Jack Lemmon
American actor (1925–2001)
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The worried face of American comedy — twitching, sweating, scrambling to hold it together while everything falls apart. Lemmon made neurotic grace an art form, playing men perpetually one beat behind disaster.
About
John Uhler Lemmon III broke through as a comic-dramatic chameleon in the 1950s, winning his first Oscar for Mister Roberts in 1955. The next two decades delivered a run few actors match: Oscar nominations for Some Like It Hot in 1959, The Apartment in 1960, Days of Wine and Roses in 1962, then a second win for Save the Tiger in 1973. He kept the streak alive with nominations for The China Syndrome, Tribute, and Missing through the early 1980s, while also appearing in Irma la Douce, The Great Race, and Glengarry Glen Ross. Starting in 1966, he formed one of Hollywood's most successful pairings…
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- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Honorary Golden Bear
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
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