Sylvia Lewis
Sylvia Lewis is an American actress, dancer and choreographer. Career. Sylvia Lewis was born in York, Pennsylvania. 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. Later, she added choreography on her list of credits, which began  while she was a regular featured character on the ABC television series "Where's Raymond?", in which she played the dance partner named "Sylvia" of series star Ray Bolger. In the second season, the program was renamed "The Ray Bolger Show". She had a brief, but very memorable scene in the Jerry Lewis movie The Ladies Man in which she has no lines, but is able to show off her dance skills and charisma. Lewis has choreographed many television shows since the 1950s, including "Who's the Boss?" and "Married... with Children". Guest appearances on shows like "The Dick Van  Dyke Show", "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.", plus a healthy stage career on both coasts, earned her a reputation as a triple-threat performer. Personal life. Lewis lives in Thousand Oaks, California, with her husband, attorney Philip Gunning. She has one daughter (Catherine) from her brief marriage to director John Rich, who directed "The Ray Bolger Show".