1997Winner
Best Performance
12 Angry Men
Jack Lemmon
Actor · Director · Producer
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
February 8, 1925
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1996Nominee
Best Performance
Hamlet
1959Winner
Best Performance
Some Like It Hot
Career Highlights
1960Highlight
Best Performance
The Apartment
1991Highlight
Best Performance
JFK
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12 Angry Men
Hamlet
Some Like It Hot