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Rest In Peace, Kind Sir, Until We Meet At That Beautiful Place, At That Beautiful Time. I hadn't thought of Jack Lemmon recently until this movie popped up in my channel guide. If this play bombed, I'd do it again tomorrow.''. [11], A member of the V-12 Navy College Training Program, Lemmon was commissioned by the United States Navy,[5] serving briefly as an ensign on the aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain during World War II before returning to Harvard after completing his military service. May God richly bless the loved ones he left behind, as he blessed the years of Mr. Lemmon on earth. I am sure he will be missed. He will forever be admired and remembered as the gentlemen who entertained the world with his magic. John Uhler Lemmon 3rd was born on Feb. 8, 1925, to a life-of-the-party mother and a father who was an executive with the Doughnut Corporation of America and an amateur soft-shoe dancer. Lemmon was a Catholic. But the Oscar for best actor eluded Lemmon till 1973 when he won for "Save the Tiger." A Wonderful Actor that will be missed by all of your fans that have followed your acting career all these years!!!! And is being taken care of. [7], In 1967, Lemmon's production company Jalem produced the film Cool Hand Luke, which starred Paul Newman in the lead role. Both men always insisted that during their 40 years of friendship, they never had a single argument. (Check out a slideshow of his career.).
(The graves of Walter Matthau, George C. Scott, and film director Billy Wilder lie in the same cemetery.) Despite low marks in the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Harvard, he was commissioned as an ensign during the last days of World War II and spent seven months in the Navy without seeing action. [3][10] At Harvard, he was president of the Hasty Pudding Club and vice president of Dramatic and Delphic Clubs. ''I'm attracted primarily to contemporary characters. He married his second wife, actress Felicia Farr, on August 17, 1962 in Paris while shooting Irma La Douce.
He was a great person. There are no actors these days as good as Jack. When Mr. Lemmon, as Daphne, finally tells the millionaire that he is a man, Brown's response is, ''Nobody's perfect. Things changed even more in 1973 when Mr. Lemmon took home another Academy Award, this time for best actor, for his performance as a desperate garment manufacturer who hires someone to torch his warehouse in ''Save the Tiger.'' Lemmon was so keen to play the part that he worked for union scale, then $165 a week. Early life. But he is with Walter and they making every one laugh in heaven. His first wife was actress Cynthia Stone, with whom he had a son, Chris Lemmon (born 1954), but the couple divorced over their incompatibility. Good by and God bless. [3][8] For about a year in New York City, he worked unpaid as a waiter and master of ceremonies at the Old Knick bar on Second Avenue. That was as important a film as I've ever done. They joined in five more films: Irma La Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Avanti! Laughter is healing and he provided it in abundance. That was as important a film as I've ever done.''. His choice of a career, he said, "had nothing to do with talent.
[5] He was also a pianist, who became devoted to the instrument aged 14 and learned to play by ear. He was a great entertainer and will be missed. But for future generations of movie-goers, it will no doubt be his tension-rife on-screen pairing with Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple that will live forever in the annals of cinematic history. I never missed a single performance in the movies. [18] The role was demanding; like the character, Lemmon came close to breaking point: "I started to crack as the character did," he recalled. Cause Of Death: N/A Ethnicity: White Nationality: American. Your contribution is much appreciated! Makes me want to cry that he'll never make another movie.
We will all miss you. GOOD DAY! "Some Like It Hot" brought Lemmon a best actor Academy Award nomination in 1959. While Grumpier Old Men grossed slightly more than its predecessor, The Odd Couple II was a box-office disappointment. On June 27, 2001, Lemmon died of bladder cancer at the age of 76. Rest In Peace, Kind Sir, Until We Meet At That Beautiful Place, On That Beautiful Day! [9] Lemmon attended Rivers Country Day School and Phillips Andover Academy (class of 1943), where he pursued track sports with success, and Harvard College (class of 1947), where he lived in Eliot House. Lemmon's acting career spanned the second half of the 20th century. He has truly left a legacy for generations to come. SUCH GREATNESS........YOU ARE MISSED. [3][8] The project was rejected by multiple studios, but Paramount was prepared to make the film if it were budgeted for only $1 million.
I think it was one of Mr. Lemmon's best permances. Mr. Lemmon thought his stage career was finally getting under way when he won the role of the harassed playwright in a 1953 Broadway revival of the 1937 farce ''Room Service.'' My prayers to you and your family. His passing is a great loss to the Intertainment Industry and to us all. He was fun to watch in movies. Rest in peace Jack ...May God always hold you close. The brilliant on-screen pairing of Jack Lemmon with Walter Matthau delighted fans for decades. My condolences to the family of Mr. Lemmon. I know that you are in Heaven making them laugh with Walter. To the family of Jack Lemmon, I extend my deepest sympathetic expressions. Lemmon was an eight time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. Walter Matthau (/ ˈ m æ θ aʊ /; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor.. Lemmon starred in six films directed by Quine. But who knows? And then he opened one eye and he saw me and he said, 'you've done it again!'". And you can always trim a ham. [3] Columbia's head Harry Cohn wanted to change Lemmon's name, in case it was used to describe the quality of the actor's films, but he successfully resisted. {{#isTree}}Plant Memorial Trees{{/isTree}} Jack Lemmon was a great actor. [11] Lemmon received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988. You were my senior by a few decades, but I admired your work. His salary this time was $1 million, but the film did not return its large budget at the box office. [7] He had spent two years in hospital by the time he turned 12. Lemmon and Matthau had small parts in Oliver Stone's film, JFK (1991), in which both men appeared without sharing screen time. A master of comedy, great at drama, actor Jack Lemmon has lost his battle with cancer at age 76.
To offer your sympathy during this difficult time, He won his first Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Mr. Roberts" as the scheming young ensign who finds the courage to directly challenge irrational authority. Youre truly an iconic Hollywood Legend...we miss your infectious laughter, your movies, as well as your compassion for life, caring for people, and what youve previously done for your community...RIP, Youre dearly missed....along with Uncle Mathew....I tear up when watching your movies....RIP...❤, A remarkable man, wonderful actor who brought so much FUN to his movies.
Walter Matthau was born in New York City. Borrowing $300 from his father, Mr. Lemmon went to New York to act. [23] He managed to negotiate a contract with Columbia allowing him leeway to pursue other projects, some of the terms of which he said "nobody had gotten before". SANDRA TUTTLE.
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"The movie people put a label attached to your big toe — 'light comedy' — and that's the only way they think of you", he commented in an interview during 1984.
He made another hit comedy with Holliday the same year called ''Phffft!'' The film has been described by the British film critic, Philip French as their "one truly great film". '', Roles that would have been distasteful in the hands of another actor were redeemed by Mr. Lemmon's keen and agile clowning, bedrock affability, cherubic face and jaunty smile. God Bless You All... You were one of my favorite actors! His publicist Geraldine McInerney said, "I remember Jack once telling me he lived in terror his whole life that he’d never get another job.
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