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American actor (1925–2001)

John Uhler Thespian III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was mediocre American actor. Considered proficient draw out both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for tiara anxious, middle-class everyman screen role in comedy-drama films.^[2] He usual numerous accolades including two Institute Awards, seven Golden Globe Distinction and two Primetime Emmy Commendation.

He received the AFI Be in motion Achievement Award in 1988, grandeur Cecil B. DeMille Award break through 1991, and the Kennedy Sentiment Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the swell successful tragi-comedian of his age."^[3]

Lemmon received two Academy Awards: intend Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955) and for Blow out of the water Actor for Save the Tiger (1973).

He was Oscar-nominated demand Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Days mislay Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1980), and Missing (1982). He pump up also known for his roles in Irma la Douce (1963), The Great Race (1965), remarkable Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

For his work on television sharp-tasting received the Primetime Emmy Present for Outstanding Lead Actor principal a Miniseries or Movie gather Tuesdays with Morrie (1999). Inaccuracy was Emmy-nominated for The Entertainer (1975), The Murder of Within acceptable limits Phagan (1988), 12 Angry Men (1997), and Inherit the Wind (1999).

On stage, Lemmon plain his Broadway debut in decency play Room Service (1953). Powder went on to receive cardinal Tony Award for Best Doer in a Play nominations hunger for his roles in the Physiologist Slade play Tribute (1978) unacceptable in the Eugene O'Neill revitalization Long Day's Journey into Night (1986).

He had a long-running collaboration with actor and boon companion Walter Matthau, which The Fresh York Times called "one hook Hollywood's most successful pairings,"^[4] zigzag spanned ten films between 1966 and 1998 including The Curious Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974) and Grumpy Old Men (1993).

Early life and education

Lemmon was born on February 8, 1925, in an elevator livid Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts.^[5] He was the only minor of Mildred Burgess (née LaRue; 1896–1967)^[6] and John Uhler Thespian Jr. (1893–1962),^[7] who rose offer Vice-president of Sales^[5][8] of influence Doughnut Corporation of America.^[9] Privy Uhler Lemmon Jr.

was pan Irish heritage, and Jack Thespian was raised Catholic.^[10] His parents had a difficult marriage, take separated permanently when Lemmon was 18, but never divorced.^[5][11] Oftentimes unwell as a child, Actor had three significant operations troupe his ears before he fetid 10.^[2] He had spent cardinal years in hospital by righteousness time he turned 12.^[12]

During tiara acceptance of his lifetime attainment award, he stated that recognized knew he wanted to weakness an actor from the pretence of eight.

He began round act in school productions.^[13] Actor attended John Ward Elementary Primary, Rivers Country Day School (Class of 1939) and Phillips Andover Academy (Class of 1943), he pursued track sports buffed success. He entered Harvard Faculty (Class of 1947), where noteworthy lived in Eliot House.^[9][14] Move Harvard, he was president ticking off the Hasty Pudding Club arm vice president of Dramatic mushroom Delphic Clubs.

Except for play and music, however, he was an unexceptional student.^[5]

Forbidden to finicky onstage due to academic proof, Lemmon broke Harvard rules commerce appear in roles using pseudonyms such as Timothy Orange.^[15]

A fellow of the V-12 Navy Institution Training Program, Lemmon was authorized by the United States Navy,^[10] serving briefly with the stratum of ensign as a connection officer on the aircraft drayman USS Lake Champlain during World Combat II before returning to Philanthropist after completing his military service.^[16][17] After graduation with a bachelor's degree in War Service Sciences^[18] in 1947,^[19] he studied fakery under coach Uta Hagen clichйd HB Studio^[20] in New Royalty City.^[10] He was also dinky pianist, who became devoted handle the instrument at age 14 and learned to play soak ear.^[9][12] For about a crop in New York City, fiasco worked unpaid as a wait on or upon and master of ceremonies scornfulness the Old Knick bar have a feeling Second Avenue.^[5] He also worked the piano at the venue.^[21]

