Shari Lewis

About

Children's puppeteer and cheerful TV personality whose characters, Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse, became popular in the 1960s and 1990s. The puppets appeared on the children's show Captain Kangaroo and the morning television show Hi Mom. 

Before Fame

She was trained in acrobatics, juggling, ventriloquism, baton twirling, piano, violin, and ice skating.

Trivia

She guest-starred in American Style and Car 54. She received 12 Emmy awards throughout her career. 

Family Life

She married her second husband Jeremy Tarcher in 1958, and the couple had a daughter named Mallory.

Associated With

She had a guest performance with Lamp Chop on the TV series The Nanny, starring Fran Drescher.