[1] Don Widener, Lemmon: A Biography (1975), page 7.
Father: John Uhler Lemmon, Jr.
Mother: Mildred LaRue Noel
Wife: Cynthia Stone (m. 7-May-1950, div. 1956, one son)
Son: Chris Lemmon (actor, b. 22-Jan-1954)
Wife: Felicia Farr (actress, m. 17-Aug-1962, until his death, one daughter)
Daughter: Courtney Lemmon (b. 1966)
High School: Phillips Academy Andover (1943)
University: Harvard University (1947)
Columbia Pictures
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1956 for Mister Roberts
Oscar for Best Actor 1974 for Save the Tiger
Golden Globe 1960 for Some Like It Hot
Golden Globe 1961 for The Apartment
Golden Globe 1973 for Avanti!
Golden Globe 1994 Ensemble for Short Cuts (shared)
Golden Globe 2000 for Inherit the Wind
Emmy 2000 for Tuesdays with Morrie
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1988
Kennedy Center Honor 1996
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6357 Hollywood Blvd.
Driving While Intoxicated 1976
Alcoholics Anonymous
Citizens for a Moratorium on Federal Executions
Risk Factors: Alcoholism
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Kotch (17-Sep-1971)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Tuesdays with Morrie (5-Dec-1999)
Inherit the Wind (29-May-1999)
The Odd Couple II (10-Apr-1998)
The Long Way Home (1-Mar-1998)
12 Angry Men (17-Aug-1997)
Out to Sea (2-Jul-1997)
Hamlet (25-Dec-1996)
My Fellow Americans (20-Dec-1996)
The Grass Harp (11-Oct-1996)
Getting Away with Murder (12-Apr-1996)
Grumpier Old Men (22-Dec-1995)
Grumpy Old Men (25-Dec-1993)
Short Cuts (1-Oct-1993)
Glengarry Glen Ross (29-Sep-1992)
The Player (3-Apr-1992) Himself
JFK (20-Dec-1991)
Dad (27-Oct-1989)
The Murder of Mary Phagan (24-Jan-1988)
That's Life! (10-Sep-1986)
Macaroni (24-Oct-1985)
Mass Appeal (06-Dec-1984)
Missing (12-Feb-1982)
Buddy Buddy (11-Dec-1981)
Tribute (14-Dec-1980)
The China Syndrome (16-Mar-1979)
Airport '77 (11-Mar-1977)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (14-Mar-1975)
The Front Page (17-Dec-1974)
Save the Tiger (14-Feb-1973)
Avanti! (17-Dec-1972)
The War Between Men and Women (1-Jun-1972)
The Out-of-Towners (28-May-1970)
The April Fools (28-May-1969)
The Odd Couple (2-May-1968)
The Fortune Cookie (19-Oct-1966)
The Great Race (1-Jul-1965)
How to Murder Your Wife (26-Jan-1965)
Good Neighbor Sam (22-Jul-1964)
Under the Yum Yum Tree (23-Oct-1963)
Irma la Douce (5-Jun-1963)
Days of Wine and Roses (26-Dec-1962)
The Notorious Landlady (13-Apr-1962)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (31-Dec-1960)
Pepe (21-Dec-1960) Himself
The Apartment (15-Jun-1960)
It Happened to Jane (14-Jul-1959)
Some Like It Hot (29-Mar-1959)
Bell Book and Candle (19-Dec-1958)
Cowboy (19-Feb-1958)
Operation Mad Ball (17-Aug-1957)
Fire Down Below (8-Aug-1957)
My Sister Eileen (22-Sep-1955)
Mister Roberts (30-Jul-1955)
Phffft! (10-Nov-1954)
It Should Happen to You (15-Jan-1954)
AKA John Uhler Lemmon