Reports about his birth name are conflicting in Lewis's 1982 autobiography, he claimed his birth name was Joseph, after his maternal grandfather, but his birth certificate, the 1930 U. His parents were Daniel "Danny" Levitch (1902–1980), a master of ceremonies and vaudevillian who performed under the stage name Danny Lewis, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire to New York, and Rachael "Rae" Levitch (née Brodsky 1903–1983), a WOR radio pianist and Danny's music director, from Warsaw. Lewis was born on March 16, 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. While nicknamed "The King of Comedy" in the United States, Lewis was also known as "Le Roi du Crazy" in France. Lewis performed in concert stages, nightclubs, casinos, theaters, music recordings, radio and starred in 118 film and television productions throughout his career. He became national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in 1956 and dedicated his time to philanthropy, for which he received several accolades, including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. While his film career slowed down until 1972, Lewis focused on muscular dystrophy activism. Lewis was an early and prominent user of video assist, which allows real-time review of how a scene looks on camera. He then became the world's highest paid movie star in the late 1950s and 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of his life. He began his career in the mid-1940s as one half of Martin and Lewis, with singer and actor Dean Martin and was one of the most popular acts of all time. Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian.
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