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| Bobo Lewis | |
| Credits | |
| Roles | Giant's Wife Nurse Horgan Brunhilda Woman at House |
| Biographical Information | |
| Birth Name | Barbara Lewis |
| Birthdate | May 14, 1926 |
| Birthplace | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Death Date | November 6, 1998 (age 72) |
| Death Place | New York, New York, United States |
Bobo Lewis played multiple characters on Bewitched (1969-1971).
Biography[]
Bobo Lewis was an American actress. She was born Barbara Lewis on May 14, 1926 in Miami, Florida. She moved to New York as a teenager, studied acting, and changed her name from Barbara Lewis to Bobo Lewis, as Actor's Equity had another actress with that name.
In the summer of 1957, she landed a role in the Provincetown Playhouse production of the musical Kaleidoscope directed by Paul Mazursky. She focused on stage work for many years, and always returned to the stage throughout her career, appearing first at regional theaters such as the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Rhode Island Shakespeare Festival, the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. She also performed in some productions at Off-Broadway's Circle Repertory Company, including the 1978-79 revival of Milan Stitt's The Runner Stumbles with William Hurt. On Broadway, she appeared in Twigs, The Women, Lorelei, Working, Kennedy's Children, and 42nd Street.
In 1978, she won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as the teacher in the Broadway musical Working, based on Studs Terkel's book. With her co-star on Working, Lynne Thigpen, she teamed up to create the Lynne Thigpen-Bobo Lewis Foundation to help young actresses and actors learn how to survive and succeed in New York theater. In 1997, she was nominated for a best supporting actress Joseph Jefferson Award for her role as Stella in the revival of Moss Hart's classic satirical comedy Light Up the Sky at the Goodman Theatre.
Bobo Lewis appeared on television beginning in March 1963 with a small role in the Our Man Higgins episode, "Black Thursday" (season one, episode twenty-three). She subsequently had guest roles on numerous series, including My Three Sons, The Farmer's Daughter, Karen, The Monkees, The Jerry Lewis Show, The Outsider, The Bill Cosby Show, Bonanza, That Girl, Love, American Style, The Tony Randall Show, Search for Tomorrow, Another World, and The City.
In 1989, she became famous for her portrayal of gossip Midge Smoot on the classic PBS children's television show Shining Time Station, earning critical acclaim for her work and remaining on the show until its end in 1993. She would later appear in all succeeding Shining Time Specials.
She also played minor roles in several motion pictures, including David Swift's 1962 The Interns, Stanley Kramer's 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Billy Wilder's 1964 Kiss Me, Stupid, Gordon Douglas's 1966 Way... Way Out, James Ivory's 1975 The Wild Party, Jean-Paul Rappeneau's 1975 Le Sauvage, Steve Gordon's 1981 Arthur, Sidney Lumet's 1988 Running on Empty, George Armitage's 1990 Miami Blues, Ron Howard's 1994 The Paper, and Carl Franklin's 1998 One True Thing. Her final, and posthumous, performance was in Christopher Livingston's 1999 Hit and Runway.
Barbara "Bobo" Lewis died from cancer on November 6, 1998 at New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York. She was 72.
Bewitched Credits[]
- Giant's Wife in "Samantha and the Beanstalk"
- Nurse Horgan in "...And Something Makes Four"
- Brunhilda in "Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland"
- Woman at House in "Cousin Serena Strikes Again (Part 2)"
Sources[]
- Bobo Lewis on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on August 9, 2022. Updated on January 23, 2025.
- Bobo Lewis on Wikipedia. Retrieved on January 23, 2025.
- Jones, Kenneth. "Character Actress Bobo Lewis, Drama Desk Winner, Dead at 72", Playbill.com, November 16, 1998. Retrieved on January 23, 2025.
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