He was the only child of Mildred Burgess (née LaRue; 1896–1967) and John Uhler Lemmon II (1893–1962), president of the Doughnut Corporation of America.
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician who was nominated for an Academy Award eight times, winning twice.
Lemmon attended Rivers Country Day School and Phillips Andover Academy (class of 1943), where he pursued track sports with success, and Harvard College (class of 1947), where he lived in Eliot House.
Lemmon attended Rivers Country Day School and Phillips Andover Academy (class of 1943), where he pursued track sports with success, and Harvard College (class of 1947), where he lived in Eliot House.
After graduation with a degree in War Service Sciences in 1947, he studied acting under coach Uta Hagen at HB Studio in New York City.
His film debut was a bit part as a plasterer in the film The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949), but he had already appeared in television shows, which numbered about 400 from 1948 to 1953. Lemmon believed his stage career was about to take off when he was appearing on Broadway for the first time in a 1953 revival of the comedy Room Service, but the production closed after two weeks.
His film debut was a bit part as a plasterer in the film The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949), but he had already appeared in television shows, which numbered about 400 from 1948 to 1953. Lemmon believed his stage career was about to take off when he was appearing on Broadway for the first time in a 1953 revival of the comedy Room Service, but the production closed after two weeks.
The screen should see more of him." The two leads soon reunited in Phffft (also 1954).
His first wife was actress Cynthia Stone, with whom he had a son, Chris Lemmon (born 1954), but the couple divorced over their incompatibility.
Guests who attended the private ceremony included Billy Wilder, Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Spacey, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Frank Sinatra's widow Barbara and Walter Matthau's son Charlie. == Filmography == ==Awards and honors== Lemmon received eight Academy Award nominations, winning for Mister Roberts in 1956 and Save the Tiger in 1974.
The emotional crowd gave Lemmon a standing ovation to which he replied that, "This is one of the nicest, sweetest moments I have ever known in my life." The role was as the contentious juror, played in the original 1957 film version by Henry Fonda.
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. In 1986, the U.S.
He married his second wife, actress Felicia Farr, on August 17, 1962, in Paris while shooting Irma La Douce.
Variety, in its December 31, 1964, review, commented: "never has there been a villain so dastardly as Jack Lemmon". ===1966–1978: Mid-career=== In 1966, Lemmon began the first of his many collaborations with actor Walter Matthau in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie.
Variety, in its December 31, 1964, review, commented: "never has there been a villain so dastardly as Jack Lemmon". ===1966–1978: Mid-career=== In 1966, Lemmon began the first of his many collaborations with actor Walter Matthau in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie.
The couple's daughter, Courtney, was born in 1966.
Another nine films with them co-starring eventually followed, including The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974), and Buddy Buddy (1981). In 1967, Lemmon's production company Jalem produced the film Cool Hand Luke, which starred Paul Newman in the lead role.
As the 1970s progressed, Lemmon increased his drinking to cope with stress.
The Out-of-Towners (1970) was another Neil Simon-scripted film in which Lemmon appeared. In 1972, at the 44th Academy Awards, Jack Lemmon presented the Honorary Academy Award to silent screen legend Charlie Chaplin. Lemmon starred with Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972) and appeared with Matthau in The Front Page (1974).
Guests who attended the private ceremony included Billy Wilder, Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Spacey, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Frank Sinatra's widow Barbara and Walter Matthau's son Charlie. == Filmography == ==Awards and honors== Lemmon received eight Academy Award nominations, winning for Mister Roberts in 1956 and Save the Tiger in 1974.
He was fined for driving under the influence in 1976, finally quitting alcohol in the early 1980s.
In Tribute, a stage drama first performed in 1979, he played a press agent who has cancer while trying to mend his relationship with his son.
For his role in the 1980 film version, Lemmon gained another Oscar nomination. His final Oscar nomination was for Missing (1982), as a conservative father whose son has vanished in Chile during the period the country was under the rule of Augusto Pinochet; he won another Cannes award for his performance.
He was fined for driving under the influence in 1976, finally quitting alcohol in the early 1980s.
The amateur who helps his team most in the Pro-Am portion is annually awarded the Jack Lemmon Award. During the 1980s and 1990s, Lemmon served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. Lemmon was a registered Democrat. ==Death== Lemmon died of bladder cancer on June 27, 2001.
"The movie people put a label attached to your big toe — 'light comedy' — and that's the only way they think of you", he commented in an interview during 1984.
"If it wasn't for Judy, I'm not sure I would have concentrated on films", he told The Washington Post in 1986 saying early in his career he had a snobbish attitude towards films over the stage.
Lemmon received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988. Lemmon was nominated for a Tony Award the second and last time for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 1986; Lemmon had taken the lead role of James Tyrone in a production directed by Jonathan Miller.
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. In 1986, the U.S.
It had a London run in 1987, Lemmon's first theatre work in the city, and a television version followed.
Lemmon received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988. Lemmon was nominated for a Tony Award the second and last time for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 1986; Lemmon had taken the lead role of James Tyrone in a production directed by Jonathan Miller.
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures gave Lemmon a "Career Achievement" Award; two years later, the American Film Institute gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award in March 1988.
A return to London in 1989 for the antiwar play Veterans' Day, with Michael Gambon, was poorly received by critics, and following modest audiences, soon closed.
The amateur who helps his team most in the Pro-Am portion is annually awarded the Jack Lemmon Award. During the 1980s and 1990s, Lemmon served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. Lemmon was a registered Democrat. ==Death== Lemmon died of bladder cancer on June 27, 2001.
DeMille Award for his lifetime achievement in 1991.
In 1995, Lemmon was awarded the inaugural Harvard Arts Medal.
While Grumpier Old Men grossed slightly more than its predecessor, The Odd Couple II was a box-office disappointment. In 1996, 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".
He was given tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996.
In 1996, Lemmon was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. ==References== ==Sources== Wise, James.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
The supporting cast included Dan Aykroyd and Lauren Bacall. For his role in the William Friedkin-directed version of Twelve Angry Men (1997), Lemmon was nominated for Best Actor in a Made-for-TV Movie in the 1998 Golden Globe Awards. The award ceremony was memorable because Ving Rhames, who won the Golden Globe for his portrayal of Don King: Only in America, stunned the A-list crowd and television audience by calling Lemmon up to the stage and handing him the award.
On a 1998 episode of the television program Inside the Actors Studio, he stated that he was a recovering alcoholic. Lemmon was known as the "star" of the celebrity-packed, third-round telecast of the annual AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, held at Pebble Beach Golf Links each February.
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician who was nominated for an Academy Award eight times, winning twice.
The amateur who helps his team most in the Pro-Am portion is annually awarded the Jack Lemmon Award. During the 1980s and 1990s, Lemmon served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. Lemmon was a registered Democrat. ==Death== Lemmon died of bladder cancer on June 27, 2001.
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