Jack Lemmon

Age: 76 (passed away Jun. 27th, 2001)
Height: 5' 9"

Birth Place: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Feb. 8th, 1925

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Jack Lemmon's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
American Masters	Jack Lemmon
Heaven for Betsy	Pete Bell
The Road Of Life	Surgeon

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Jack Lemmon's father was the president of a doughnut company, and Jack attended prep schools before Harvard, where he was in the Dramatic Club. After service as a Navy ensign, he worked in a beer hall (playing piano), on radio, off Broadway, TV and Broadway. His movie debut was with Judy Holliday in It Should Happen to You (1954). He won Best Supporting Actor as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts (1955). He received nominations in comedy (Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960)) and drama (Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1980) and Missing (1982)). He won the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger (1973) and the Cannes Best Actor award for "Syndrome" and "Missing". He made his debut as a director with Kotch (1971) and in 1985 on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey into Night". In 1988 he received the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute.

TRIVIA:

Best remembered by the public for his roles playing the "average Joe" and for his many roles opposite good friend 'Walter Matthau' (qv).
He and 'Walter Matthau' (qv) acted together in 10 movies: _Buddy Buddy (1981)_ (qv), _The Fortune Cookie (1966)_ (qv), _The Front Page (1974)_ (qv), _The Grass Harp (1995)_ (qv), _Grumpier Old Men (1995)_ (qv), _Grumpy Old Men (1993)_ (qv), _JFK (1991)_ (qv), _The Odd Couple II (1998)_ (qv), _The Odd Couple (1968)_ (qv) and _Out to Sea (1997)_ (qv). Lemmon also directed Matthau in _Kotch (1971)_ (qv).
Lemmon passed away four days shy of one year after his frequent co-star, 'Walter Matthau' (qv).
He was voted the 33rd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
Lemmon's dad, a bakery executive, didn't approve of his son taking up acting, but told him he should continue with it only as long as he felt passion for it, adding: "The day I don't find romance in a loaf of bread..." His dying words to Jack were: "Spread a little sunshine."
He once had a Baskin-Robbins ice cream flavor named after him: "Jack Lemmon". It was still being produced in the early 1980s but has since been discontinued and is not listed on the Baskin-Robbins website.
Holds the record for most Golden Globe nominations for acting, including both actors and actresses (22 total).
Daughter, 'Courtney Lemmon' (qv) (b. 1966), with 'Felicia Farr' (qv).

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