Jerry Louis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jerry Louis
Occupation	Comedian
Date Of Birth	Mar 16, 1926(1926-03-16)
Age	98
Date Of Death	August 20, 2017,
Birthplace	Newark
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Pisces

Jerry Louis Biography

Jerry Louis is one of the most popular and richest Comedian who was born on March 16, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker, and humanitarian, dubbed “The King of Comedy” and “The Total Filmmaker”. He gained his career breakthrough with singer Dean Martin, becoming Martin & Lewis in 1946 and would perform together for ten years until their acrimonious breakup in 1956.

Lewis wed Patti Palmer (later Lewis, née Esther Grace Calonico; born 1922), an Italian American singer with Ted Fio Rito, on October 3, 1944, and the two had six children together-five biological: Gary Levitch (later Lewis) (born 1946); Scott (born 1956); Christopher (born 1957); Anthony (born 1959); and Joseph (1964–2009)-and one adopted, Ronald (born 1949). It was an Interfaith marriage; Lewis was Jewish and Palmer was Catholic. Palmer filed for divorce from Lewis in 1980, after 35 years of marriage, citing Lewis’ extravagant spending and infidelity on his part, and it was finalized in 1983. All of Lewis’ children and grandchildren from his marriage to Palmer were excluded from inheriting any part of his estate. While married to Palmer, Lewis openly pursued relationships with other women and gave unapologetic interviews about his infidelity, revealing his affairs with Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich to People in 2011. His eldest son, Gary, publicly called his father a “mean and evil person” and said that Lewis never showed him or his siblings any love or care.

Jerry Louis Net Worth

Jerry Louis is one of the richest Comedian from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jerry Louis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lewis was born on March 16, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Daniel “Danny” Levitch (1902–1980), a master of ceremonies and vaudevillian who performed under the stage name Danny Lewis, from New York whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire, and Rachael “Rae” Levitch (née Brodsky; 1903–1983), a WOR pianist and Danny’s music director, from Warsaw. Reports as to his birth name are conflicting; in Lewis’ 1982 autobiography, he claimed his birth name was Joseph, after his maternal grandfather, but his birth certificate, the 1930 U. S. Census, and the 1940 U. S. Census all name him as Jerome.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1950, Martin and Lewis signed with NBC to be one of a series of weekly rotating hosts of The Colgate Comedy Hour, a live Sunday evening broadcast. Lewis, writer for the team’s nightclub act, hired Norman Lear and Ed Simmons as regular writers for their Comedy Hour material. Their Comedy Hour shows consisted of stand-up dialogue, song and dance from their nightclub act and movies, backed by Dick Stabile’s big band, slapstick and satirical sketch comedy, Martin’s solo songs, and Lewis’ solo pantomimes or physical numbers.

Facts & Trivia

Igor Ranked on the list of most popular Comedian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jerry Louis celebrates birthday on March 16 of every year.

Martin and Lewis often broke character, ad-libbing and breaking the fourth wall. While not completely capturing the orchestrated mayhem of their nightclub act, the Comedy Hour displayed charismatic energy between the team and established their popularity nationwide. By 1951, with an appearance at the Paramount Theater, they were a cultural phenomenon, attracting crowds rivaled only by Frank Sinatra earlier and later by Elvis Presley and The Beatles. The duo began their film careers at Paramount Pictures as ensemble players, in a 1949 film adaptation of the radio series My Friend Irma and its sequel My Friend Irma Goes West (1950).