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Shari Lewis: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Phyllis Hurwitz
Born January 17, 1933 • New York City • New York
Died August 2, 1998 (aged 65) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Emmy Award

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Shari Lewis with her puppets Lamb Chop (left) and Hush Puppy
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American television cook and author Ina Garten smiles while posing for a photograph at 2015 Time 100 Gala in New York City. She is wearing a black dress and a pearl necklace.
Ina Garten
American chef, television personality, and author
Jamie Lee Curtis smiling and wearing a red and black patterned dress with a silver necklace at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
Jamie Lee Curtis
American actress
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Bette Midler
American actress and singer
Paula White
Paula White
American pastor, speaker, and author
Dr. Maya Angelou sits and smiles, wearing a black outfit, in a wooden chair at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and actress
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel
American author and oral historian
Suzanne Collins smiles while posing at the world premiere of The Hunger Games, wearing a black patterned dress and black sweater, with people and cameras in the background.
Suzanne Collins
American author and screenwriter
Harvey Fierstein smiling at an event in 2014, wearing glasses, a turquoise shirt, patterned tie, and brown jacket, with a purple and yellow backdrop behind him.
Harvey Fierstein
American actor and playwright
Edward Gorey
Edward Gorey
American writer and illustrator
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Phil McGraw
American psychologist and television personality
David McCullough
David McCullough
American historian
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R.L. Stine
American author
Chef Emeril Lagasse smiling and wearing a white chef coat at a Vegas Uncork'd event, with a blue backdrop featuring event and sponsor logos.
Emeril Lagasse
American chef
Kate Smith
Kate Smith
American singer
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
American talk show host, journalist, and political commentator
James Carville
James Carville
American political consultant and media personality
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Russell Baker
American journalist and humorist
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Fred Gwynne
American actor and writer
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Patty Duke
American actress

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