The late Jerry Lewis has been accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment by a number of his former colleagues.
Lewis – remembered by many as the “King of Comedy” – died of natural causes in 2017 at the age of 91, and is now a revealing documentary from Vanity Fair claims to have mistreated actresses Karen Sharp, Hope Holiday and many others.
Wednesday’s documentary, The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon, was directed by Amy Seering and Kirby Dick, who produced HBOAllen’s sensational film against Farrow, which documents allegations of sexual violence against Woody Allen by his daughter Dylan Farrow.
Jerry Lewis’s colleagues accuse the late star of sexual assault: New documentary and revelation claims that “King of Comedy” will lock the actresses in his locker room (the actor in the photo above)
Among the allegations of abuse are allegations that Lewis invited an actress to his locker room before locking the door and masturbating in front of her while “talking dirty.”
Karen Sharpe, now 87, has co-starred with Lewis in The Disorderly Ordery since 1964 and claims there was an accident when Lewis ordered people out of the locker room, leaving them alone.
He started stroking me. He unzipped his pants, “she said in the piece.
“It simply came to our notice then. I raised my hand and said, “Wait a minute. I don’t know if that’s a requirement for your leading ladies, but it’s something I don’t do.”
Allegations: Karen Sharpe, now 87, co-starred with Lewis in The Disorderly Order of 1964 and claimed that an accident occurred when Lewis ordered people to leave the locker room, leaving them alone (pictured above). in 2012)
The Golden Globe-winning actress added: “I saw that he was furious. I had the feeling that this had never really happened to him.
Sharpe claims that after her return to the set later that week, Lewis was cool and refused to see or even rehearse with her.
She claims that the actor will be seen only with her, why they are shooting scenes and claims that some members of the team were told not to talk to her.
Hope Holiday, meanwhile, who is now 91, also claims that a similar experience happened to her when Lewis invited her to his locker room during the 1961 filming of The Ladies Man.
Movie star: Lewis is pictured above in the 1963 film Irma La Douce with Hope Holiday and Shirley McLain
She claims the comedian pressed a button that locked the door after she was inside and became sexually aggressive.
“Then he started talking to me, ‘You know, you can be very attractive, but you always wear pants. I’ve never seen you with sex. “You have nice legs and good tits,” she said.
“Then he starts talking to me about sex … He starts talking dirty to me and while he’s talking, his pants open and the ugly thing comes out and he starts teasing. I was scared … I was just sitting there and I wanted to leave so much, “she said.
Holiday then claims that he met Lewis the next day, also claiming that the actor stopped talking to the actress after he was called because of his behavior.
Legacy: Lewis – remembered by many as the “King of Comedy” – died of natural causes in 2017 at the age of 91
She said: “I hit him so hard that he spun around. And I didn’t want to. Maybe deep down I did it. But he left the set and frowned for an hour.
The production was then stopped on the set because Lewis was the main star and director of the film.
“He said I did it on purpose,” she added. “He finally came back and didn’t talk to me. He never talks to me again.
Also interviewed for the song are Jill St. John, who worked with Lewis in 1963 on Who’s Minding the Store ?, singer Lane Kazan, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Rene Taylor, and Anna Maria Albergetti, who worked with him on Cinderella from 1960
Taylor, who is now 88, claims she was in her 20s when the actor arranged a meeting with Paramount executives who asked her if she was “one of Jerry’s girls”.
When she said no, Taylor said leaders had started cursing her with obscene and inappropriate comments.
“They said, ‘Well, how big is your drink?’ “Jerry has salami and will use it for a girl,” she said.
The documentary, entitled “The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon,” was released by Vanity Fair on Wednesday.