Jerry Lewis





Jerry Lewis

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in Newark, New Jersey, The United States
March 16, 1926

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Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, award-winning actor, film producer, writer and director, known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, The Venice Film Festival and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, the highest Emmy Award presented.

Lewis was originally paired up in 1946 with Dean Martin, and formed the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the team's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successfu...more


Average rating: 3.98 · 1,187 ratings · 142 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors
Dean and Me:
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,026 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
The Total Film Maker
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions
Jerry Lewis in Person
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions
Instuction Book For... "Bei...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
Dean &Amp; Me: Una Storia D...
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007
The Day The Clown Cried
2.67 of 5 stars 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions
Instruction Book for Being ...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
The Vampire's Screech: Alar...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011
Longwalkers
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006
Celebrate Through Heartsongs
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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“I've had great success being a total idiot. ”
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“I get paid for what most kids get punished for.”
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“I shall pass through this world but once, any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now, let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again”
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