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Shari Lewis was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, comedian, and television show host. She was best known as the original puppeteer of the sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and then Hi Mom, a local morning television show that aired on WRCA-TV in New York City.
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Kidz Klub! | Lambchop | 2022 |
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self | 2021 |
| A Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 2005 |
| Wrongfully Accused | Lambchop | 1998 |
| The Charlie Horse Music Pizza | Shari / Lamb-Chop / Charlie Horse / Hush Puppy | 1998 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996 |
| Kids for Character | Self / Lamb Chop / Charlie Horse / Hush Puppy | 1996 |
| Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah | Shari / Lamb Chop / Charlie Horse / Hush Puppy | 1995 |
| Cybill | Lamb Chop | 1995 |
| The Suzanne Somers Show | Self | 1994 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Kidz Klub! | Lambchop | 2022 |
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self | 2021 |
| A Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 2005 |
| Wrongfully Accused | Lambchop | 1998 |
| The Charlie Horse Music Pizza | Shari / Lamb-Chop / Charlie Horse / Hush Puppy | 1998 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996 |
| Kids for Character | Self / Lamb Chop / Charlie Horse / Hush Puppy | 1996 |
| Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah | Shari / Lamb Chop / Charlie Horse / Hush Puppy | 1995 |
| Cybill | Lamb Chop | 1995 |
| The Suzanne Somers Show | Self | 1994 |
| Corrina, Corrina | Self | 1994 |
| The Nanny | Shari Lewis | 1993 |
| Lamb Chop's Play-Along | Host / Lamb Chop / Hush Puppy / Charlie Horse / Shari | 1992 |
| One on One with John Tesh | Self | 1991 |
| Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Star's Table | Self | 1986 |
| NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1986 |
| Breakaway | Self | 1983 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
| The Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1981 |
| The John Davidson Show | Herself - Ventriloquist | 1980 |
| The Muppet Movie | Muppet Performer / Additional Muppet Performer | 1979 |
| The Paul Daniels Magic Show | Self | 1979 |
| America 2-Night | Self | 1978 |
| To Say the Least | Self | 1977 |
| Break the Bank | Self | 1976 |
| Rhyme and Reason | Self | 1975 |
| Showoffs | Self | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | 1974 |
| Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
| The Mouse Factory | Self | 1972 |
| The Other Reg Varney | Various Characters | 1970 |
| The Game Game | Self | 1969 |
| It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Diane (segment "Love and the Dummies") / Sue (segment "Love and the Alibi") | 1969 |
| The Barbara McNair Show | Self | 1969 |
| Sesame Street | Self / Lamb Chop | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| You're Putting Me On | Self | 1969 |
| Playboy After Dark | Self | 1969 |
| It Takes Two | Self | 1968 |
| The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show | Self | 1968 |
| The Banana Splits Adventure Hour | Princess Nidor | 1968 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1968 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Dream Girl of '67 | Self - Fashion Hostess | 1966 |
| The Pat Boone Show | Self / Self - puppeteer | 1966 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1966 |
| Potions and Notions | Honey Halfwitch | 1966 |
| A Wedding Knight | Gwendolyn | 1966 |
| Throne for a Loss | Honey Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie / Woman | 1966 |
| Hippodrome | Self - Puppeteer | 1966 |
| The John Gary Show | Self | 1966 |
| The Defiant Giant | Honey Halfwitch | 1966 |
| The Face Is Familiar | Self | 1966 |
| Trick or Cheat | Honey Halfwitch | 1966 |
| Baggin' the Dragon | Honey Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie | 1966 |
| From Nags to Witches | Honey Halfwitch | 1966 |
| Shoeflies | Honey Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie / Teeny Meanie | 1965 |
| Fractured Phrases | Self | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
| Fanfare | Self | 1965 |
| The Val Doonican Show | Self | 1965 |
| The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) | Self - Panelist | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| Poor Little Witch Girl | Halfwitch / Cousin Maggie | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Janet Jerrod | 1964 |
| Get the Message | Self | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Ventriloquist / Self - Singer / Self | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Lois | 1963 |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Self / Self - Ventriloquist | 1963 |
| Missing Links | Self / Self - Panelist | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self / Herself | 1963 |
| The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Puppeteer / Herself / Self - Co-Host | 1961 |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Judy / Melinda Walsh | 1961 |
| The Shari Lewis Show | Self - Hostess | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| The Garry Moore Show | Self | 1958 |
| The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show | Self | 1958 |
| Keep Talking | Self | 1958 |
| The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show | Self | 1958 |
| The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams | Self | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| America After Dark | Self - Guest | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist / Self | 1956 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Herself - Ventriloquist | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Puppeteer | 1956 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Dulie Hudson | 1953 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Self | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Ventriloquist / Self / Self - Guest Hostess Ventriloquist | 1950 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Puppeteer / Self - Ventriloquist | 1948 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Kids for Character | 1996 |
| Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah | 1995 |
| Lamb Chop's Play-Along | 1992 |
