Jack Lemmon Quotes


I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.


Citations

Lemmon, Jack. Interview. American Film, vol. 7, American Film Institute, 1981, p. 30.

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Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
  • Born: February 8, 1925
  • Died: June 27, 2001
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor, Musician

John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor and musician who was nominated for an Academy Award eight times, winning twice. He starred in over 60 films, such as Mister Roberts (1955, for which he won the year's Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), Irma la Douce (1963), The Great Race (1965), The Odd Couple (1968, and its sequel The Odd Couple II (1998), both with frequent co-star Walter Matthau), Save the Tiger (1973, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), The China Syndrome (1979), Missing (1982), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987, for which he won a Golden Globe), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).