Jack Lemmon
| Jack Lemmon | |
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Lemmon taken at the 40th Emmy Awards, August 1988
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| Born |
John Uhler Lemmon III February 8, 1925 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 2001 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Bladder cancer |
| Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 1949–2000 |
| Spouse(s) |
Cynthia Stone (1950–56) Felicia Farr (1962–2001) (his death) |
| Children |
Chris Lemmon Courtney Lemmon Denise "Farr/Lemmon" Gordon (stepdaughter) |
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. Lemmon was an eight time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Actor), 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.
Lemmon was born on February 8, 1925, in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He was the only child of Mildred Burgess LaRue (née Noel) and John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., the president of a doughnut company. His paternal grandmother was from an Irish immigrant family. Lemmon attended John Ward Elementary School in Newton and the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. During his acceptance of his lifetime achievement award, he stated that he knew he wanted to be an actor from the age of eight. Lemmon attended Phillips Academy (Class of 1943) and Harvard College (Class of 1947), where he lived in Eliot House and was an active member of several Drama Clubs – and president of the Hasty Pudding Club – as well as a member of the Delphic Club for Gentleman, a final club at Harvard.
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