Editing Jack Lemmon (section)

== Early life and education ==
Lemmon was born on February 8, 1925, in an elevator at [[Newton-Wellesley Hospital]] in [[Newton, Massachusetts]].<ref name="NYT1981">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/12/magazine/jack-lemmon-behind-the-smile.html|title=Jack Lemmon: Behind the Smile|work=The New York Times|date=July 12, 1981|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> He was the only child of Mildred Burgess ([[married and maiden names|''née'']] LaRue; 1896–1967)<ref name="JUL3-obits">
*{{cite news |title=FATE GAVE US A LEMMON WHO SWEETENED OUR LIVES |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2001/06/29/fate-gave-us-a-lemmon-who-sweetened-our-lives/ |access-date=June 13, 2023 |work=Sun Sentinel |date=June 29, 2001 |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida}}
*{{cite news |last1=Krikorian |first1=Greg |title=Jack Lemmon, Everyman Star, Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jack-lemmon-20010629-story.html |access-date=June 13, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 29, 2001}}
*{{cite news |title=A CLOWN'S HEART BEHIND SAD EYES |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2001/06/29/a-clowns-heart-behind-sad-eyes-2/ |access-date=June 13, 2023 |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=June 29, 2001}}
*{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |title=Actor Jack Lemmon Dies at 76 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/06/29/actor-jack-lemmon-dies-at-76/60532edb-0664-4441-8674-9cdd44d39f95/ |access-date=June 13, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=June 29, 2001}}
*{{cite news |title=JACK LEMMON 1925–2001 // Farewell to America's Everyman |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/06/29/jack-lemmon-1925-2001-farewell-to-america-s-everyman/ |access-date=June 13, 2023 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=June 29, 2001 |language=en}}
*{{cite news |last1=Natale |first1=Richard |title=Oscar winner Jack Lemmon dead at 76 |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/oscar-winner-jack-lemmon-dead-at-76-1117802077/ |access-date=June 13, 2023 |work=Variety |date=June 28, 2001}}
*{{cite web |title=Lemmon III, John Uhler "Jack" |url=https://ww2gravestone.com/people/lemmon-iii-john-uhler-jack/ |website=WW2 Gravestone |access-date=June 13, 2023}}
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</ref> and John Uhler Lemmon Jr. (1893–1962),<ref>

{{cite web |title=John Uhler Lemmon Jr. |url=https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/john-uhler-lemmon-jr-birth-1893-death-1962-united-/192776262 |website=AncientFaces |access-date=June 13, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> who rose to vice-president of sales<ref name="NYT1981"/><ref name="encyclopedia/lemmon-john-uhler-iii">{{cite web |title=Lemmon, John Uhler, III ("Jack") |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lemmon-john-uhler-iii-jack |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref> of the [[Doughnut Corporation of America]].<ref name="Harmetz">{{cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |author-link=Aljean Harmetz |date=June 29, 2001 |title=Jack Lemmon, Dark and Comic Actor, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/29/movies/jack-lemmon-dark-and-comic-actor-dies-at-76.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528142829/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/29/movies/jack-lemmon-dark-and-comic-actor-dies-at-76.html |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |access-date=April 1, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |quote=Jack Lemmon, the brash young American Everyman who evolved into the screen's grumpiest old Everyman during a movie career that lasted a half century, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 76 years of age and was resident in [[Beverly Hills]]. The cause was complications from cancer, said a spokesman, Warren Cowan}}</ref> John Uhler Lemmon Jr. was of Irish heritage, and Jack Lemmon was raised [[Catholic]].<ref name=tca>Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 1998</ref> His parents had a difficult marriage, and separated permanently when Lemmon was 18, but never divorced.<ref name="NYT1981"/><ref name="Bernstein"/> Often unwell as a child, Lemmon had three significant operations on his ears before he turned 10.<ref name="Krikorian"/> He had spent two years in hospital by the time he turned 12.<ref name="Baxter">{{cite news|last=Baxter|first=Brian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jun/29/guardianobituaries.filmnews2|title=Jack Lemmon|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=June 29, 2001|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>

During his acceptance of his lifetime achievement award, he stated that he knew he wanted to be an actor from the age of eight. He began to act in school productions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Lemmon Interview|url=http://www.abilitymagazine.com/lemmon_interview.html|work=Ability Magazine|date=May 2006|access-date=August 3, 2012}}</ref> Lemmon attended John Ward Elementary School, [[Rivers School|Rivers Country Day School]] (Class of 1939) and [[Phillips Academy|Phillips Andover Academy]] (Class of 1943), where he pursued track sports with success. He entered [[Harvard College]] (Class of 1947), where he lived in [[Eliot House (Harvard College)|Eliot House]].<ref name="Harmetz" /><ref>{{Cite news| last = Pepp| first = Jessica A. | title = Jack Lemmon to Receive Arts Medal | work = [[The Harvard Crimson]]| publisher=[[Harvard University]]|date = February 24, 1995 | url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1995/2/24/jack-lemmon-to-receive-arts-medal/ | access-date = January 23, 2010}}</ref> At Harvard, he was president of the [[Hasty Pudding Club]] and vice president of Dramatic and [[Delphic Club]]s. Except for drama and music, however, he was an unexceptional student.<ref name="NYT1981"/>

Forbidden to act onstage due to academic probation, Lemmon broke Harvard rules to appear in roles using pseudonyms such as Timothy Orange.<ref name="DTelobit"/>

A member of the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]], Lemmon was commissioned by the [[United States Navy]],<ref name=tca/> serving briefly with the rank of [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] as a communications officer on the aircraft carrier {{USS|Lake Champlain|CV-39|6}} during [[World War II]] before returning to Harvard after completing his military service.<ref>{{cite book | last=Holtzman | first=W. | title=Jack Lemmon | publisher=Pyramid Publications | series=Pyramid illustrated history of the movies | year=1977 | isbn=978-0-515-04291-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EeVkAAAAMAAJ | language=fr | access-date=May 19, 2024 | page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Lemmon Biography Film Actor (1925–2001) |url=http://www.biography.com/people/jack-lemmon-9378762 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208233600/http://www.biography.com/people/jack-lemmon-9378762 |archive-date=February 8, 2015 |website=Biography |access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref> After graduation with a [[bachelor's degree]] in war service sciences<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Lemmon Obituary|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/28/lemmon.obit/|work=CNN|date=June 28, 2001|access-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref> in 1947,<ref>{{cite web|title=Actor Jack Lemmon Honored by Glee Club, Hasty Pudding|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/12.12/ActorJackLemmon.html|work=Harvard University Gazette|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref> he studied acting under coach [[Uta Hagen]] at [[HB Studio]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/| title = HB Studio Alumni}}</ref> in New York City.<ref name=tca/> He was also a pianist, who became devoted to the instrument at age 14 and learned to play by ear.<ref name="Harmetz"/><ref name="Baxter"/> For about a year in New York City, he worked unpaid as a waiter and master of ceremonies at the Old Knick bar on [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenue]].<ref name="NYT1981"/> He also played the piano at the venue.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wasser|first=Fred|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/06/11/137086345/the-secret-musical-life-of-jack-lemmon?t=1554235303935|title=The Secret Musical Life Of Jack Lemmon|work=NPR|date=June 10, 2011|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref>