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Date of Birth

1 February 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name

Sherman Alexander Hemsley

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Trivia

Worked as a post office clerk before getting role on All in The Family.

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 211-212. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

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).

George Jefferson, Hemsley's character on "The Jeffersons" (1975), 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) co-star Isabel Sanford who played his wife on the series.

Is only 11 years older then fictional TV son Mike Evans on "The Jeffersons".

He and "The Jeffersons "(1975) co-star Isabel Sanford appeared in Old Navy and Denny's Restaurant Commercials.

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