Jack Lemmon
08 February, 1925
| 1.75 m
Actor
Producer
Director
Biography
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. At age 9 he was sent to Rivers Country Day School, then located in nearby Brookline. After RCDS, he went to high school at Phillips Andover Academy. Jack was a member of the Harvard class of 1947, where he was in Navy ROTC and 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 To może się zdarzyć każdemu (1954). He won Best Supporting Actor as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts (1955). He received nominations in comedy (Pół żartem, pół serio (1959), Garsoniera (1960)) and drama (Dni wina i róż (1962), Chiński syndrom (1979), Haracz (1980) and Zaginiony (1982)). He won the Best Actor Oscar for Ocalić tygrysa (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.
Movies
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
A New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
John and Max resolve to save their beloved bait shop from turning into an Italian restaurant, just as its new female owner catches Max's attention.
When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.
In the early 20th century, heroic Leslie Gallant and his despicable rival Professor Fate engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris while enthusiastic suffragette Maggie Dubois enters the race to report on every step of it.
Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.
A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
An alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead.
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body--and discovers that Dad died with his long-time mistress.
Oscar and Felix take a road trip to their son and daughter's wedding.
A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
Ohio sales executive George Kellerman accepts a higher position within the company and travels to New York City with his wife Gwen for his job interview. But things start badly and only grow worse in Neil Simon's dark urban comedy.