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Jack Lemmon
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Lemmon in 1968
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John Uhler Lemmon III
February 8, 1925 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| Died | June 27, 2001 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Occupation | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 1949–2000 |
| Spouse(s) |
Cynthia Stone
(m. 1950; div. 1956) Felicia Farr
(m. 1962) |
| Children | 2, including Chris Lemmon |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ |
 United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1945–46 |
| Rank | Ensign |
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001), better known as Jack Lemmon, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor.
Life and career
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Lemmon's Star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, California, USA July 19, 2012
Lemmon was born in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where his father, John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., was the president of a doughnut company. His mother was Mildred Burgess Noel.
At Harvard, Lemmon was a member of the V-12 Navy College Training Program and was commissioned by the United States Navy, serving briefly as an ensign on an aircraft carrier during World War II before returning to Harvard after completing his military service. After graduation with a degree in War Service Sciences in 1947, Lemmon took up acting professionally, working on radio, television and Broadway.
Lemmon's film debut was a bit part in the 1949 film The Lady Takes a Sailor, but he was not noticed until his official debut opposite Judy Holliday in the 1954 It Should Happen to You. He became a favorite actor of director Billy Wilder, starring in many of his his films.
Throughout his career, Lemmon often appeared in films alongside actor Walter Matthau. They would go on to be one of the most beloved duos in cinema history. Lemmon was one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood. He is remembered as taking time for people, as the actor Kevin Spacey recalled in a tribute. In his autobiography, My Life, Burt Reynolds recalls Lemmon as the quintessential gentleman who never spoke ill of anyone, even if they deserved it.
Death
Lemmon died of metastatic cancer of the bladder on June 27, 2001. He had been fighting the disease, privately, for two years before his death. He was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California, buried near his friend and co-star, Walter Matthau, who died almost exactly one year before Lemmon. His gravestone reads like a title screen from a film: "JACK LEMMON in"
Filmography
Film
| 1950 | Once Too Often | Mike | Unknown | Uncredited |
| 1953 | It Should Happen to You | Pete Sheppard | George Cukor | |
| 1954 | Phffft | Robert Tracey | Mark Robson | |
| 1955 | Three for the Show | Martin "Marty" Stewart | H. C. Potter | |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver | John Ford & Mervyn LeRoy | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen | Robert "Bob" Baker | Richard Quine | |
| 1955 | Hollywood Bronc Busters | Himself | ||
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Peter Warne | Dick Powell | |
| 1957 | Fire Down Below | Tony | Robert Parrish | |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Private Hogan | Richard Quine | Nominated — Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
| 1958 | Cowboy | Frank Harris | Delmer Daves | |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and Candle | Nicky Holroyd | Richard Quine | |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Jerry "Gerald" / "Daphne" | Billy Wilder | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
| 1959 | It Happened to Jane | George Denham | Richard Quine | |
| 1960 | The Apartment | C. C. Baxter | Billy Wilder | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1960 | Stowaway in the Sky | Narrator | Albert Lamorisse | Voice |
| 1960 | Pepe | Daphne | George Sidney | Cameo |
| 1960 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Lt. Rip Crandall | Richard Murphy | |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady | William "Bill" Gridley | Richard Quine | |
| 1962 | Days of Wine and Roses | Joe Clay | Blake Edwards | Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Performer San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Nestor Patou / Lord X | Billy Wilder | Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1963 | Under the Yum Yum Tree | Hogan | David Swift | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | Sam Bissel | David Swift | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1965 | How to Murder Your Wife | Stanley Ford | Richard Quine | Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Professor Fate / Prince Hapnick | Blake Edwards | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie | Harry Hinkle | Billy Wilder | |
| 1967 | Luv | Harry Berlin | Clive Donner | |
| 1968 | There Comes a Day | |||
| 1968 | The Odd Couple | Felix Ungar | Gene Saks | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
| 1969 | The April Fools | Howard Brubaker | Stuart Rosenberg | Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
| 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | George Kellerman | Arthur Hiller | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Uncredited |
| 1971 | Kotch | Sleeping bus passenger | Jack Lemmon | Uncredited |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Peter Edward Wilson | Melville Shavelson | |
