Jerry Lewis biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Jerry Lewis

Author Name:

Jerry Lewis

Born As:

Joseph Levitch

Other Names:

Born:

16 Mar 1926

Died:





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Actor, screenwriter, director and producer                          
                          
Mother Rachel Brodsky
Father Danny Levitch
First wife, Patti Palmer - 1944-1980 - six children
Second wife, SanDee Pitnick - 1983-present - one daughter.

Joseph Lewis; born January 1964 to Patti Palmer, died October 24, 2009 from a narcotics overdose.                          
                          
His birth name is usually reported as Joseph Levitch, although Shawn Levy's biography, King of Comedy, claims this is untrue and that Lewis's name at birth was Jerome Levitch, despite the fact that Jerry Lewis has stated that it was Joseph, named after his grandfather. His father, however, didn't like the name so he called him Jerry.