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Jerry Lewis
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage,…
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Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, radio, screen, recording and television. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis 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.
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2025
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
From Darkness to Light
Movie Self
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2024
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Movie Self (Archival Footage)
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2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV show Self - Comedian (archive footage)
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2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
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2022
Mystery Reel
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2022
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
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2022
Rat Pack
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2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool
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2021
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
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2020
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
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2020
TV Story Superstar
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2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
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2017
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
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2017
Dying Laughing
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2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
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2016
Max Rose
Movie Max Rose
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2016
The Trust
Movie Jim's Father
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2016
The Last Laugh
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2016
The Clown
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2016
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
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2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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2013
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
Movie Bellboy
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2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
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2012
Close Up
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2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
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2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
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2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
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2011
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
Movie Self
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2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV show
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2009
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Movie Stationmaster (voice)
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2008
The Nutty Professor
Movie Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
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2006
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
Movie Self
- 2005
