Jerry Lewis: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Jerome Joseph Levitch • Joseph Levitch
Born	March 16, 1926 • Newark • New Jersey
Died	August 20, 2017 (aged 91) • Las Vegas • Nevada
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2009) • Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (2005) • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2009)
Notable Works	“The Bellboy” • “The Errand Boy” • “The Family Jewels” • “The Ladies Man” • “The Nutty Professor” • “The Patsy”
Married To	SanDee Pitnick (married 1983) • Patti Lewis (1944–1983)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Who's Minding the Store?" (1963) • "Startime" (1959) • "Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur!" (1984) • "Smorgasbord" (1983) • "It's Only Money" (1962) • "My Friend Irma Goes West" (1950) • "Sailor Beware" (1952) • "Max Rose" (2013) • "Artists and Models" (1955) • "Slapstick (Of Another Kind)" (1982) • "Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir" (1984) • "Living It Up" (1954) • "The Patsy" (1964) • "The Stooge" (1951) • "Money from Home" (1953) • "Funny Bones" (1995) • "3 Ring Circus" (1954) • "Jumping Jacks" (1952) • "Visit to a Small Planet" (1960) • "You're Never Too Young" (1955) • "The Trust" (2016) • "Boeing, Boeing" (1965) • "At War with the Army" (1950) • "The Caddy" (1953) • "The Errand Boy" (1961) • "Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!" (2009) • "Hollywood or Bust" (1956) • "Até que a Sorte nos Separe 2" (2013) • "Ben Casey" (1965) • "Which Way to the Front?" (1970) • "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992) • "Cookie" (1989) • "The Nutty Professor" (1963) • "The Family Jewels" (1965) • "Don't Give Up the Ship" (1959) • "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (1958) • "The King of Comedy" (1982) • "The Geisha Boy" (1958) • "The Red Skelton Show" (1970) • "The Disorderly Orderly" (1964) • "Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River" (1968) • "That's My Boy" (1951) • "The Big Mouth" (1967) • "Arizona Dream" (1993) • "Wiseguy" (1988–1989) • "My Friend Irma" (1949) • "Cinderfella" (1960) • "The Bellboy" (1960) • "The Simpsons" (2003) • "The Day the Clown Cried" (1972) • "Pardners" (1956) • "Scared Stiff" (1953) • "Hook, Line and Sinker" (1969) • "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2006) • "The Sad Sack" (1957) • "Hardly Working" (1980) • "Mad About You" (1993) • "The Delicate Delinquent" (1957) • "The Ladies Man" (1961) • "Three on a Couch" (1966) • "Way... Way Out" (1966)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The Big Mouth" (1967) • "Three on a Couch" (1966) • "Good Grief" (1991) • "Komedy Kapers" (1956) • "The Ladies Man" (1961) • "The Bellboy" (1960) • "The Nutty Professor" (1963) • "Super Force" (1990) • "Hardly Working" (1980) • "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" (1970) • "The Patsy" (1964) • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1970) • "The Day the Clown Cried" (1972) • "The Family Jewels" (1965) • "The Errand Boy" (1961) • "Comment vont les enfants" (1992) • "Which Way to the Front?" (1970) • "That's Life" (1979) • "One More Time" (1970) • "Ben Casey" (1965) • "Brothers" (1985) • "Smorgasbord" (1983)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"The Day the Clown Cried" (1972) • "The Bellboy" (1960) • "The Jerry Lewis Show" (1963) • "Comment vont les enfants" (1992) • "The Big Mouth" (1967) • "The Nutty Professor" (1963) • "Hardly Working" (1980) • "The Errand Boy" (1961) • "The Patsy" (1964) • "The Family Jewels" (1965) • "The Nutty Professor" (1996) • "Jerry Lewis Live" (1984) • "Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down" (1970) • "Pink Lady" (1980) • "Smorgasbord" (1983) • "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" (2000) • "The Ladies Man" (1961) • "The Jerry Lewis Show" (1967–1969)