The memorable gospel-style song “Movin’ on Up” provides the soundtrack: “The Jeffersons” starred Sherman Hemsley as George, ...

Producer Norman Lear had pegged Sherman Hemsley from the very beginning to play George Jefferson. However, at the time All in the Family hit the airwaves, Hemsley was co-starring in Purlie on ...

Actor Sherman Hemsley, who starred in the hit 1970s US sitcom The Jeffersons, has died at the age of 74. Police in El Paso, Texas, said late on Tuesday that Hemsley had been found dead at his home ...

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Sherman Alexander Hemsley was an American actor. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC ...