Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1925. After high school, the boy entered Harvard. While studying at university, he thought about acting career. In 1954, he was given his first role in the film “This Must Happen to You”, then he was approved for a supporting role in the film “Mr. Roberts”, which was published in 1955. Jack won an Oscar for this work. Despite the brilliant beginning of his career, the young man had few good offers, he starred in various films: “Apartment”. more

Jack Lemmon was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1925. After high school, the boy entered Harvard. While studying at university, he thought about acting career.

In 1954, he was given his first role in the film “This Must Happen to You”, then he was approved for a supporting role in the film “Mr. Roberts”, which was published in 1955. Jack won an Oscar for this work.

Despite the brilliant beginning of his career, the young man had few good offers, he starred in various films: “Apartment”. Gentle Irma "Thirty-three misfortunes," "The Great Race."
For social comedy "Apartment" He was nominated for an Oscar again. This film was voted the best film of 1960.
In 1962, Jack Lemmon starred in the highly social drama Days of Wine and Roses by Blake Edwards as an alcoholic, and for this film he also received an Oscar nomination.
In 1964, Jack played with the famous actor Walter Matthau in the production of “The Strange Couple”, later the young people became friends and often appeared together in films, for example, in the film “Happy Ticket”.
Since 1970, the actor’s repertoire was dominated by the roles of characters who accidentally got into the most ridiculous situations and were forced to extricate themselves from them with all their might, which could be seen in the film adaptation of the play “Prisoner of Second Avenue”.
The second half of the 70s was not very successful for the actor, his appearance on the screens was mostly episodic. The most tragic role in Lemmon’s career was playing in the film. Chinese syndrome Directed by Michael Douglas in 1979. Then there was a major work on the film “Missing”, for which he almost received an Emmy Award.
In the last years of his life, Jack was battling cancer, which was the cause of his death in 2001.