| 1972 | Avanti! | Wendell Armbruster, Jr. | Billy Wilder | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1973 | Save the Tiger | Harry Stoner | John G. Avildsen | Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1974 | La polizia ha le mani legate | Narrator | Luciano Ercoli | Voice |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson | Billy Wilder | David di Donatello for Best Actor (shared with Walter Matthau) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1975 | Wednesday | Jerry Murphy | ||
| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Mel Edison | Melvin Frank | |
| 1975 | The Gentleman Tramp | Narrator | Voice | |
| 1976 | Alex & the Gypsy | Alexander Main | John Korty | |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Captain Don Gallagher | Jerry Jameson | |
| 1979 | The China Syndrome | Jack Godell | James Bridges | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Actor (tied with Dustin Hoffman) BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor |
| 1980 | Tribute | Scottie Templeton | Bob Clark | Silver Bear for Best Actor Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | Victor Clooney | Billy Wilder | |
| 1982 | Missing | Ed Horman | Costa-Gavras | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal | Father Tim Farley | Glenn Jordan | |
| 1985 | Macaroni | Robert Traven | Ettore Scola | |
| 1986 | That's Life! | Harvey Fairchild | Blake Edwards | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1989 | Dad | Jake Tremont | Gary David Goldberg | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1991 | JFK | Jack Martin | Oliver Stone | |
| 1992 | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Himself | ||
| 1992 | The Player | Himself | Robert Altman | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Shelley Levene | James Foley | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor |
| 1993 | Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver County | Himself | ||
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Paul Finnigan | Robert Altman | Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble Cast Volpi Cup for Best Ensemble Cast |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | John Gustafson | Donald Petrie | |
| 1995 | The Grass Harp | Dr. Morris Ritz | Charles Matthau | |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | John Gustafson | Howard Deutch | Nominated — American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture |
| 1996 | Getting Away with Murder | Max Mueller / Karl Luger | Harvey Miller | |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | President Russell P. Kramer | Peter Segal | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Marcellus | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 1997 | Out to Sea | Herb Sullivan | Martha Coolidge | |
| 1997 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Himself | ||
| 1998 | Puppies for Sale | Pet shop owner | ||
| 1998 | The Odd Couple II | Felix Ungar | Howard Deutch | |
| 1999 | Tuesdays With Morrie | Morrie Schwartz | Mick Jackson | |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Narrator / Hardy Greaves | Robert Redford | Uncredited, (final film role) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1949–1950 | That Wonderful Guy | Harold | |
| 1950 | Toni Twin Time | Host | Episode dated May 31, 1950 |
| 1951 | The Ad-Libbers | Celebrity panelist | 5 episodes |
| 1951–1952 | The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show | Newlywed | "The Couple Next Door" sketches |
| 1952 | Heaven for Betsy | Pete Bell | |
| 1954 | The Road of Life | Surgeon | |
| 1956 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | John Wilkes Booth | |
| 1957 | What's My Line? | Mystery Guest | Season 9, Episode 10 |
| 1957–1958 | Alcoa Theatre | Henry Coyle Steve Tyler Wally Mall Lieutenant Tony Crawford Edward King |
Episode: "Disappearance" Episode: "Most Likely to Succeed" Episode: "Loudmouth" Episode: "The Days of November" Episode: "Souvenir" |
| 1972 | 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Host | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special |
| 1976 | The Entertainer | Archie Rice | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1987 | Long Day's Journey into Night | James Tyrone, Sr. | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1988 | The Murder of Mary Phagan | Gov. John Slaton | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Coach Stewart | |
| 1992 | For Richer, for Poorer | Aram Katourian | Nominated — CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries |
| 1993 | A Life in the Theater | Robert | Nominated — CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1994 | Wild West | Host | |
| 1996 | A Weekend in the Country | Bud Bailey | |
| 1997 | The Simpsons | Frank Ormand | Voice Episode: "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror No. 8 | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 1998 | The Long Way Home | Thomas Gerrin | |
| 1999 | Inherit the Wind | Henry Drummond | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Morrie Schwartz | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
Images for kids
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Jack Lemmon 1988
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Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
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Charlie Chaplin (right) receiving an Honorary Academy Award from Lemmon at the 44th Academy Awards in 1972
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