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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).
Jack Lemmon. Actor: The Apartment. Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Mildred Lankford Noel and John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., the president of a doughnut company. His ancestry included Irish (from his paternal grandmother) and English. Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home.
A versatile and beloved performer, Jack Lemmon was a celebrated virtuoso in both comedy and drama. The only child of Mildred Lankford Noel and John Uhler Lemmon Jr., who was the president of a doughnut company, Lemmon had a fairly affluent upbringing.
Jack Lemmon was an American actor. He collaborated with Billy Wilder and Walter Matthau on many films.
Sep 17, 2024 · Jack Lemmon (born February 8, 1925, Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 27, 2001, Los Angeles, California) was an American screen and stage actor who was adept at both comedy and drama and was noted for his portrayals of high-strung or neurotic characters in American films from the 1950s onward.
Jun 29, 2001 · Jack Lemmon, the brash young American Everyman who evolved into the screen's grumpiest old Everyman during a movie career that lasted a half century, died on Wednesday at a hospital in...
Jun 28, 2001 · LOS ANGELES -- Jack Lemmon, the two-time Oscar winner whose acting talents ranged from adroit comedies "The Apartment" and "Some Like It Hot" to the dramatic intensity of "Days of Wine and Roses"...
America bade a fond farewell yesterday to Jack Lemmon, one of its most acclaimed screen actors who, over a long and fruitful career, proved himself uniquely able to raise the neuroses and quirks...
Jun 28, 2001 · Jack Lemmon was once called Hollywood's greatest worried . Here in "The Apartment," a 1960 film, he's a drone in an big corporation whose apartment is the scene of almost all the action.
May 14, 2018 · For more than four decades, whether working in comedy or tragedy, actor Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) epitomized the joys and travails of Americans in the latter half of the 20th century. Noted as one of the most versatile U.S. film actors of his generation, Lemmon gave numerous memorable performances in theater, film, and television, greatly ...
