# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shari-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:29:03.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shari-lewis"
name: "Shari Lewis"
slug: "shari-lewis"
description: "Shari Lewis was a Peabody-winning American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, television show host, dancer, comedian, singer, actress, author, and symphony conductor. She created and performed the sock puppet Lamb Chop for Captain Kangaroo in March 1956."
tagline: "American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host (1933-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shari_lewis_1960.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-01-17"
deathDate: "1998-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.589028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507741/"
    handle:    "nm0507741"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/494d75c7-c493-4fe3-897e-9862a5aae32e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "شري لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "شارى لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "شاری لیوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/186821"
    title: "Shari Lewis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump