Patti Lewis

American big band singer. For British singer/actress by the same name, see: Patti Lewis (3) Born: November 20, 1921 Cambria, Wyoming, USA Died: January 15, 2021 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (99 years old). Wife of actor/singe/comedian Jerry Lewis (3) from 1944 to 1983. She was the mother of Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis & The Playboys fame. "Patti Palmer" was her stage name. When she first met Jerry Lewis in Detroit in August 1944, she was a singer with Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra. Shortly thereafter, she joined Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra. She quit singing to become a mother in 1945.