Barbara "Bobo" Lewis (May 14, 1926 – November 6, 1998) was an American comedic actress of film, musical theatre, stage and television.

Born in Miami, Florida, Lewis studied acting and won a Drama Desk Award in 1978 for portraying a teacher in Working on Broadway.

[1] Bobo Lewis was most famous for her role as gossip Midge Smoot on the children's television series Shining Time Station.

She teamed up with her Broadway co-star Lynne Thigpen (Working, 1978) to create the Lynne Thigpen-Bobo Lewis Foundation "to help young actresses and actors learn how to survive and succeed in New York theater".

[citation needed] Lewis died on November 6, 1998, at New York Hospital in Manhattan from cancer, aged 72.