Jack Lemmon
b.2/08/1925 Boston, MA
d.6/27/2001
Graduate Performing Arts Harvard University World War II: Harvard University ROTC Ensign in Naval Aviation Training Squadron aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain 1943-46 Leading roles in off Broadway and on Broadway musicals until signed by Warner Bros. Studios Academy Award Best Supporting Actor “Mister Roberts” 1955 Academy Award Best Actor “Save the Tiger” 1973 First cinematic movie: “It Should Happen to You” 1954
Filmography:
It Should Happen to You, Mister Roberts, Fire Down Below, Cowboy, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, The Odd Couple, Katch, Airport ’77, The China Syndrome, That’s Life, JFK, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men