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'''Jack Lemmon''' (born February 8, 1925) is an [[America]]n [[actor]] best known for his roles in comedies such as ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', ''[[The Out-of-Towners]]'', and ''[[Save the Tiger]]''. Although he had other partners — [[Tony Curtis]] in ''Some Like It Hot'', [[Jane Fonda]] in ''[[The China Syndrome]]'' — he was recurringly cast opposite [[Martin Landau]] in a long series of movie comedies, starting with ''The Odd Couple'' (1968) and continuing for 11 years.
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'''Jack Lemmon''' (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) is an [[America]]n [[actor]] best known for his roles in comedies such as ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', ''[[The Out-of-Towners]]'', and ''[[Save the Tiger]]''. Although he had other partners &mdash; [[Tony Curtis]] in ''Some Like It Hot'', [[Jane Fonda]] in ''[[The China Syndrome]]'' &mdash; he was recurringly cast opposite [[Walter Matthau]] in a long series of movie comedies, starting with ''The Odd Couple'' (1968) and continuing for 11 years.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493</ref>
  
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By the 1970s, with the release of such [[liberal]] [[Hollywood]] thrillers as ''The China Syndrome'' (in which Lemmon starred opposite "[[Jane Fonda|Hanoi Jane]]" as a [[whistleblower]] in a [[nuclear energy|nuclear power plant]]), Lemmon's career was headed downhill. After a few more films &mdash; Lemmon had a bit part in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[JFK]]'', and briefly revived his "Lemmon and Landau" shtick for the hip comedy ''Grumpy Old Men'' and its sequel &mdash; Lemmon quit the business.
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Jack Lemmon's career spanned 5 decades from the late 1940s until his final movie, "The Legend of Bagger Vance" which was completed in 2000, one year before his death.  He was always a popular actor and never lost his appeal.
  
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But times were changing. In the 1980s, a wave of Jack Lemmon "revival" swept the nation's youth. ''Odd Couple'' T-shirts and ''Some Like It Hot'' [[bumper sticker]]s replaced "Frodo Lives" as the [[meme]] ''du jour''. College students would hold "Lemmon parties" in their dorm rooms, at which the actor's entire ''oeuvre'' would be shown in marathon all-night sessions, fueled by [[coffee]] and [[fortune cookie]]s. VHS rentals of Lemmon's films picked up, although Lemmon saw few royalties from those sources.
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Lemmon was one of the outstanding film actors. He won 2 Academy awards for best actor and was nominated for best actor awards 6 other times. Lemmon is remembered today as one of the best-liked and most sociable actors in the business.
  
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Despite his mediocre screen record, Lemmon was a true [[Polymath|Renaissance man]]. He released his own [[jazz]] album, ''A Twist of Lemmon'', in 1959, and contributed to fellow actor [[Paul Newman]]'s "Newman's Own" brand of mixed drinks with "Jack's Hard Lemmonade". Lemmon is remembered today as one of the best-liked and most sociable actors in the business.
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Lemmon died in 2001.  His final scene as an actor was a death scene in "The Legend of Bagger Vance" where he died on a golf course, a game that he loved.
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Latest revision as of 17:42, September 26, 2018

Jack Lemmon (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) is an American actor best known for his roles in comedies such as Some Like It Hot, The Out-of-Towners, and Save the Tiger. Although he had other partners — Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, Jane Fonda in The China Syndrome — he was recurringly cast opposite Walter Matthau in a long series of movie comedies, starting with The Odd Couple (1968) and continuing for 11 years.[1]

Jack Lemmon's career spanned 5 decades from the late 1940s until his final movie, "The Legend of Bagger Vance" which was completed in 2000, one year before his death. He was always a popular actor and never lost his appeal.

Lemmon was one of the outstanding film actors. He won 2 Academy awards for best actor and was nominated for best actor awards 6 other times. Lemmon is remembered today as one of the best-liked and most sociable actors in the business.

Lemmon died in 2001. His final scene as an actor was a death scene in "The Legend of Bagger Vance" where he died on a golf course, a game that he loved.

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