show. It's big. " In its fourth...
In this article: John Oates, Intuit Inc, St. Louis, Tax, Small business, Hall & Oates, Revenue, and Halloween
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TIME | September 08, 2009
A Brief History of Telethons
...these occasions manage to draw doesn't hurt their cause. Frank Sinatra's performance in the 1976 MDA telethon proved particularly momentous for both the audience and Lewis himself. When Sinatra emerged, he brought Lewis' former comedic...
In this article: MDA, Frank Sinatra, Labor Day, Argentina, Hurricane Katrina, Cerebral palsy, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Democratic National Committee, and Alex Haley
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thestar.com | August 16, 2009
Cad Men
Dean Martin's example was not lost on his former partner Jerry Lewis, though Lewis' consummate comic cad, The Nutty Professor's Buddy Love, was not, as is widely believed, intended as a send-up of his estranged singing straight man.
In this article: Mad Men, Don Draper, Dean Martin, Matt Helm, Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Mad, Fred MacMurray, and AMC
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Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926 ) is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer and humanitarian. He is best-known for his slapstick humor on stage, screen, television, radio, recording and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented. On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. As an innovative filmmaker, Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist system in cinematography (some doubt now exists about this, due to a patent predating Lewis's by more than a decade ).
Lewis was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the team's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. The act broke up ten years later.
- Name At Birth:
- Joseph Levitch
- Also Known As:
- Le Roi du Crazy
- The King of Comedy
- Picchiatello
- Birth Date:
- March 16, 1926
- Birthplace:
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Spouse:
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- SanDee Pitnick (1983-present)
- Patti Palmer (1944-1980)
- Occupation:
- Comedian, Actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer, humanitarian, and national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Years Active:
- 1931–present
- Website:
- http://www.jerrylewiscomedy.com
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