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Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis

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Also known as Joseph Levitch, The King of Comedy

American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)

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Jerry Lewis was an American male artist whose professional career spanned from 1945 to 2017. Born on March 16, 1926, and deceased on August 20, 2017, he had seven children. His musical output is associated with genres including blues, country, country gospel, and honky tonk.

Lewis is the author of twenty-two works, with notable titles including *Dean and Me*, *Memories are made of this*, *Jus Tuf Luk*, *Teenage Rage*, and *Jerry Lewis. En Persona*. He has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

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Person · Open Library

Works
22

Top works

  • Dean and Me
  • Memories are made of this
  • Jus Tuf Luk
  • Teenage Rage
  • Jerry Lewis. En Persona

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1935-09-29
Active to
2022-10-28
2008 universal fire victim[r12065312]bluescountrycountry gospelhonky tonk

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15,523
Total plays
74,761

Tags

Alloldiesreggaejazzskinhead reggae

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, director, producer, screenwriter and humanitarian, whose career spanned eight decades and was nicknamed the "King of Comedy". He was known for his partnership with Dean Martin as the groundbreaking act of Martin and Lewis. Lewis went on to star in, write, produce and direct motion pictures, appear on television, in nightclubs, concerts and musicals and sing in albums. <a href="https://ww

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. PROTEIN MEASUREMENT WITH THE FOLIN PHENOL REAGENT

    · 1951 · cited 249,243x

  2. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,917x

  3. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,548x

  4. Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition

    · 1991 · cited 22,165x

  5. General atomic and molecular electronic structure system

    · 1993 · cited 19,134x

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Quotes

  • “Ollie's projection of emotions like frustration, agitation and shyness was masterful, and so was Stan Laurel's conception of the harried, ineffectual soul.”
  • “A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.”
  • “I'm telling you about a child in trouble. If it's pity, we'll get some money. I'm giving you the facts. Pity. You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair; stay in your house.”
  • “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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Encyclopedic overview

Jerry Lewis (born Jerome Levitch but often cited as Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Across his seven-decade career, he was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century. He is nicknamed the "King of Comedy".

Rising to prominence with singer Dean Martin, billed as Martin and Lewis, in 1946, 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. Lewis went into filmmaking while continuing on his own in thirty-five motion pictures from 1957 to 1984, guest hosted The Tonight Show a record fifty-two times, while helming his own nightly series and from 1950 to 1989, performed closely with Sammy Davis Jr. As its honorary national chairman and spokesman, Lewis raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) through his annual Labor Day telecast The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, a live event which raised $2.45 billion for MDA from its 1966 inception through 2009. As a singer, Lewis sang live, recorded numerous albums and did standards from the Great American Songbook.

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