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Jul 24, 2012 · Sherman Alexander Hemsley was born Feb. 1, 1938, in Philadelphia. He was raised by a single mother, who worked in a factory. His early life was a struggle, but he recalled vividly the warm feeling ...
Feb 1, 2017 · Born Sherman Alexander Hemsley in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he dropped out of high school and joined the US Air Force, serving for 4 years. After his enlistment was completed, he returned to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and worked for the US Post Office while attending night classes at the Academy of Dramatic Arts.
In his one-hour interview, Sherman Hemsley (1938-2012) talks about his early career as a stage actor (while continuing to work a day job at the post office) and his rise to fame as "George Jefferson" on All in the Family. He speaks of his being cast for the role and the subsequent spin-off, The Jeffersons. Hemsley discusses other shows he performed in after All in the Family went off the air ...
Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his role as George Jefferson on The Jeffersons parent series, the CBS television sitcom All In The Family and The Jeffersons, and then as Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC-TV series Amen. He also played Earl Sinclair's horrifying boss, a Triceratops named B.P. Richfield, on the Jim Henson sitcom ...
The couple lived in the same high-rise apartment building as the sitcom's title characters. Cover would often be the foil to Sherman Hemsley's black businessman character, George Jefferson. The sitcom ran from 1975 to 1985. He also appeared in The Stepford Wives in 1975, and played Hubert Humphrey in the 1982 TV movie A Woman Called Golda.
Jul 25, 2012 · July 25, 2012 12 AM PT. Los Angeles Times Television Critic. Let us now, in our hearts or with our bodies, do a funky little dance, a cocky little walk, in praise and memory of Sherman Hemsley ...
George (front) with wife Louise and son Lionel. George Jefferson is a fictional character played by Sherman Hemsley on the American television sitcoms All in the Family (1973–1975, 1978) and its spin-off The Jeffersons (1975–1985), in which he serves as the program's protagonist. He appeared in all 253 episodes of The Jeffersons .
