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Date of birth
Feb 8, 1925
Date of death
Jun 27, 2001(aged 76)
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Jack Lemmon

Biography of Jack Lemmon:

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 Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.

Jack Lemmon has directed:

Kotch(1971)

Jack Lemmon has acted in:

The Real Charlie Chaplin(2021) ... as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn at the Movies(2011) ... as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Invasion(2011) ... as (archive footage)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me(2009) ... as Self
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen(2008) ... as Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'(2008) ... as Self (archive footage)
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon(2007) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'(2006) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'(2006) ... as Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood(2005) ... as Self (archive footage)
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent(2004) ... as Self (archive footage)
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy(2004) ... as Self (archive footage)
Uta Hagen's Acting Class(2004) ... as Self
Christmas in Hollywood(2003) ... as Self (archive footage)
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon(2002) ... as Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot(2001) ... as Self
On Cukor(2000) ... as Self
The Legend of Bagger Vance(2000) ... as Narrator (voice)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor(2000) ... as Self (archive footage)
Altman on His Own Terms(2000) ... as Self
Tuesdays with Morrie(1999) ... as Morrie Schwartz
Inherit the Wind(1999) ... as Henry Drummond
Forever Hollywood(1999) ... as Self
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau(1998) ... as Self
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's(1998) ... as Self
The Odd Couple II(1998) ... as Felix Ungar
Puppies for Sale(1998)
The Long Way Home(1998) ... as Tom Gerrin
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy(1998) ... as Self
12 Angry Men(1997) ... as Juror 8
Out to Sea(1997) ... as Herb Sullivan
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough(1997) ... as Self
Hamlet(1996) ... as Marcellus
My Fellow Americans(1996) ... as President Russell P. Kramer
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door(1996) ... as Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman(1996) ... as Self
The Grass Harp(1996) ... as Dr. Morris Ritz
A Weekend in the Country(1996) ... as Bud Bailey
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels(1996) ... as Self
Getting Away with Murder(1996) ... as Mueller / Luger
Grumpier Old Men(1995) ... as John Gustafson
Inside the Dream Factory(1995) ... as Self
Grumpy Old Men(1993) ... as John Gustafson
A Life in the Theatre(1993) ... as Robert
Short Cuts(1993) ... as Paul Finnigan
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country(1993) ... as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy(1993) ... as Self
Chaplin(1992) ... as Self (archive footage)
Earth and the American Dream(1992) ... as Reader (voice)
Glengarry Glen Ross(1992) ... as Shelley Levene
The Marilyn Files(1992) ... as Self
James Cagney: Top of the World(1992) ... as Self
The Player(1992) ... as Jack Lemmon
For Richer, for Poorer(1992) ... as Aram Katourian
JFK(1991) ... as Jack Martin
The One, the Only... Groucho(1991) ... as Self
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?(1990) ... as Self - Host
The Earth Day Special(1990) ... as Coach Stewart
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall(1990) ... as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream(1990) ... as Self
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius(1989) ... as Self
Dad(1989) ... as Jake Tremont
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC(1988) ... as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man(1988) ... as Self
Long Day's Journey Into Night(1987) ... as James Tyrone
The Best of Max Headroom(1987) ... as Self
That's Life!(1986) ... as Harvey Fairchild
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special(1986) ... as Self
Debonair Dancers(1986) ... as Narrator
Macaroni(1985) ... as Robert Traven
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years(1985) ... as Self
Mass Appeal(1984) ... as Father Tim Farley
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius(1982) ... as Self
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder(1982) ... as Self
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter(1982) ... as Self
Night of 100 Stars(1982) ... as Self
Missing(1982) ... as Ed Horman
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds(1981) ... as Self
Buddy Buddy(1981) ... as Victor Clooney
Musical Comedy Tonight II(1981) ... as Self
Tribute(1980) ... as Scottie Templeton
The China Syndrome(1979) ... as Jack Godell
Airport '77(1977) ... as Don Gallagher
The Gentleman Tramp(1976) ... as Narrator
Alex & the Gypsy(1976) ... as Alexander Main
The Entertainer(1976) ... as Archie Rice
Killer Cop(1975) ... as Narrator (voice)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue(1975) ... as Mel Edison
The Front Page(1974) ... as Hildebrand Johnson
Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist(1974) ... as Self
Wednesday(1974) ... as Jerry Murphy
Save the Tiger(1973) ... as Harry Stoner
Avanti!(1972) ... as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
The War Between Men and Women(1972) ... as Peter Wilson
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin(1972) ... as Self - Host
Kotch(1971) ... as Sleeping Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Out-of-Towners(1970) ... as George Kellerman
The April Fools(1969) ... as Howard Brubaker
Jack Benny's Bag(1968) ... as Self
The Odd Couple(1968) ... as Felix Ungar
Luv(1967) ... as Harry Berlin
The Fortune Cookie(1966) ... as Harry Hinkle
The Great Race(1965) ... as Professor Fate
How to Murder Your Wife(1965) ... as Stanley Ford
Good Neighbor Sam(1964) ... as Sam Bissel
Under the Yum Yum Tree(1963) ... as Hogan
Days of Wine and Roses(1963) ... as Joe Clay
Irma la Douce(1963) ... as Nestor Patou
The Notorious Landlady(1962) ... as Bill Gridley
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers(1962) ... as Self
The Wackiest Ship in the Army(1960) ... as Rip Crandall
Pepe(1960) ... as Jack Lemmon
The Apartment(1960) ... as C.C. Baxter
It Happened to Jane(1959) ... as George Denham
Some Like It Hot(1959) ... as Jerry (Daphne)
Bell, Book and Candle(1958) ... as Nicky Holroyd
Cowboy(1958) ... as Frank Harris
The Mystery of Thirteen(1957) ... as Dr. Billy Palmer
Operation Mad Ball(1957) ... as Pvt. Hogan
Fire Down Below(1957) ... as Tony
You Can't Run Away from It(1956) ... as Peter Warne
My Sister Eileen(1955) ... as Bob Baker
Mister Roberts(1955) ... as Ensign Frank Pulver
Three for the Show(1955) ... as Martin 'Marty' Stewart
Phffft(1954) ... as Robert Tracey
It Should Happen to You(1954) ... as Pete Sheppard
Once Too Often(1950) ... as Mike (uncredited)
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland(1950) ... as Tweedledum
The Lady Takes a Sailor(1949) ... as Plasterer (uncredited)

Additional credits for Jack Lemmon:

A Weekend in the Country(1996)(Executive Producer)
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier(1991)(Thanks)
Save the Tiger(1973)(Executive Producer)
Avanti!(1972)(Executive Producer)
The War Between Men and Women(1972)(Executive Producer)

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