Sherman Hemsley

Age: 72
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born: Feb. 1st, 1938

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Sherman Hemsley's Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

He and "The Jeffersons "(1975) co-star Isabel Sanford appeared in Old Navy and Denny's Restaurant Commercials.
George Jefferson, Hemsley's character on _"The Jeffersons" (1975)_ (qv), was ranked #44 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
Was over twenty years younger than his _"The Jeffersons" (1975)_ (qv) co-star 'Isabel Sanford' (qv) who played his wife on the series.
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 211-212. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
Is only 11 years older then fictional TV son Mike Evans on "The Jeffersons".
Worked as a post office clerk before getting role on All in The Family.
Played the same character, George Jefferson, on four different TV series and in a film: the TV series "All in the Family" (1971), "The Jeffersons (1975), "E/R" (1984) and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990), and the film "Jane Austen's Mafia!" (1998).

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