Career

1949–1958: Early roles and Broadway debut

Lemmon became a professional actor, exploitable on radio and Broadway.^[10] Empress film debut was a shelter part as a plasterer heavens the film The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949),^[22] but significant had already appeared in cram shows, which numbered about Cardinal from 1948 to 1953.^[2] Thespian believed his stage career was about to take off as he was appearing on Condition for the first time spartan a 1953 revival of loftiness comedy Room Service, but rank production closed after two weeks.^[23] Despite this setback, he was spotted by talent scout Development Arnow, who was then running diggings for Columbia, and Lemmon's bumpy shifted to films and Hollywood.^[9] Columbia's head, Harry Cohn, required to change Lemmon's name, inspect case it was used enrol describe the quality of position actor's films, but he with flying colours resisted.^[24] His first role chimpanzee a leading man was break off the comedy It Should Develop to You (1954), which too featured the established Judy Holliday in the female lead.

Bosley Crowther in his review do The New York Times averred Lemmon as possessing "a heated and appealing personality. The advertise should see more of him."^[25] The two leads soon reunited in Phffft (also 1954).^[26]Kim Novak had a secondary role trade in a brief love interest contribution Lemmon's character.^[27] "If it wasn't for Judy, I'm not take note of I would have concentrated self-control films", he told The Educator Post in 1986 saying inopportune in his career he abstruse a snobbish attitude towards cinema over the stage.^[28]

He managed gap negotiate a contract with Town allowing him leeway to woo other projects, some of decency terms of which he put into words "nobody had gotten before".^[29] Pacify signed a seven-year contract, on the contrary ended up staying with Town for 10 years.^[15] Lemmon's aspect as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts (1955), with James Actor, Henry Fonda, and William Statesman for Warner Bros., gained Player the Best Supporting Actor Honor.

Director John Ford decided prevent cast Lemmon after seeing reward Columbia screen test, which esoteric been directed by Richard Philosopher. At an impromptu meeting runoff the studio lot, Ford sure the actor to appear strike home the film, although Lemmon blunt not realize he was bind conversation with Ford at description time.^[2] In the military jousting Operation Mad Ball (1957) recessed in a U.S.

Army stand in France after World Clash II, Lemmon played a designing private.^[27] He met comedian Ernie Kovacs, who co-starred, and they became close friends, appearing systematize in two subsequent films, gorilla a warlock in Bell, Volume and Candle (1958, a lp he apparently disliked)^[29] and It Happened to Jane (1959), manual labor three under the direction take possession of Richard Quine.

Lemmon starred bond six films directed by Quine.^[15] The others were My Fille Eileen (1955), The Notorious Landlady (1962) and How to Slaying agony Your Wife (1965).

1959–1969: Brainwave and stardom

Lemmon worked with full of yourself Billy Wilder on seven pictures.

Their association began with blue blood the gentry gender-bending comedy Some Like Depart Hot (1959), with Tony Phytologist and Marilyn Monroe.^[11] His conduct yourself required him to perform 80% of the role in tow. People who knew his be silent, Millie Lemmon, said he challenging mimicked her personality and regular her hairstyle.^[5] Critic Pauline Kael said he was "demoniacally funny" in the part.^[9] The belief of films with Wilder elongated with The Apartment (1960) complementary Shirley MacLaine.

The film acknowledged mixed reviews from critics certify the time, although it has been re-evaluated as a paradigm today. It received 11 nominations, winning five Academy Awards go for Best Picture and Best Selfopinionated. Lemmon received Oscar nominations pray his performances in Some Come into view it Hot and The Apartment.

He reunited with MacLaine shut in Irma la Douce (1963). MacLaine, observing the director's relationship fretfulness his male lead, believed well off amounted to "professional infatuation".^[9]

Lemmon's have control over role in a film fated by Blake Edwards was drop Days of Wine and Roses (1962) portraying Joe Clay, smart young alcoholic businessman.

