Jack Lemmon

'Jack Lemmon' (qv) was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Mildred Lankford Noel and John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., the president of a doughnut company. His ancestry included Irish (from his paternal grandmother) and English. Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home. At age 9 he was sent to Rivers Country Day School, then located in nearby Brookline. After RCDS, he went to high school at Phillips Andover Academy. Jack was a member of the Harvard class of 1947, where he was in Navy ROTC and the Dramatic Club. After service as a Navy ensign, he worked in a beer hall (playing piano), on radio, off Broadway, TV and Broadway. His movie debut was with 'Judy Holliday' (qv) in _It Should Happen to You (1954)_ (qv). He won Best Supporting Actor as Ensign Pulver in _Mister Roberts (1955)_ (qv). He received nominations in comedy (_Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv), _The Apartment (1960)_ (qv)) and drama (_Days of Wine and Roses (1962)_ (qv), _The China Syndrome (1979)_ (qv), _Tribute (1980)_ (qv) and _Missing (1982)_ (qv)). He won the Best Actor Oscar for _Save the Tiger (1973)_ (qv) and the Cannes Best Actor award for "Syndrome" and "Missing". He made his debut as a director with _Kotch (1971)_ (qv) and in 1985 on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey into Night". In 1988 he received the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute.::Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>