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    WE LOVE YOU, JACK!

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    Here is the trailer to Some Like It Hot (1959):


    Ernie Kovacs Nairobi Trio: Jack Lemmon is in the monkey suit with the drum mallets:


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  • Music

    "A Twist of Lemmon/Some Like It Hot" (1959)
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    "Irma La Douce" (1963)
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  • Movies


    The Lady Takes A Sailor (1949)
    It Should Happen to You (1954)
    Phffft! (1954)
    Three For The Show (1955)
    Mister Roberts (1955)
    My Sister Eileen (1955)
    You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
    Fire Down Below (1957)
    Operation Mad Ball (1957)
    Cowboy (1958)
    Bell Book & Candle (1958)
    Some Like It Hot (1959)
    It Happened to Jane (1959)
    The Apartment (1960)
    The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
    Pepe (1960)
    The Notorious Landlady (1962)
    Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
    Irma La Douce (1963)
    Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
    Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
    How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
    The Great Race (1965)
    The Fortune Cookie (1966)
    Luv (1967)
    The Odd Couple (1968)
    The April Fools (1969)
    The Out-of-Towners (1970)
    Kotch (1971)
    The War Between Men and Women (1972)
    Avanti! (1972)
    Save the Tiger (1973)
    The Front Page (1974)
    The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
    Airport '77 (1977)
    The China Syndrome (1979)
    Tribute (1980)
    Buddy Buddy (1981)
    Missing (1982)
    Mass Appeal (1984)
    Maccheroni (1985)
    That's Life! (1986)
    Dad (1989)
    JFK (1991)
    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
    Short Cuts (1993)
    Grumpy Old Men (1993)
    The Grass Harp (1995)
    Grumpier Old Men (1995)
    Getting Away with Murder (1996)
    My Fellow Americans (1996)
    Hamlet (1997)
    Out to Sea (1998)
    The Odd Couple (1998)
    The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

  • Television


    The Gray Helmet (1949)
    That Wonderful Guy (1949)
    Toni Twin Time (1950)
    The Ad-Libbers (1951)
    Robert Montgomery Presents (1952)
    Heaven for Betsy (1952)
    Medallion Theatre(1953)
    One Swell Guy (1953)
    The Road to Life (1954)
    Toast of the Town (1955)
    I've Got A Secret (1955)
    What's My Line? (1958)
    The Steve Allen Show (1958)
    Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (1968)
    'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous 'S Gershwin (1972)
    The Entertainer (1976)
    Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981)
    The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
    For Richer, For Poorer (1992)
    A Weekend in the Country (1996)
    The Simpsons (Guest Voice) (1997)
    The Long Way Home (1998)
    Inherit the Wind (1999)
    Tuesday's With Morrie (1999)

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  • Books

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  • Heroes

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Jack Lemmon
Legendary Hollywood Movie Star and Actor

Jack Lemmon

THE BASICS
Birth Name: John Uhler Lemmon III
Date of Birth: 8 February 1925
Place of Birth: Newton Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Date of Death: 27 June 2001
Place of Death: Los Angeles, CA
Burial Location: Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, CA

Nationality: American
Star Sign: Aquarius
Nickname: 'America's Sweetheart'/'New England Boy'
Height: 5"9 (1.75 m)
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Black, later grey
Siblings: None
Habit(s): Smoking

Elementary School: Rivers County Day School
Schools: Phillips Academy; Harvard University
Parents: Mildred Lemmon and John Uhler Lemmon II

Marriages: Cynthia Stone (1950-1956); Felicia Farr (1962-2001)
Children: Christopher Lemmon (b. 1955); Courtney Lemmon (b. 1966)

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..JACK'S FAVORITES..
Performances: Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960) and Days of Wine and Roses (1962).
Hobbies: Acting, playing golf, snooker games and playing the piano.
Favorite Actors: Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Walter Matthau and Tony Curtis.
Favorite Actresses: Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe and Vivien Leigh.
Favorite Music: Frank Sinatra, George Gershwin and Elvis Presley.
Favorite Word: Passion.
Drink: Banana Milkshake.
Favorite Restaurant: Romanoff's.

