Was the voice of the popular commercial cartoon character Chiquita Banana for 14 years.
Father, Abe, was a classical pianist, conductor, and composer. Mother, Jessica, sang with the Chicago Opera Company. Her sister, Barbara Lewis, was also a pianist, and her brother, Marlo Lewis, was a successful TV producer.
She was the daughter of Jessie H. (Lewis) and Abe Leon Bloom. Her father was born in Missouri and her mother was born in New York, and all of her grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants.