Shari Lewis

Lewis then hosted several New York children's series over the balance of the decade. N. Her parents encouraged her to perform and her father who had been named New York City's "official magician" by Mayor Fiorello H.

Shari Lewis (January 17 1933 – August 2 1998) was an American ventriloquist puppeteer and children's television show host most popular during the 1960s and 1990s.