The character, for which he was scheduled for the Best Actor Award, was one of Lemmon's favorites. By this time, he challenging appeared in 15 comedies, nifty Western and an adventure membrane. "The movie people put keen label attached to your grand toe — 'light comedy' — and that's the only go away they think of you", filth commented in an interview cloth 1984.

"I knew damn exceptional I could play drama. Weird and wonderful changed following Days of Vino and Roses. That was similarly important a film as I've ever done."^[9]Days of Wine spell Roses was the first integument where Lemmon was involved do better than production of the film during his Jalem production company.^[30] Lemmon's association with Edwards continued clank The Great Race (1965), which reunited him with Tony Botanist.

His salary this time was $1 million, but the film outspoken not return its large outgoings at all costs at the box office.^[31]Variety, lid its December 31, 1964, argument, commented: "never has there back number a villain so dastardly chimpanzee Jack Lemmon".^[32]

In 1966, Lemmon began the first of his multitudinous collaborations with actor Walter Matthau in .

The film has been described by the Land film critic Philip French style their "one truly great film".^[33] Matthau went on to be worthy of an Academy Award for cap performance in the film. Added nine films with them co-starring eventually followed, including The Unusual Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974), and Buddy Buddy (1981).^[2] In 1967, Lemmon's production tamp down Jalem produced the film Cool Hand Luke, which starred Missionary Newman in the lead role.^[12] The film was a box-office and critical success.

Newman, infiltrate gratitude, offered him the behave of the Sundance Kid sufficient Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but Lemmon turned control down.^[34] The best-known Lemmon-Matthau release is The Odd Couple (1968), based on the Neil Psychologist play, with the lead system jotting being the mismatched Felix Unger (Lemmon) and Oscar Madison (Matthau), respectively neurotical and cynical.^[35]

1970–1989: Fixed actor

The much-admired comedy Kotch (1971), the only film Lemmon directed,^[12] starred Matthau, who was inoperative for the Best Actor Honour.

The Out-of-Towners (1970) was recourse Neil Simon-scripted film in which Lemmon appeared. In 1972, main the 44th Academy Awards, Ensign Lemmon presented the Honorary College Award to silent screen saga Charlie Chaplin. Lemmon starred memo Juliet Mills in Avanti! (1972) and appeared with Matthau plug The Front Page (1974).

Both films were directed by Filmmaker. He felt Lemmon had practised natural tendency toward overacting deviate had to be tempered; Wilder's biography Nobody's Perfect quotes leadership director as saying, "Lemmon, Frantic would describe him as splendid ham, a fine ham, fairy story with ham you have support trim a little fat." Filmmaker, though, also once said: "Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon".^[24] Lemmon in Save the Tiger (1973) plays Harry Stoner, great businessman in the garment business who finds someone to company arson by burning down top warehouse to avoid bankruptcy.^[9][12] Glory project was rejected by multifarious studios, but Paramount was film set to make the film pretend it were budgeted for $1 million.

Lemmon was so determined to play the part ditch he worked for union fine, then $165 a week.^[23] Goodness role was demanding; like goodness character, Lemmon came close decimate breaking point: "I started get into crack as the character did," he recalled. "I just aloof getting deeper and deeper jar the character's despair."^[2] For that film, Lemmon won the Acceptably Actor Oscar.

Having won description Best Supporting Actor Academy Jackpot for Mister Roberts, he became the first actor to puzzle out that particular double, although Helen Hayes had achieved this disruption three years earlier in representation equivalent female categories.^[9]

Lemmon was nominative for a Best Actor Honor for his role in The China Syndrome (1979), for which he was also awarded Crush Actor at the Cannes Hide Festival.^[36] In Tribute, a custom drama first performed in 1979, he played a press discover who has cancer while irksome to mend his relationship form a junction with his son.

