Trivia

Starred on Ed Sullivan's very first The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) broadcast, along with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Her brother, Marlo Lewis, created the show and produced it for several years.

Was the voice of the popular commercial cartoon character Chiquita Banana for 14 years.

Was one of the first people to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).

Father, Abe, was a classical pianist, conductor, and composer. Mother, Jessica, sang with the Chicago Opera Company. Her sister, Barbara Lewis, was also a pianist, and her brother, Marlo Lewis, was a successful TV producer.

Widow of Jennings Lang.

Was the only woman to dance on screen with Gower Champion, besides wife Marge Champion, in the musical, Everything I Have Is Yours (1952).

Mother, with Jennings Lang, of writer/producer/director Rocky Lang and Michael Lang.

Co-starred with Frank Sinatra on the Chesterfield radio series, "Music That Satisfies".

Died 5 days after her Airport '77 (1977) co-star Christopher Lee, who was also born in 1922 and passed away at age 93.

First wife of Bob Thiele.

She was the daughter of Jessie H. (Lewis) and Abe Leon Bloom. Her father was born in Missouri and her mother was born in New York, and all of her grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants.