Jack Lemmon

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Born: 2/8/1925

Biography: A private school-educated everyman who could play outrageous comedy and wrenching tragedy, Jack Lemmon burst onto the movie scene as a 1950s Columbia contract player and remained a beloved star until his death in 2001. Whether through humor or pathos, he excelled at illumina …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

The Legend of Bagger Vance [Movie] as Narrator,Old Hardy Greaves

2000

Forever Hollywood [Movie]

1999

Tuesdays With Morrie [Movie] as Morrie Schwartz

1999

Inherit the Wind [Movie] as Darrow

1999

The Odd Couple II [Movie] as Felix Unger

1998

The Long Way Home [Movie]

1998

DirectorAll Director Credits

Kotch [Movie]

1971

WriterAll Writer Credits

Tribute [Movie]

1980

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NEWS & GOSSIP

Blu-ray Review: Grumpy Old Men

07/06/09 There are some comedy duos that just plain work, pairs that are natural together and inherently funny. | Blogcritics.org Video
Cache of dreams, memories found in new batch of DVDs

07/04/09 Stay indoors with the air conditioning, a glass of cool lemonade and a warm TV. | mySA - San Antonio TX
Avoid hooking up with this 'Girl'

07/02/09 A surprisingly muddled effort from France, Anne Fontaine's "The Girl from Monaco" starts out like a cross between a sun-splashed noir and a Francis Weber mismatched-buddy comedy. | Boston Herald - Boston MA
Thompson to star in ?Malice? TV dramedy

06/29/09 Both were writers for the CBS vampire show, "Moonlight." | TheCelebrityCafe.com
Review: Looking back at Jack Lemmon on DVD

06/24/09 In a career that spanned almost 50 years, Jack Lemmon was seldom a soothing presence. | The Mercury News - San Jose CA
Top 5

06/21/09 The largest gay celebration in Florida culminates Saturday when St. Pete Pride holds its annual street festival and promenade. | St Petersburg Times - St Petersburg FL
The Argument

06/18/09 Much as I appreciate the selective gifts of Moe, Larry and Curly (please don't get me started on Shemp), I'm not really a Three Stooges kind of guy when it comes to humor. | The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY
Jack Lemmon

06/14/09 A new box set from Sony documents Jack Lemmon's reign as America's ultimate male hysteric, trapped between the corporate conformism of the 1950s and the sexual revolution of the 1960s. | davekehr.com
DVD Review: TV Sets - Forever Funny

06/13/09 Straight from the vaults of CBS/Paramount comes another edition of their very modestly priced TV Sets collection. | Blogcritics.org Video
DVD review: 'The Jack Lemmon Film Collection'

06/12/09 Jack Lemmon did some of his best work with Billy Wilder, but even in his lesser films, some of which are collected in this new Sony box set, he is never less than engaged and engaging. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
Jack Lemmon spent summer of 1948 acting in Lehigh Valley

06/10/09 While living in Allentown, Jack met Pete Nestor, the late owner of Nestor's Sporting Goods, who became a lifelong buddy of the actor's. | The Morning Call - Allentown PA
'Gran Torino' adds to Eastwood legacy

06/09/09 "Gran Torino" ? proves that the silver-screen icon still has what it takes as an actor and director to produce outstanding work. | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 2nd wk of June - Woodstock, Bikers, Clint, fookn' voodoo magic mahn & much more!

06/08/09 "Dad, I got WOODSTOCK Director's Cut on Blu-Ray" and 7 minutes later he was knocking on my door. | Ain't It Cool News
New on DVD: 'Gran Torino,' 'The International,' 'The Shield'

06/07/09 Will "Gran Torino " (R, $28.98) really mark Clint Eastwood 's last appearance on screen? | New York Daily News - New York NY
The Softer Side of Bree

06/05/09 I just returned from the 6 th Annual Inspiration Awards for Step up Women's Network at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel where journalist Lisa Ling , Lauren Zalaznick President of NBCU Women & Lifestyle Networks and "Desperate Housewives" actress Marcia Cross were being honored. | The Marquee - CNN
UP got Harry incredibly UP!!!

04/18/09 Masterpiece is such an over used phrase when it comes to PIXAR ? because if very nearly every film is either almost a masterpiece, a simple masterpiece or a heartbreakingly brilliant masterpiece ? the meaning is drained from the word and the only adjective I'm left with to describe one their films is to simply state? it is a Pixar Movie ? and that carries the weight of its own realized expectations. | Ain't It Cool News
Hannah Montana and Cowboy Ride Rocket Horses Past Speeding Toyota [Monday Morning Box Office]

04/13/09 Hannah Montana opened big, meaning we get six more years of Miley Cyrus . | Gawker
Hannah Montana and Cowboy Ride Rocket Horses Past Speeding Toyota

04/13/09 Hannah Montana opened big, meaning we get six more years of Miley Cyrus . | Defamer

Year
Result
Award
Movie

1999
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
Tuesdays With Morrie

1999
Nominated
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
Inherit the Wind

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