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DID YOU KNOW?
Jack was born two months prematurely in a hospital elevator and was born a jaundice yellow to his skin, which resulted in the nurses crying: "A little yellow lemon!".

He was a late speaker. His first sentence as a child was 'I is froze' after climbing out his pram and crawling to his parents, telling them he was cold!

Jack lost his virginity at 17 - in a car!

He was a sickly child - undergoing ten operations before the age of 13. His illnesses included tonsillitis and mastoiditis (ear problems). He had missed a year of school because of this and so always dreaded hospital visits.

For being brave from his operations as a child, his parents bought him a pony called Pepper - but Jack kept falling off it, causing more injuries.

Jack was a class clown at school - he did impressions of WC Fields and of people snoring in different styles and techniques. He also pretended that ants were crawling over his body. Jack admitted: "It was definitely to get more respect from my peers. I was incredibly versatile, even then."

Jack was a big fan of cars and enjoyed driving fast in them to work - he was specifically very fond of the Aston Martin automobile.

Jack had many pets during his life - a small dog called Duffy that he had during the 1950s and later on in the 1990s, he owned three dogs called Walter, Virgil and Chloe.

His maid during the 1960s was called Impa.

When co-star Marilyn Monroe admitted to wearing nothing but perfume in bed, Jack jokingly said: "I wear only my underpants."

As a kid, Jack had a fear of playground slides.

When he was promoting Fire Down Below (1957) in England, Jack met Princess Margaret but he didn't realize who she was. News of this incident was splashed in British papers for weeks on end afterward. Making amends, Jack escorted the Princess to her hotel from Les Ambassadeurs, a London nightclub.

When he reached stardom in 1954, Jack had trouble keeping excited young girl fans away from his hotel room, who kept tracking him down.

In The Apartment (1960), Jack is seen to be putting nasal spray into his nose after catching a cold. In real life, Jack always had nasal problems. Sitting in his dressing room one day, he accidentally squeezed the liquid into his eyes.

In the 1950s/60s, Jack's smoking wasn't bad - at most, he would have around 8 or 9 a day. But by 1974, smoking seemed more essential to him. He would now smoke one or two packets a day. Jack would sometimes wake up during the night coughing but would then light up because he was awake.However Jack was perfectly aware of the changes in himself and he soon cut down on cigarettes but his fond of drinking was the hardest part for him.

In 1964, Jack was named #1 Male Box Office Attraction, beating Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Jerry Lewis and John Wayne.

During the filming of The Fortune Cookie (1966), Jack saw a hit-and-run driver. He gave chase to the criminal and then provided the local police with all the necessary information. The following week, he was subpoenaed to testify in court.

Jack shed 30 pounds to play Harry Berlin in Luv (1967), which is why he looks a lot thinner than normal. Making his potential weight to be 138 pounds, he would eat 30-cent hamburgers in the studio canteen, rather than eat slap-up meals in the actors' posh dining area of the studio.

He was always pleasantly overjoyed whenever excited fans asked for an autograph or photo taken. He would also try his best to reply to as much fan mail personally as he could. Jack once said the character that people most wrote to him about, on average, was devilish villain Professor Fate from The Great Race (1965).

Upon meeting breathtaking blonde Marilyn Monroe in early 1958 for Some Like It Hot (1959), as Jack held out his hand to shake hers, Marilyn ran up to him and kissed him fully on the lips. At that moment, Jack said that he could not remember feeling more wonderful! Marilyn admired his body of work and Jack was impressed with her thorough knowledge of the previous parts he had played. Jack said: "She had me in the palm of her hands." The two stayed great friends after the filming.

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Good Neighbor Sam (1964) - Opening Titles

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Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Friends
  • Hometown: Boston
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 5' 8" / Average
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Education: High school
  • Occupation: Actor/Comedian/Director
  • Income: $250,000 and Higher

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