JACK LEMMON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 272109

JACK LEMMON. Photograph signed: "Jack/Lemmon". B/w, 10x8 overall, image 9¼x6½ (one surface). Still from the 1980 film, Tribute. ©1980, Kudos Film Production Limited. Captioned at lower margin: "Jack Lemmon (R) is an unforgettable Broadway press agent whose sense of humor and zest for life are an inspiration to his son Robby Benson (L), in a drama co-starring Lee Remick as Lemmon's ex-wife." In 1980, Lemmon also appeared in the documentary, Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man, a tribute to director Billy Wilder, and in AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: Jimmy Stewart. A private school-educated everyman who could play outrageous comedy and wrenching tragedy, Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) burst onto the movie scene as a 1950s Columbia contract player and remained a beloved star until his death. Whether through humor or pathos, he excelled at illuminating the struggles of average men against a callous world; as director Billy Wilder once noted, "There was a little bit of genius in everything he did." Lemmon won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts. He also won the 1973 Oscar for Best Actor for portraying garment manufacturer Harry Stoner in Save the Tiger. Lemmon received Best Actor Oscar nominations for Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The China Syndrome, Tribute and Missing. Slightly creased at blank corners, light black mark at upper right corner. Light surface creases (not evident head on). Oval sticker affixed to verso (no show through). Fine condition.