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TürkçeJack Lemmon (John Uhler Lemmon III)
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Biography
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Mildred Burgess LaRue (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. Read more... piano), on radio, off Broadway, TV and Broadway. His movie debut was with Judy Holliday in It Should Happen to You (1954). He won Best Supporting Actor as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts (1955). He received nominations in comedy (Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960)) and drama (Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1980) and Missing (1982)). He won the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger (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.
Actor
Character:
Pete Sheppard
It Should Happen to You 1954
1
Character:
Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver
Mister Roberts 1955
3
Character:
Robert 'Bob' Baker
My Sister Eileen 1955
8
Character:
Martin 'Marty' Stewart
Three for the Show 1955
9
Character:
Peter Warne
You Can't Run Away from It 1956
5
Character:
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards
The 28th Annual Academy Awards 1956
6
Character:
Tony
Fire Down Below 1957
16
Character:
Pvt. Hogan
Operation Mad Ball 1957
5
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The 29th Annual Academy Awards 1957
6
Character:
Jerry
Some Like It Hot 1959
44
Character:
George Denham
It Happened to Jane 1959
2
Character:
C.C. Baxter
The Apartment 1960
9
Character:
Jack Lemmon
Pepe 1960
12
Character:
Joe Clay
Days of Wine and Roses 1962
3
Character:
William 'Bill' Gridley
The Notorious Landlady 1962
2
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
The 34th Annual Academy Awards 1962
6
Character:
Himself
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers 1962
5
Character:
Nestor Patou / Lord X
Irma la Douce 1963
1
Character:
Hogan
Under the Yum Yum Tree 1963
1
Character:
Actor 'Irma La Douce'
Hollywood: The Great Stars 1963
3
Character:
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
The 35th Annual Academy Awards 1963
6
Character:
Himself - Host
The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964
6
Character:
Professor Fate / Crown Prince Frederick Hoepnick
The Great Race 1965
19
Character:
Stanley Ford
How to Murder Your Wife 1965
2
Character:
Himself
Hollywood My Home Town 1965
1
Character:
Harry Hinkle
The Fortune Cookie 1966
1
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Picture and Recalling His Award
The 38th Annual Academy Awards 1966
6
Character:
Felix Ungar
The Odd Couple 1968
1
Character:
Howard Brubaker
The April Fools 1969
10
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Performance by Lead Actress in a Play
The 23rd Annual Tony Awards 1969
4
Character:
Wendell Armbruster, Jr.
Avanti! 1972
6
Character:
Peter Edward Wilson
The War Between Men and Women 1972
1
Character:
Himself - Co-Host
The 44th Annual Academy Awards 1972
6
Character:
Harry Stoner
Save the Tiger 1973
4
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay
The 45th Annual Academy Awards 1973
6
Character:
Hildy Johnson
The Front Page 1974
4
Character:
Himself
The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney 1974
6
Character:
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Honorary Award to Groucho Marx
The 46th Annual Academy Awards 1974
6
Character:
Capt. Don Gallagher
Airport '77 1977
1
Character:
Scottie Templeton
Tribute 1980
2
Character:
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 1980
7
Character:
Victor Clooney
Buddy Buddy 1981
1
Character:
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role and Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards 1981
6
Character:
Himself
The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire 1981
17
Character:
Himself
Il falso bugiardo 2008
0
Character:
Felix Ungar / Jerry - 'Daphne'
¿De qué te ríes? 2006
0
Character:
Narrator / Old Hardy Greaves
The Legend of Bagger Vance 2000
6
Character:
Morrie Schwartz
Tuesdays with Morrie 1999
2
Character:
Henry Drummond
Inherit the Wind 1999
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter
The 1999 Annual Los Angeles Ovation Awards 1999
0
Character:
Felix Ungar
The Odd Couple II 1998
10
Character:
Juror #8
12 Angry Men 1997
0
Character:
Herb Sullivan
Out to Sea 1997
23
Character:
Marcellus
Hamlet 1996
28
Character:
John Gustafson
Grumpier Old Men 1995
43
Character:
Dr. Morris Ritz
The Grass Harp 1995
14
Character:
Himself - Presenter
The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards 1995
0
Character:
Himself
The 20th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 1995
0
Character:
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards 1994
0
Character:
Himself
The Best of the Don Lane Show 1994
0
Character:
Himself - Audience Member
The 16th Annual CableACE Awards 1994
0
Character:
John Gustafson
Grumpy Old Men 1993
17
Character:
Paul Finnigan
Short Cuts 1993
18
Character:
Robert
A Life in the Theater 1993
0
Character:
Himself
The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame 1993
0
Character:
Himself
The Poetry Hall of Fame 1993
0
Character:
Himself
The 53th Annual Golden Apple Awards 1993
0
Character:
Himself
This Joint Is Jumpin' 1993
0
Character:
Himself - Oscar Sequence
Chaplin 1992
19
Character:
Shelley Levene
Glengarry Glen Ross 1992
4
Character:
Jack Lemmon
The Player 1992
24
Character:
Aram Katourian
For Richer, for Poorer 1992
0
Character:
Himself - Honoree
The 52th Annual Golden Apple Awards 1992
0
Character:
Himself
Larry King TNT Extra 3 1992
0
Character:
Jack Martin
JFK 1991
80
Character:
Himself
The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards 1991
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter
The Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1991
0
Character:
