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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Across his seven-decade career, Lewis was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century. He is nicknamed the "King of Comedy".
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entertainment · American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017) · comedian · film actor · film director · screenwriter · singer · stage actor · television actor · television producer · producer · director · also Jerry Lewis, Joseph Levitch, The King of Comedy, Lewis
Born 16 March 1926 · Died 20 August 2017 · Q294927
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2026· 6 entries
“s politics - the madness, the destruction, the general lack of respect. Does he believe President Bush can make the world a better place?”
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“Go where ya wanna go! There are no verbotens with me.”
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“s the right man to promote the back device because he comes with credentials.”
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“s had his zapper. What was the pain like?”
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The Guardian: Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly offered to Manchester United as left-back solution
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2024· 4 entries
The Guardian: From Darkness to Light review – Jerry Lewis’ infamous Holocaust film rescued from oblivion
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The Guardian: ‘Ashamed. Embarrassed’: Jerry Lewis’s infamous Holocaust clown film that never was
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The Guardian: Stars in disguise: behind the scenes with Gary Oldman, Jennifer Lopez and Jerry Lewis – in pictures
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The Brazilian actress Bianca Rinaldi revealed on a podcast an incident of harassment by Lewis when she was a teenager and Paquita (Xuxa's TV show assistant) in the early 90s at the international Emmy awards
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: The King of Comedy at 40: Martin Scorsese’s painful ode to the wannabe
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: Jerry Lewis co-stars accuse late star of sexual abuse
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2018· 2 entries
The Guardian: The best films about standup: from King of Comedy to Funny Bones
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The Guardian: Roger Moore, Jerry Lewis and Sridevi remembered at Oscars 2018 ceremony
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2017· 12 entries
The Guardian: 'He embraced the fish, the chips – all of it': my time with Jerry Lewis in Blackpool | Funny Bones director Peter Chelsom
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The Guardian: Martin Scorsese on Jerry Lewis: 'It was like watching a virtuoso pianist at the keyboard'
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The Guardian: Jerry Lewis: a knockabout clown with a dark and melancholy inner life | Peter Bradshaw
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The Guardian: Life and times of Jerry Lewis, the 'king of comedy' – video obituary
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Multiple hotel marquees on the Las Vegas Strip honored Lewis with a coordinated video display of images of his career as a Las Vegas performer and resident
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The Guardian: Jerry Lewis: from Cinderfella to King of Comedy – a career in clips
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The Guardian: Jerry Lewis obituary
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The Guardian: Jerry Lewis: a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Jerry Lewis, king of comedy, dies at 91
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Died 2017-08-20.
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“I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you’re but the jester — and if you don’t think that way, you’re going to get very, very conceited.”
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Lewis with others inaugurated and founded Legionnaires of Laughter and Legacy Awards, and the first Legacy Award held in Downtown, New York
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: Jerry Lewis proves continued vitality with wildly difficult interview
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Was treated and released from a hospital after collapsing from hypoglycemia at a New York Friars Club event
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2011· 3 entries
That Lewis would no longer host its telethons and that he was no longer associated with MDA
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MDA then announced on August 3, 2011, that Lewis would no longer host its telethons and that he was no longer associated with MDA.
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The 2011 telethon (which originally was to be Lewis's 46th and final show with MDA) featured a tribute to Lewis.
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Trustees Award (2010).
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And the end of his run as national chairman in 2011
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Who shared his idea for "Jerry's House", a place for vulnerable and traumatized children and in 2016, would lend his name and star power to Criss Angel's HELP (Heal Every Life Possible) charity event
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2009).
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Awarded Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2009).
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Gary called his father a "mean and evil person" who never showed him or his siblings any love or care, and said that Joseph would not have killed himself if his father had treated him better
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2008· 1 entry
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Governor's Award in 2005, and the Venice International Film Festival's Career Golden Lion in 1999
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2006· 1 entry
Lewis suffered his third heart attack at age 80
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2005· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Jerry Lewis kept a significant portion of the funds raised during the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon.” False.
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Released album “Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Vol. Two”.
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2003· 1 entry
Said he had been off the drug since 1978
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Phoney Phone Calls 1959-1972”.
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Released album “Jerry Lewis on Comedy”.
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “The Golden Age of Comedy”.
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1999· 1 entry
Lewis's Australian tour was cut short when he had to be hospitalized in Darwin with viral meningitis
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1998· 1 entry
The MTV animated show Celebrity Deathmatch had a clay-animated fight to the death between Dean Martin and Lewis
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Jerry Lewis Just Sings”.
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1990· 2 entries
And Good Grief in 1991 and appeared in Mr
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Released album “The Capitol Collectors Series”.
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1986· 1 entry
Where he was the only performer to receive a standing ovation, appeared for Classic Treasures, Fight for Life (1987), an ABC televised movie, appeared on Las Vegas at 75: All-Star Tribute, hosted America's All-Time Favor
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1984· 1 entry
“I never hid it, but I wouldn”
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1983· 1 entry
In Key Biscayne, Florida, adopted a daughter, Danielle (born 1992), and were married for 34 years until Lewis's death on August 20, 2017
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1980· 2 entries
After 35 years of marriage, citing Lewis's extravagant spending and infidelity on his part, and it was finalized in 1983
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(from the Guinness Book of World Records); was the first to be seen by 100 million people, in 1985; celebrated its 25th anniversary, in 1990; saw its highest pledge in history, in 1992; and was the first seen worldwide v
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1977· 1 entry
NBC executives flew to Boston to see the show, and their reactions were so negative that Cohen closed the show immediately and canceled both the Broadway engagement and the TV spectacular, forfeiting the million-dollar p
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1973· 1 entry
Lewis appeared on the 1st Annual 20-hour Highway Safety Foundation Telethon, then in 1990, wrote and directed Boy, a short film for UNICEF's How Are The Children
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1972· 1 entry
And was impressed by the contributions of Lynn Redgrave; he signed her to appear opposite Lewis
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1966· 2 entries
After 17 years, as the studio was undergoing a corporate shakeup, with the industrial conglomerate Gulf + Western taking over the company
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The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon made its premiere in late 1966.
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1965· 2 entries
Or during an appearance on The Andy Williams Show
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Lewis went on The David Susskind Show, starred in his final Paramount-released film Boeing Boeing (1965), in which he received a Golden Globe nomination, then guest appeared on Ben Casey, The Andy Williams Show and Hulla
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1963· 1 entry
Had a cameo in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), fully starred in Who's Minding the Store
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1962· 1 entry
And his appearance on the show scored the highest ratings thus far in late night, surpassing other guest hosts and Paar
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1958· 1 entry
Appeared together at the 1959 Academy Awards closing, reunited several times publicly and sometimes privately according to interviews they gave to magazines
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1956· 3 entries
The duo hosted MDA's first telethon from June 29 to 30, until the end of their comedy act on July 25 and Lewis becoming MDA's national chairman soon after
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In 1956, the duo hosted MDA's first telethon from June 29 to 30, until the end of their comedy act on July 25 and Lewis becoming MDA's national chairman soon after.
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Lewis and his wife Patty took a vacation in Las Vegas to consider the direction of his career
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1954· 2 entries
When Look magazine published a publicity photo of the team for the magazine cover but cropped Martin out
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The 27th annual Academy Awards in 1955, The Steve Allen Show and The Today Show in 1956
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1952· 1 entry
And the Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Film for his performance in Boeing, Boeing (1965)
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1951· 1 entry
After meeting with Paul Cohen, founder of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), Lewis and Martin made their first appeal in early December 1951 on the finale of The Colgate Comedy Hour, followed by another in 1952.
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1950· 2 entries
Lewis agreed to lend his name to "Jerry Lewis Cinemas" in 1969, offered by National Cinema Corporation, as a franchise business opportunity for those interested in theatrical movie exhibition
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Signed with NBC to be one of a series of weekly rotating hosts of The Colgate Comedy Hour, a live Sunday evening broadcast
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1948· 1 entry
With the 1920s That Certain Party and later mostly re-recording songs highlighted in their films
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1946· 1 entry
The two did a series of sixteen buddy-comedy films, their televised run on The Colgate Comedy Hour, live stage performances, guest spots on other shows and a radio series until their split in 1956
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1945· 1 entry
Lewis was 19 when he met singer Dean Martin, then 27, at the Glass Hat Club in New York City, where the two performed until they debuted at Atlantic City's 500 Club as Martin and Lewis on July 25, 1946
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1926· 2 entries
In Newark, New Jersey, to a Jewish family
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Born 1926-03-16.
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