The comedian who because of his departure cried millions
No doubt Jerry Lewis, the man who has laughed millions, cried out by leaving millions of fans of his art and followers of his old movies on television. Jerry Lewis was a comedian, composer, singer, producer, producer and humane philanthropist. During his lifetime he was known to donate to the Society for the Prevention of Muscular Atrophy and saved many children until he withdrew for reasons he did not disclose in 2010.
Jerry Lewis appeared as an actor in 74 works, directed 23 films, and wrote 21 screenplays. It is a huge outcome of a legend in comedic art. Jerry Lewis enjoyed a special artistic presence among comedians in the 1950s and 1960s. He was distinguished from the other comedians of his time with his childish, rubbery face, which was only previously seen by an American star, Bob Hope, and only Jim Carrey. Perhaps the British comedian Norman Wesdem is the only artist who is relatively similar to Jerry Lewis on the other side of the Atlantic. Both of them were preceded by the early French comedian, who is exaggerating Louis de Funes, as well as American star Mel Brooks. Jerry Lewis married twice during his lifetime, the first between 1944-80 of Patti Palmer, with six children. One died in 2009. The second was Sandy Petnick, whom he married in 1983 and together built a single daughter. His death in Las Vegas is due to natural causes at the age of 91 years.
Jerry Lewis was born the only son of a New Jersey-based art family in 1926, when his father was a Voodville actor and his mother was a pianist. From the age of five, his parents shared their performances, attracting audience laughter, leading him to pursue art at a very young age. His parents did not allow him to live a stable life or go on studying well, moving between relatives' homes and leaving school, to find an opportunity to appear on stage and make money. He was fortunate enough to meet the singer Dean Martin by chance to have a friendship and artistic partnership between the two for a decade, beginning in 1946, to become a popular television and television duo in the United States and the world. He quickly became a rival to the famous comedy duo Abbott and Costello in the 1950s. Thus, Jerry and Martin appeared on an hour-long television show sponsored by Colgate between 1950 and 1955, during which they performed a lot of comedic improvisation and singing, attracting millions of viewers. The duo has also appeared in 14 films in just seven years, all of which have been highly successful and have generated huge profits. The two partners have been separated by unknown causes. Jerry Lewis has been alone since 1957, and Dean Martin has starred as a brilliant film star.
Some US television stations still re-broadcast Jerry Lewis in abundance, either alone or with Dean Martin. Jerry Lewis's films are numerous, but some of them are still in memory, including his most famous films with Dean Martin "Artists and Models" (1955). There are also some of his famous films after he became a soloist, such as Sindervilla (1960), The Ladies Man (1961), The Curious Professor (1963). Jerry Lewis, Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Lee, as well as his friendship with the famous singer and actor Sami Davies, and his good knowledge of directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. It is not surprising, therefore, that among the Jerry Lewis Awards during his lifetime we have received the award of the most cooperative actor. He was a gentle man who was honest, generous, friendly and well-known for his generosity.
By the end of the 1960s, Jerry Lewis had gradually become less famous, no longer a box-office star as he was in his youth. A large section of the American audience was regarded as a mere spectacle, while his fame and respect for his art was limited to Europe and the rest of the world. A series of films, starring Jerry Lewis, failed to single out one of his most memorable successes: "The King of Comedy" (1982) with Robert De Niro, directed by Martin Scorsese. But this orphaned success did not change anything. Jerry Lewis's films got modest ratings, and it was clear that Lewis's comic fashion was becoming outdated, and that the American public was looking for another model in the art of laughter, perhaps closer to Woody Allen or Steve Martin . But the aging of Jerry Lewis, his intermittent appearance in television interviews or theaters as a guest of honor, and his death for natural reasons, made the memory of Jerry Lewis live again as a rare icon in the history of cinema, reminding a new generation of the achievements of a great artist who was once the undisputed king of American comedy in the 1950s Sixty, so that he cried farewell to the lives of millions of people who have already laughed.