Jack Lemmon was a two-time Oscar winning actor whose film career spanned six decades. Lemmon was the first person to win Academy Awards as both Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor.

He is best known for his roles in Some Like It Hot, Mister Roberts and his collaborations with Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men.

2 Academy Awards, 6 Golden Globe Awards, AFI and BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Awards

Mister Roberts, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Out-of-Towners, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• February 8, 1925: Born

• 1949: Suspense

• 1954: It Should Happen to You

• 1956: Wins Academy Award for Mister Roberts

• 1959: Some Like it Hot

• 1961: Recieves a BAFTA Award for The Apartment

• 1962: Days of Wine and Roses

• 1968: The Odd Couple

• 1974: Wins Academy Award for Saving the Tiger

• 1979: The China Syndrome

• 1987: Long Day's Journey Into Night

• 1988: Gets a Limetime Achievement Award from American Film Institute

• 1992: Glengarry Glen Ross

• 1993: Grumpy Old Men

• 1997: 12 Angry Men

• 1999: Tuesdays with Morrie

• 2000: The Legend of Bagger Vance

• June 27, 2001: Dies

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