JERRY LEWIS FRIAR'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
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WALTER MCBRIDE
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THE FRIAR'S CLUB
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WALTER MCBRIDE
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THE FRIAR'S CLUB
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Jerry Lewis
The Legend Jerry Lewis
Quentin Tarantino
Freddie RomanThe world famous Friar's Club honored the legend himself, Jerry Lewis with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino was on there to present Lewis with his honorary bust.
Lewis is best-known for his huge slapstick humor on stage, radio, screen, recording and television. He was originally partnered with another icon Dean Martin in 1946, forming the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the team's popular nightclub work, they starred in widely successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. As an innovative filmmaker, Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist system in cinematography. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented. On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Photos By: Walter McBride/Retna
Lewis is best-known for his huge slapstick humor on stage, radio, screen, recording and television. He was originally partnered with another icon Dean Martin in 1946, forming the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the team's popular nightclub work, they starred in widely successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. As an innovative filmmaker, Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist system in cinematography. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented. On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Photos By: Walter McBride/Retna
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