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    Birthday: February 08, 1925

    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 illuminating the struggles of average men against a callous world; as director Billy Wilder once noted, "There was a ...more
    • 1999
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
    • Inherit the Wind
    • win
    • 1999
    • Screen Actors Guild
    • Best Male Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie
    • Tuesdays With Morrie
    • win
    • 1999
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
    • Tuesdays With Morrie
    • nom
    • 1996
    • Berlin International Film Festival
    • Honorary Golden Bear
    • win


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