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3 unusual facts about Jack Lemmon


A Twist of Lemmon

A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father is a memoir-styled book concerning the life of famed American actor Jack Lemmon, as viewed through the eyes of his son, Christopher Lemmon.

Beaumont, Kansas

The community is featured in the storyline of the 1998 film "The Long Way Home" starring Jack Lemmon.

MS Thomson Dream

MS Westerdam was featured in the 1997 comedy film "Out to Sea" with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.


Asterix and Son

Brutus and the prefect of Gaul may be caricatures of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, and the prefect cross-dressing is then a reference to the movie Some Like it Hot, in which they star.

Brookville Reformed Church

In the 1969 movie The Out-of-Towners starring Jack Lemmon, a short clip of the church is featured during the opening credits.

Cynthia Stone

Though she mainly appeared in guest spots in various television series, she and then-husband Jack Lemmon starred together in the short lived 1952 series, Heaven for Betsy.

Frank de Kova

He played Abiram in The Ten Commandments, appeared in Cowboy (1958) with Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon, and in The Mechanic (1972) with Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent and the Ralph Bakshi film American Pop.

Gary David Goldberg

In 1989, he produced the feature film with a marquée cast, Dad, starring Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, and Olympia Dukakis.

Georg Thomalla

However, Thomalla was mostly known in Germany as a voice-over artist, dubbing particularly comedians, such as Peter Sellers as Inspector Closeau in the Pink Panther movies, and he also was the standard German dubbing voice of Jack Lemmon from 1955 up until 1998.

Homosexuality and Roman Catholic priests

Mass Appeal (1984) starring Jack Lemmon and Željko Ivanek as Deacon Mark Dolson, who is struggling with his homosexuality and church authority as a seminarian.

Hotel del Coronado

Since then, it has been featured in at least twelve other films, including: Some Like It Hot (which starred Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis where it was called the "Seminole Ritz"), The Stunt Man (which starred Peter O'Toole), Wicked, Wicked (which was completely filmed on location there), and the 1990 version of My Blue Heaven (which starred Steve Martin and Rick Moranis).

Jack Gilford

He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor in (1973) for his role as Phil Green in Save the Tiger (his co-star Jack Lemmon won for Best Actor).

Jackson County, North Carolina

Several movies have been filmed in the county including the 1993 blockbuster action-adventure The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, the 1972 drama Deliverance, and the 1996 comedy My Fellow Americans starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner.

Joyce Jameson

In 1964, she appeared as a hotel hooker in the comedy Good Neighbor Sam, starring Jack Lemmon and Romy Schneider.

Karen Morrison-Comstock

During her reign she traveled extensively and met celebrities, including Jack Lemmon, Bobby Vinton, Omar Sharif and Joe Namath.

Laurie Heineman

Laurie Heineman is an American actress and teacher, probably best known for the role of Myra in the film, Save the Tiger, a film which won Jack Lemmon an Oscar, and for originating the role of Sharlene Frame on Another World.

The Last Flower

Thurber's story was animated as part of the climax of Jack Lemmon's 1972 film The War Between Men and Women, the film takes much from Thurber's life and stories.

William Ruder

His success that year led to other celebrity clients, including Dinah Shore, Frankie Laine, The Mills Brothers, Jack Lemmon and Rosalind Russell.


see also

Glastonbury, Connecticut

Chris Lemmon, film and television actor and writer; son of Jack Lemmon

It Could Happen to You

It Should Happen to You, a 1954 film with Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon

The Carpetbaggers

In the 1965 film The Fortune Cookie, Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) carries a hardcover copy of the novel into his bedroom.

Travels with Jack Lemmon's Dog

Travels with Jack Lemmon's Dog is a play by Chambers Stevens.