Jack Lemmon

Actor

Born: February 8, 1925 (76 years old)

Died: June 27, 2001

Place of birth: Newton, Massachusetts, USA

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 (83)

• Some Like It Hot (1959, ★ 8.1)
• The Apartment (1960, ★ 8.2)
• The China Syndrome (1979, ★ 7.1)
• The Front Page (1974, ★ 7.3)
• Short Cuts (1993, ★ 7.2)
• JFK (1991, ★ 7.6)
• Hamlet (1996, ★ 7.3)
• The Fortune Cookie (1966, ★ 7.2)
• Irma la Douce (1963, ★ 7.4)
• The Player (1992, ★ 7.2)
• It Should Happen to You (1954, ★ 7.1)
• The Out-of-Towners (1970, ★ 6.8)
• The Odd Couple (1968, ★ 7.4)
• 12 Angry Men (1997, ★ 7.7)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993, ★ 6.7)
• The Great Race (1965, ★ 7.1)
• Days of Wine and Roses (1963, ★ 7.5)
• The Simpsons (1989, ★ 8)
• Good Neighbor Sam (1964, ★ 6.5)
• Bell, Book and Candle (1958, ★ 6.5)
• Dad (1989, ★ 6.4)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, ★ 7.3)
• Tuesdays with Morrie (1999, ★ 7.3)
• The Odd Couple II (1998, ★ 6.3)
• How to Murder Your Wife (1965, ★ 6.3)
• Missing (1982, ★ 7.2)
• It Happened to Jane (1959, ★ 6.1)
• Buddy Buddy (1981, ★ 6.2)
• Macaroni (1985, ★ 6.2)
• Operation Mad Ball (1957, ★ 6.6)