Jack Lemmon

Born: 1925-02-08, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 2001-06-27

Biography

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.

Filmography

• The Simpsons (1989)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
• Studio One (1948)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
• Suspense (1949)
• Hamlet (1996)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
• Alcoa Theatre (1957)
• JFK (1991)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• The Apartment (1960)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• The Great Race (1965)
• Grumpier Old Men (1995)
• Avanti! (1972)
• Out to Sea (1997)
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
• Hollywood Invasion (2011)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• Airport '77 (1977)
• Dad (1989)
• The Odd Couple II (1998)
• How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
• My Fellow Americans (1996)
• Buddy Buddy (1981)
• My Sister Eileen (1955)
• Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
• Mister Roberts (1955)