“He was one of those people that effortlessly slipped in and out of character and scenes. And in between scenes, he was him. And [he] loved to play the piano.”
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Jack Lemmon
John Uhler Lemmon III 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,…
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Born 8 February 1925 · Died 27 June 2001 · Q94123
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Hollywood owns you, basically — puts you in a headlock. And is a very jealous mistress when you reach that kind of stardom, especially back then. It
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2026· 3 entries
“Hollywood owns you, basically — puts you in a headlock. And is a very jealous mistress when you reach that kind of stardom, especially back then. It”
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Yahoo: 1960 Jack Lemmon Classic, Ranked Among One of the 'Greatest Comedies of All Time,' Has a Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score
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2023· 1 entry
collider: 10 Best Jack Lemmon Movies, According to Rotten Tomatoes
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2019· 1 entry
Gold Derby: Jack Lemmon movies: 25 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘The Apartment,’ ‘The Odd Couple,’ ‘Some Like It Hot’
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2001· 3 entries
CNN: Actor Jack Lemmon dead at 76
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Died 2001-06-27.
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Released album “A Twist of Lemmon / "Some Like It Hot"”.
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2000· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Inherit the Wind (2000).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Tuesdays with Morrie (2000).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Tuesdays with Morrie (2000).
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1997· 1 entry
“The Twisted World of Marge Simpson”
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1996· 4 entries
Won Honorary Golden Bear (1996).
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1996).
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Lemmon was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Or Nonmusical Album for his narration on "Harry S Truman: A Journey To Independence"
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Lemmon was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival
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1995· 1 entry
Lemmon was awarded the inaugural Harvard Arts Medal and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996
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1992· 1 entry
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).
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1991· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1991).
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Released album “Piano & Vocals”.
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Released album “Jack Lemmon Tells the Musical Tale of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf”.
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
For the antiwar play Veterans' Day, with Michael Gambon, was poorly received by critics, and following modest audiences, soon closed
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Lemmon's first theatre work in the city, and a television version followed
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1986· 2 entries
The AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 1988, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1990, and the Golden Globe Cecil B
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Saying early in his career he had a snobbish attitude towards films over the stage
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Missing (1982).
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1981· 1 entry
Earned Silver Bear for Best Actor for Tribute (1981).
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1979· 4 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for The China Syndrome (1979).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The China Syndrome (1979).
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Played a press agent who has cancer while trying to mend his relationship with his son
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About The China Syndrome from Texas Archive of the Moving Image
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1976· 1 entry
Finally quitting alcohol in the early 1980s
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Save the Tiger (1974).
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1973· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Avanti! (1973).
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1972· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1972).
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At the 44th Academy Awards, Jack Lemmon presented the Honorary Academy Award to silent screen legend Charlie Chaplin
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1967· 1 entry
Lemmon's production company Jalem produced the film Cool Hand Luke, which starred Paul Newman in the lead role
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1966· 1 entry
Lemmon began the first of his many collaborations with actor Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie
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1961· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Apartment (1961).
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1960· 3 entries
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Apartment (1960).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Some Like It Hot (1960).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Some Like It Hot (1959).
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1956).
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1947· 1 entry
Studied acting under coach Uta Hagen at HB Studio in New York City
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1925· 2 entries
In an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts
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Born 1925-02-08.
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