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Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made
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Nominated
2000 · Tuesdays with Morrie (film)
1998 · 12 Angry Men (1997 film)
1994 · A Life in the Theatre (1993 film)
1990 · Dad (1989 film)
1989 · The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988 · Long Day's Journey Into Night
1987 · That's Life! (film) - 1983 · Missing (1982 film)
- 1981 · Tribute (1980 film)
- 1980 · The China Syndrome
- 1975 · The Front Page (1974 film)
- 1974 · Save the Tiger
- 1971 · The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)
- 1969 · The Odd Couple (film)
- 1966 · The Great Race
- 1964 · Under the Yum Yum Tree
- 1964 · Irma la Douce
- 1963 · Days of Wine and Roses (film)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Won
Nominated
Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Won
Nominated
Academy Award
Actor
Won
Nominated
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Won
British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Actor
Won
Nominated
Festival de Cine de San Sebastián
Best Actor
Won
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Lemmon has received various accolades including two Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 1960, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 1996 he received the Kennedy Center Honors.
YearCategoryNominated WorkResult1960Won1961Won1963Nominated1964NominatedAmerican Comedy Awards, USA. 1996 Nominee American Comedy Award. Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Grumpier Old Men. 1994 Nominee American Comedy Award. Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Grumpy Old Men. 1991 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy.
- February 8, 1925
- June 27, 2001
Acting credits and accolades. Lemmon received eight Academy Award nominations and won for Mister Roberts (1955) and Save the Tiger (1973). He was nominated for Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The China Syndrome (1979), Tribute (1981), and Missing (1982).
Mr. Lemmon was showered with acting prizes, among them the American Film Institute's life achievement award, the first Harvard Arts Medal, Kennedy Center Honors, a Lincoln Center Film Society...
Liza Minnelli and Gregory Peck presenting the Best Actor Oscar® to Jack Lemmon for his performance in "Save the Tiger" - the 46th Annual Academy Awards in 1974.
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He won the Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger (1973) and the Cannes Best Actor award for "Syndrome" and "Missing". He made his debut as a director with Kotch (1971) and in 1985 on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey into Night".
May 30, 2024 · Lemmon also won an Emmy Award for his touching portrayal of a dying college professor in the television film Tuesdays with Morrie (1999). Among Lemmon’s many honours were the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Screen Actors Guild’s Life Achievement Award in 1990, and a Kennedy Center Honor in 1996.
