Shari Lewis

Acting

Shari Lewis

Born 1933-01-17 · New York City, New York, USA

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

Acting credits

The Muppet Movie poster
7.2

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

The Muppet Movie

1979

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster
6.0

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

Kids for Character poster
NR

Kids for Character was a program that was released on VHS in April 23, 1996. It was a charity special about moral character that featured many different children's characters. It was produced by The Character Counts! Coalition and was distributed by Lyrick Studios. The host of the show is Tom Selleck.

Kids for Character

1996

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6.0

A comical and musical collection of yuletide appearances on the Ed Sullivan show. Timeless appearances by musical guests such as Johnny Mathis, Sergio Franchi and Bing Crosby are included along with comedic performers such as Topo Gigio and the Muppets.

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992

Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise poster
7.0

Trouble brews as Charlie Horse's campaign for class president leads him to invite the whole class to Shari's for Passover... a fact he conveniently forgets to pass on to Shari until the eleventh hour. Meanwhile, everyone else is getting in on the action... Dom Deluise gets an education on the Seder plate and the significance of each item it holds, and neighbor Robert Guillaume delivers a song and dance explanation of the history of Passover.

Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise

1996

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Steve Allen hosts famous ventriloquists and puppets including Edgar Bergan, Charlie McCarthy, Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and The Muppets.

The Vent Event

1978

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7.0

Sir Blur stumbles into a kingdom. A king is having trouble getting someone to marry his daughter because she's, to put it mildly, ugly. Guess who stumbles into the contest? Sir Blur was Famous Studios' answer to Mr. Magoo in that he was another nearsighted fellow who mistakes something or someone for something else.

A Wedding Knight

1966

Shari & Lamb Chop poster
7.0

Shari Lewis was a dancer, singer, and magician but is best known as the ventriloquist behind sock puppets Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop. This lively doc charts the life, loves, and career hits and misses of this spunky perfectionist, who forever changed the face of children’s television.

Shari & Lamb Chop

2025

Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah poster
8.0

Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and the gang discover the true meaning of Chanukah in this special holiday program. The story of the special holiday and all its traditions are celebrated with music and song along with Lloyd Bochner, Alan Thicke and Pat Morita.

Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah

1995

Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio poster
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Shari, Lamb Chop, and the gang visit a studio haunted by a mysterious phantom.

Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio

1994

Kooky Classics poster
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Shari Lewis with help from Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy and Charlie Horse explores the world of classical music in a humorous fashion, with information about persons and terms painlessly slipped into the foolishness.

Kooky Classics

1984

The Shari Show poster
9.0

The Shari Show - Featuring Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop (1975, 1976)

The Shari Show

1975

One-Minute Bible Stories poster
NR

Five-time Emmy Award winner Shari Lewis and her lovable right hand lamb, Lamb Chop, bring you a refreshing new look at 26 of the greatest stories from the Old Testament. Each of these enduring tales from the Bible is told in less than a minute through a lively blend of puppetry and colorful animation. This enjoyable entertainment for the whole family includes such classic tales as "Joseph & His Wonderful Coat," "Noah & the Ark" and "Jonah & the Whale."

One-Minute Bible Stories

1994

Have I Got a Story For You poster
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While babysitting a monkey, "Rumplestiltskin," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Lion and the Mouse," and many others are sung and told by Shari Lewis, along with Lamb Chop, Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy.

Have I Got a Story For You

1984

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NR

After a frustrating day when an angry Lamb Chop forgets her manners, she decides to move out until the mysterious door to the Land of No Manners appears in her bedroom. It's up to Hush Puppy to rescue her! Follow her and Hush Puppy’s adventure to get back to their own bedroom! Illustrator Mort Gerberg draws and animates segments and teaches the audience to draw.

Lamb Chop in the Land of No Manners

1989

You Can Do It poster
NR

The entertainer is joined by puppets Lamb Chop, Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy to demonstrate and explain magic tricks for Charlie Horse's birthday.

You Can Do It

1984

The Defiant Giant poster
8.0

Honey Halfwitch meets a Giant.

The Defiant Giant

1966

Behind the camera