biography
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Lewis, Jerry
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popular name of Joseph Levitch
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1926– )
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| biography:
| Film actor, director, and producer, born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. A zany, mugging, sentimental comic, he worked as a one-night-stand entertainer until he met singer Dean Martin in 1946. The team made their first screen appearance in My Friend Irma (1949), and made 16 more films together before splitting up. Lewis began producing and then directing his own films, becoming a special favourite in France. A dedicated campaigner for charitable causes, he became closely identified with the annual fundraising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. |
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