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Jack Lemmon

Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor.

Lemmon's father was a successful businessman in the Boston area. Lemmon attended Harvard.

Though divorced, he was a devoted father, and one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood.

Lemmon was a favorite of director Billy Wilder, and did a series of films with Wilder, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Irma La Douce.

In 2001, he died suddenly during a battle with cancer, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.

Jack Lemmon films: