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Sylvia Lewis was born in York, Pennsylvania.
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She first performed as a young child in the last days of vaudeville in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her first classical training as a scholarship student at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, studying dance, voice and piano. She went to Hollywood at the age of twelve.
Lewis began her film career in Singin" in the Rain and Red Garters as a dancer, then in Drums of Tahiti as an actress.
In the second season, the program was renamed The Ray Bolger Show. Lewis has choreographed many television shows since the 1950s, including Who"s the Boss? with Children.
Guest appearances on shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Beverly Hillbillies and, plus a healthy stage career on both coasts, earned her a reputation as a triple-threat performer. The Beverly Hillbillies The Andy Griffith Show.
