Sylvia Lewis
Biography
Sylvia Lewis is an American actress, dancer and choreographer. Born in York, Pennsylvania, she first performed in Baltimore as a child near the end of vaudeville and won a Peabody Conservatory scholarship at ten, studying dance, voice and piano. She became a regular on the 1950s series Where's Raymond?, playing a dancer and also choreographing for its untrained lead. Her first film choreography work was Hot Blood, and in 1956 she appeared in The Conqueror, dancing with John Wayne. In The Ladies Man (1961) she played Miss Cartilage and danced with Jerry Lewis. She choreographed Who's the Boss? for eight years and Married... with Children, starred in a 1961 Music Circus production of On the Town, and appeared in The Desert Song and the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies. She also had guest roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Beverly Hillbillies, among others.
95years old
Turns 96 on April 22in 162 days
- Born York
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 17 years1952 to 1969
Every film, newest first
- 1969Hook, Line and SinkerIMDb rating 5.4
- 1961The Ladies ManIMDb rating 6.3
- 1952Singin' in the RainIMDb rating 8.3
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Big break
Sylvia Lewis auditioned for the 1950s television series Where's Raymond? and became a regular, playing a dancer and serving as choreographer for the untrained lead actor.
A first
Lewis's first job as a choreographer on a film came in the 1956 movie Hot Blood, which was her first film choreography credit.
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Worked with
Sylvia Lewis shares three films with Kathleen Freeman, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kathleen Freeman's page
Jerry Lewis's page
Bess Flowers's page
Byron Foulger's page
Douglas Fowley's page
William Schallert's page
All films by Gene Kelly
All films by Stanley Donen
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