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Jack Lemmon

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Jack Lemmon

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Also known as John Uhler Lemmon III, John Lemmon, John Uhler Lemmon

American actor (1925–2001)

OverviewAI-generated

Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) was an American film, television, and character actor. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, he began his professional work in 1949. Lemmon served in the United States Navy during World War II and received education from Phillips Academy, Harvard University, Harvard College, and HB Studio. He was married to Cynthia Stone and Felicia Farr and had a son, Chris Lemmon.

Throughout his career, Lemmon received the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also earned the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and the Kennedy Center Honors. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Lemmon was recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. He died in Los Angeles of bladder cancer and was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Works
10

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Film & TV

Acting · Newton, Massachusetts, USA

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The…

Known for

  • Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl — Self (Archival Footage)2024
  • The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
  • Hollywood Invasion — archive footage2011
  • Marilyn at the Movies — Self (archive footage)2011
  • Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me — Self2009
  • Inside 'The Apartment' — Self (archive footage)2008
  • Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen — Self (archive footage)2008
  • Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon — Self (archive footage)2007
  • The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot' — Self (archive footage)2006
  • The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' — Self (archive footage)2006

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1925
Active to
2001

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
818
Total plays
9,047

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John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film F

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein

    · 1982 · cited 18,694x

  2. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,975x

  3. Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

    · 2024 · cited 15,294x

  4. The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    · 2011 · cited 13,460x

  5. APACHE II

    · 1985 · cited 13,289x

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Encyclopedic overview

John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and one Volpi Cup. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age".

Lemmon received two Academy Awards: for Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955) and for Best Actor for Save the Tiger (1973). He was Oscar-nominated for Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1980), and Missing (1982). He is also known for his roles in Irma la Douce (1963), The Great Race (1965), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). He produced two films in which he did not appear, Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Kotch (1971), the latter of which he also directed, both through his production company, Jalem Productions.

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