Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)
- Fame66.1
- Momentum7.3
- Comedians rank#156
- Fame66.1
- Momentum7.3
- Comedians rank#156
- Wikipedia34.3K
United StatesHe made slapstick an art form and stretched a single ten-year partnership with Dean Martin into five decades of solo dominance — then spent another four raising $2.45 billion on live TV, one Labor Day at a time.
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Born Jerome Levitch in March 1926, he paired with singer Dean Martin in 1946 and the duo became Martin and Lewis, a juggernaut that produced sixteen films, a Colgate Comedy Hour run, and live performances that defined buddy comedy before they split in 1956. Lewis pivoted to solo filmmaking and acting, appearing in thirty-five pictures through 1984 while guest-hosting The Tonight Show a record fifty-two times and fronting his own series. From 1966 forward, as national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, he turned the annual Labor Day telethon into an institution, pulling in nearly t…
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