Shari Lewis
Shari Lewis was an American ventriloquist and puppeteer best known for her sock puppet Lamb Chop, a childlike lamb character who appeared on children's television from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Lewis won multiple Emmy Awards for her educational programming.
Her work influenced generations of children's entertainers.
- Lamb ChopCut from young sheep
- puppetControlled performing figure
- hand puppetWorn figure you animate
- ventriloquistOne who speaks for puppets
- sock puppetHosiery made theatrical
PBS · public television · children's television · puppeteer · variety show · curly hair · singing · storytelling · bedtime story · kids show · ventriloquism · wooly · fleece · playful · imagination · 1990s · nostalgia · bedtime
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