Line #17 Creator/JackLemmon


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3	->''"It's magic time."''
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5	John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor whose career spanned acrosss six decades and earned him eight UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations (including two wins), in the process making him the first person to win both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
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7	Lemmon was married twice (to Cynthia Stone from 1950 to 1956, to Felicia Farr from 1962 to his death) and had two children, including Creator/ChrisLemmon. Creator/SydneyLemmon is his granddaughter.
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10	!!Partial filmography:
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12	[[folder:Film roles]]
13	* ''Film/ItShouldHappenToYou'' (1954) as Pete Sheppard
14	* ''Film/{{Phffft}}'' (1954) as Robert Tracy
15	* ''Literature/MisterRoberts'' (1955) as Ensign Frank Pulver[[note]]won Best Supporting Actor Oscar[[/note]]
16	* ''Theatre/MySisterEileen'' (1955) as Robert "Bob" Baker
17	* ''Film/BellBookAndCandle'' (1958) as Nicky Holroyd
18	* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' (1959) as Jerry / "Daphne"[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]]
19	* ''Film/TheApartment'' (1960) as C. C. Baxter[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]]
20	%%* ''Film/TheWackiestShipInTheArmy'' (1960) as Lt. Rip Crandall
21	* ''Film/DaysOfWineAndRoses'' (1962) as Joe Clay[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]]
22	* ''Film/IrmaLaDouce'' (1963) as Nestor Patou
23	* ''Film/HowToMurderYourWife'' (1965) as Stanley Ford
24	* ''Film/TheGreatRace'' (1965) as Professor Fate/Prince Hapnick
25	* ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' (1966) as Harry Hinkle
26	* ''Film/{{Luv}}'' (1967) as Harry Berlin
27	* ''Film/{{The Odd Couple\|1968}}'' (1968) as Felix Ungar
28	* ''Film/TheOutOfTowners'' (1970) as George Kellerman
29	%%* ''Film/{{Kotch}}'' (1971) -- [[OneBookAuthor the only film he ever directed]]; he has a very brief CreatorCameo
30	* ''Film/{{Avanti}}'' (1972) as Wendell Armbruster Jr.
31	* ''Save the Tiger'' (1973) as Harry Stoner[[note]]won Best Actor[[/note]]
32	* ''Film/TheFrontPage'' (1974) as Hildy Johnson
33	* ''[[Film/{{Airport}} Airport '77]]'' (1977) as Capt. Don Gallagher
34	* ''Film/TheChinaSyndrome'' (1979) as Jack Godell[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]]
35	* ''[[Film/Missing1982 missing.]]'' (1982) as Ed Horman[[note]]nominated for Best Actor[[/note]]
36	* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991) as Jack Martin
37	* ''Film/ThePlayer'' (1992) {{as Himself}}
38	* ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' (1992) as Shelley Levene
39	* ''Film/ShortCuts'' (1993) as Paul Finnigan
40	* ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' (1993) as John Gustafson
41	* ''Film/GrumpierOldMen'' (1995) as John Gustafson
42	* ''Film/MyFellowAmericans'' (1996) as President Russell P. Kramer
43	* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1996) as Marcellus
44	* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' (1997) as Juror #8
45	* ''Film/OutToSea'' (1997) as Herb Sullivan
46	* ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'' (1998) as Felix Ungar
47	* ''Film/TheLegendOfBaggerVance'' (2000) as the {{Narrator}}
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51	!!Tropes associated with Jack Lemmon's career include:
52	* BilledAboveTheTitle: Jokingly invoked with the epitaph on his RealLife gravestone:
53	-->''JACK LEMMON in''
54	* LargeHam: When he wants to ham it up, he'll ''ham it up'', particularly in comedies.
55	* StarMakingRole: His Oscar-winning turn as Ensign Pulver in ''Mister Roberts''.
56	* ThoseTwoActors: Appeared in ten movies with his good friend Creator/WalterMatthau, although in one of them (''JFK'') they have no shared scenes. Matthau also starred in Lemmon's [[OneBookAuthor sole directorial effort]], 1971's ''Kotch''.
57	* TomHanksSyndrome: Was considered to be mainly a comedic actor prior to his Oscar-nominated role in ''Film/DaysOfWineAndRoses'', which resulted in more dramatic parts (although he also continued doing comedies).
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