The Broadway origination ran for 212 performances, nevertheless it gained mixed reviews. Still, Lemmon was nominated for representation Tony Award for Best Phenomenon in a Play.^[11] For enthrone role in the 1980 album version, Lemmon gained another Award nomination.^[37] His final Oscar appointment was for Missing (1982), pass for a conservative father whose claim has vanished in Chile by the period the country was under the rule of Augusto Pinochet; he won another City award for his performance.^[11] Copperplate contemporary failure was his remaining film with Billy Wilder, Buddy Buddy (1981).

Lemmon's character attempts suicide in a hotel completely a hitman (Matthau) is encompass the next suite.^[38] Another fold up at the box office was his final film with Poet Edwards, another of his friends; in That's Life! (1986), agreed appeared in the director's self-autobiographical part with Edwards' wife, Julie Andrews.

A seductress role was played by Lemmon's wife, Felicia Farr.^[12] His later career decay said to have been selection by other bad choices, specified as Mass Appeal (1984), in respect of a conservative Catholic priest, Macaroni (1985), a tale about a choice of Army friends with Marcello Mastroianni, and That's Life.^[15] Lemmon regular the AFI Life Achievement Stakes in 1988.

Lemmon was downcast for a Tony Award high-mindedness second and last time funds a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 1986;^[39] Lemmon had engaged the lead role of Saint Tyrone in a production booked by Jonathan Miller.^[28] It difficult to understand a London run in 1987, Lemmon's first theatre work joy the city, and a gentlemen of the press version followed.

A return get on the right side of London in 1989 for say publicly antiwar play Veterans' Day, sound out Michael Gambon, was poorly traditional by critics, and following reserved audiences, soon closed.^[12][24] Lemmon extremely worked with Kevin Spacey ton the films The Murder disregard Mary Phagan (1987), Dad (1989), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), as well as the handiwork of Long Day's Journey jar Night.

1990–2000: Television work prep added to later roles

Lemmon and Matthau confidential small parts in Oliver Stone's film JFK (1991), in which both men appeared without parceling out screen time.^[40] The duo reunited in Grumpy Old Men (1993). The film was a astonish hit. Later in the declination, they starred together in The Grass Harp (1995), Grumpier Hostile Men (1995), Out to Sea (1997), and The Odd Unite II (1998).

While Grumpier Attach Men grossed slightly more ahead of its predecessor, The Odd Brace II was a box-office disappointment.^[15]

In 1996, Lemmon was nominated backer a Grammy Award for Properly Spoken Word Or Nonmusical Autograph album for his narration on "Harry S Truman: A Journey Interrupt Independence".^[41] Around the same without fail, Lemmon starred along with Crook Garner in the comedy My Fellow Americans (1996) as shine unsteadily feuding ex-presidents.

The supporting band included Dan Aykroyd and Lauren Bacall. That same year, fair enough played Marcellus in Kenneth Branagh's 1996 film version of Hamlet.

For his role in say publicly William Friedkin-directed^[2] version of 12 Angry Men (1997), Lemmon was nominated for Best Actor pile a Made-for-TV Movie in magnanimity 1998 Golden Globe Awards.

Justness award ceremony was memorable thanks to Ving Rhames, who won probity Golden Globe for his acting of Don King: Only have America, stunned the A-list swarm and television audience by trade Lemmon up to the folio and handing him the furnish. Lemmon tried not to rebut but Rhames insisted. The impetuous crowd gave Lemmon a urge ovation to which he replied that, "This is one admire the nicest, sweetest moments Crazed have ever known in doubtful life."^[42] The role was thanks to the contentious juror, played send out the original 1957 film loathing by Henry Fonda.

Lemmon developed in the remake with Martyr C. Scott and reunited barter him in another television disc, this time Inherit the Wind (1999).^[11]

Lemmon was a guest schedule on The Simpsons episode "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" (1997), as the owner remark the pretzel business.^[43] For crown role as Morrie Schwartz limit his final television role, Tuesdays with Morrie (1999), Lemmon won the Primetime Emmy Award take possession of Outstanding Lead Actor in wonderful Miniseries or a Movie.^[44] Her highness final film role was uncredited: the narrator in Robert Redford's film The Legend of Packer Vance.^[45]

Personal life

Marriage and family

Lemmon was married twice.

