| LC control no. | n 79123482 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lewis, Shari |
| Variant(s) | Hurwitz, Shari Lamb Chop's mother |
| Located | Beverly Hills (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1934-01-17 |
| Death date | 1998-08-02 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Ventriloquists Puppeteers Conductors (Music) Authors |
| Found in | Fun in Shariland. [Phonodisc] 1958. Washington Post, Aug. 4, 1998: obit. (Shari Lewis; died Aug. 2, 1998; aged 65; b. Shari Hurwitz in New York City) New York times, Aug. 4, 1998: p. C27 (Shari Lewis, TV puppeteer, 65, d. Aug. 2, 1998, Los Angeles; b. Jan. 17, 1934, New York City; family members said she was 65, despite date in reference books) Contemp. theatre, film, and television: v. 3 (Lewis, Shari; b. Shari Hurwitz, Jan. 17, 1934, New York, NY; ventriloquist, puppeteer, and conductor) One-minute Christmas stories, 1987: title-page (adapted by Shari Lewis) about the author page (Shari Lewis; world-famous ventriloquist and puppeteer (also known as Lamb Chop's mother). One of the few female symphony conductors; she has performed with and conducted more than one hundred symphony orchestras, incnluding the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, and the Osaka National Symphony in Japan. Beside the recently published One-Minute Greek Myths, Shari Lewis is the author of five previous books for Doubleday. Shari Lewis is presently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Reading Foundation and has served on the national board of the Girl Scouts of the USA. A resident of Beverly Hills, California, Ms. Lewis is married to book publisher Jeremy Tarcher ...) |
| Associated language | eng |
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