Himself - Host
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? 1990
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter
The Kodak Century Presentes a Salute to Milos Forman 1990
0
Character:
Himself
The 14th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards 1990
0
Character:
Jake Tremont
Dad 1989
1
Character:
Himself
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988
1
Character:
Harvey Fairchild
That's Life! 1986
4
Character:
Himself - Cameo
George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special 1986
5
Character:
Himself - Co-Host & Performer
The 37th Annual Tony Awards 1983
31
Character:
Ed Horman
Missing 1982
3
Character:
President Russell P. Kramer
My Fellow Americans 1996
38
Character:
Max Mueller / Karl Luger
Getting Away with Murder 1996
4
Character:
Bud Bailey
A Weekend in the Country 1996
0
Character:
Himself
Jack Lemmon 1996
0
Character:
Himself
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door 1996
0
Character:
Thomas Gerrin
The Long Way Home 1998
0
Character:
Daphne
Memories from the Sweet Sue's 2001
0
4
Character:
Himself
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me 2009
60
Character:
Himself
It's Garry Shandling's Show. 1986
0
Character:
Himself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 1988
0
Character:
Jack Godell
The China Syndrome 1979
1
Character:
Himself
Parkinson 1971
0
Character:
Himself - Host
Get Happy 1973
0
Character:
Himself
Liberty Weekend 1986
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter: 'Ghost' Film Clip
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards 1991
12
Character:
Frank Harris
Cowboy 1958
0
Character:
John Wilkes Booth
Ford Star Jubilee 1955
0
Character:
Barney Evans
The Ford Television Theatre 1952
0
Character:
Sleeping Bus Passenger
Kotch 1971
1
Character:
Himself
Live from Lincoln Center 1976
0
Character:
Mel Edison
The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1975
0
Character:
Edward King
Alcoa Theatre 1957
0
Character:
Himself - Performer, Presenter: Best Musical & Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
The 40th Annual Tony Awards 1986
55
Character:
Himself
Laugh-In 1967
0
Character:
Robert Tracey
Phffft 1954
0
0
Character:
Gov. John Slaton
The Murder of Mary Phagan 1988
0
Character:
Himself - Host
'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin 1972
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards 1988
0
Character:
Himself
The South Bank Show 1978
0
Character:
George Kellerman
The Out of Towners 1970
0
Character:
Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler 1976
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards 1990
13
Character:
Himself
The 80th Annual Academy Awards 2008
6
Character:
Archie Rice
The Entertainer 1976
0
Character:
Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1990
0
Character:
Himself
The 74th Annual Academy Awards 2002
7
Character:
Coach Stewart
The Earth Day Special 1990
3
Character:
Pet Shop Owner
Puppies for Sale 1998
0
Character:
Himself
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's 1997
0
Character:
Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise 1998
0
Character:
Himself - 'Cabin Boy' Audition Reel
The 67th Annual Academy Awards 1995
6
Character:
Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2000
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
The 70th Annual Academy Awards 1998
12
Character:
Himself
Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration 1984
0
Character:
Himself
The Dick Cavett Show 1968
0
Character:
Charles Dickens
Goodyear Theatre 1957
0
Character:
Sam Bissell
Good Neighbor Sam 1964
0
Character:
Himself
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1956
0
Character:
Himself
Night of 100 Stars 1982
1
Character:
Himself - Presenter & Nominee: Best Actor in a Play
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards 1979
9
Character:
Nicky Holroyd
Bell Book and Candle 1958
5
Character:
Narrator
The Wild West 1993
0
Character:
Narrator
Stowaway in the Sky 1960
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
The 60th Annual Academy Awards 1988
8
Character:
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
The 55th Annual Academy Awards 1983
7
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Director
The 54th Annual Academy Awards 1982
22
Character:
Himself - Host
The 57th Annual Academy Awards 1985
9
Character:
Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda 1978
4
Character:
Cass Kendall
Zane Grey Theater 1956
0
Character:
Himself
The One, the Only... Groucho 1991
0
Character:
Robert Traven
Maccheroni 1985
0
Character:
Himself - Co-Host
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982
5
Character:
Himself
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years 1986
0
Character:
Himself - Presenter: Best Play
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards 1978
10
Character:
Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg 1996
1
Character:
Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra 1982
0
Character:
Himself / Speaker
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart 1980
0
Character:
Himself - Honoree
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1996
0
Character:
Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1998
2
Character:
Himself - Host
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder 1986
0
Character:
Himself
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies 2001
0
Character:
Reader
Earth and the American Dream 1992
0
Character:
Felix Ungar
Los Picapiedra i Lady Di 0
17
Character:
C.C. 'Bud' Baxter
Episode #2.5 0
0
Character:
Himself
Episode #1.5 0
0
Character:
Himself
Certains l'aiment chaud 0
0
Character:
Jack Godell
A Practical Earth Day 0
0
Character:
Himself
Three Miracles 0
0
Character:
Himself
A Teacher and Student for Life 0
0
Directing
Character:
Sleeping Bus Passenger
Kotch 1971
1