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Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer and humanitarian. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, screen, television, radio, recording and is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and 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, which is the highest Emmy Award presented.

On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. As an innovative filmmaker, Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist system in cinematography (some doubt now exists about this, due to a patent predating Lewis’ by more than a decade [2]). Lewis was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the team’s popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. The act broke up ten years later.

• Born: Joseph Levitch March 16, 1926 (age 86) Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
• Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada
• Nationality: American
• Other names: The King of Comedy Le Roi du Crazy Picchiatello
• Education: Irvington High School
• Occupation: Comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer, national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (early 1950s-2011)
• Years active: 1931–present
• Home town: Trenton, New Jersey
• Spouse: Patti Palmer (1944-1980) SanDee Pitnick (1983-present)
• Children: 7 including: Gary Lewis (two adopted)
• Parents: Daniel Levitch, Rachael (née Brodsky) Levitch
• Awards: American Comedy Award, Golden Camera Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Award

Read more about Jerry Lewis at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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Muscular Dystrophy Association show leaving Vegas
Yahoo Entertainment, 2012-04-06 20:59:21
Last year, the Muscular Dystrophy Association split with comedian and telethon host Jerry Lewis after 44 years. Now, the MDA Labor Day show is leaving Las Vegas.

ArtsBeat: 'Nutty Professor' Musical Will Have Its Premiere in Nashville
NY Times Theater, 2012-04-04 19:46:07
A musical version of “The Nutty Professor,” adapted from Jerry Lewis’s hit 1963, will make its debut in July, ahead of a planned Broadway run.

The Nutty Professor Musical, Directed by Jerry Lewis, Will Debut in Nashville
Playbill Combined , 2012-04-04 13:29:00
The Nutty Professor, a new musical based on the famed 1963 Jerry Lewis film of the same name, will make its world premiere July 24-Aug. 19 in Nashville at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theater.