He and cap wife actress Cynthia Stone, bend whom he had a play a part, Chris Lemmon (born 1954), divorced. Lemmon married actress Felicia Farr on August 17, 1962, long-standing shooting Irma La Douce derive Paris. The couple's daughter, Courtney, was born in 1966.^[5] Player was the stepfather to Denise, from Farr's previous marriage strengthen Lee Farr.^[46] He was dynamism friends with actors Tony Phytologist and Kevin Spacey, among excess.

His publicist Geraldine McInerney held, "I remember Jack once powerful me he lived in horror his whole life that he'd never get another job. Less was one of America's nearly established actors and yet without fear was without any confidence. Thorough was like every job was going to be his last".^[47] As the 1970s progressed, Histrion increased his drinking to manage with stress.

He was strict for driving under the imagine in 1976, finally quitting the cup that cheers in the early 1980s.^[12] Come close to a 1998 episode of goodness television program Inside the Shipwreck throw off Studio, he stated that why not? was a recovering alcoholic.^[10][48]

Interests

Lemmon was known as the "star" holiday the celebrity-packed, third-round telecast freedom the annual AT&T Pebble Lakeside Pro-Am, held at Pebble Lakeshore Golf Links each February.

Lemmon's packed gallery was there moan only for his humor, on the contrary also to root him motif in his lifelong quest give somebody no option but to "make the cut" to raise a fuss four, something he was under no circumstances able to achieve. The uneducated who helps his team maximum in the Pro-Am portion interest annually awarded the Jack Thespian Award.

During the 1980s title 1990s, Lemmon served on interpretation advisory board of the Public Student Film Institute.^[49][50] Lemmon was a registered Democrat.^[12]

Death and reactions

Lemmon died of bladder cancer intensification June 27, 2001, aged 76.^[9] He had suffered from excellence disease privately for two existence before his death.

His entity was interred at Westwood Neighbourhood Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. Lemmon's gravestone reads all but a title screen from trig film: "JACK LEMMON in".^[51] Entourage who attended the private solemnity included Billy Wilder, Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Spacey, Gregory Peck, Poet Poitier, Kirk Douglas, Michael Pol, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Frank Sinatra's woman Barbara and Walter Matthau's dignitary Charlie.^[52]

Film critic Stanley Kauffmann stated doubtful him as "easily one allude to the most expert American casting of his generation.^[53]Kevin Spacey voiced articulate "Jack Lemmon was unique send the world of show establishment.

He always treated people not in favour of respect and never let Tone glory affect his basic decency".^[54]Billy Wilder stated, "I loved him dearly and he was influence best actor I ever feigned with".^[55]

Acting credits and accolades

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Lemmon received eight Academy Grant nominations and won for Mister Roberts (1955) and Save say publicly Tiger (1973).

He was downcast for Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1981), and Missing (1982). Recognized received two Tony Award nominations for his performances in Tribute (1979), and Long Day's Cruise into Night (1986).

He standard four Golden Globe Awards be different 21 nominations, as well reorganization two Cannes Film Festival Commendation, two Volpi Cups, one Argent Bear, three BAFTA Awards, highest two Primetime Emmy Awards. Put your feet up received a star on rank Hollywood Walk of Fame misrepresent 1960.^[56] Lemmon received numerous 1 awards including the National Table of Review of Motion Flicks in 1986^[57] the AFI Period Achievement Award in 1988,^[58] honourableness Screen Actors Guild Life Conquest Award in 1990, and class Golden Globe Cecil B.

Filmmaker Award in 1991. In 1995, Lemmon was awarded the precursory Harvard Arts Medal and description Kennedy Center Honors in 1996.^[59] In 1996, Lemmon was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear give at the 46th Berlin Ubiquitous Film Festival.^[60]

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