Jack Lemmon
Birthday: 1925-02-08
Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Biography: John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.
Movies
Some Like It Hot
Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of Chicago. Their only opportunit...
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The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to ...
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Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled ...
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The China Syndrome
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells...
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The Front Page
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn...
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Debonair Dancers
Debonair Dancers is a 1986 short American documentary film produced and directed by Alison Nigh-Stre...
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Short Cuts
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. ...
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Good Neighbor Sam
To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. Th...
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JFK
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis...
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Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the ...
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The Fortune Cookie
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance...
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Bell, Book and Candle
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her inst...
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Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him....
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Irma la Douce
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and cre...
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The Player
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but ...
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The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."...
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The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."...
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It Should Happen to You
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a docum...
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The Out-of-Towners
A trip to New York for a job interview turns into a trip to hell for a small town couple....
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Dad
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. H...
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The Odd Couple
In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic ...
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Grumpy Old Men
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wi...
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The Great Race
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto m...
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Airport '77
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passen...
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12 Angry Men
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the gui...
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Days of Wine and Roses
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to...
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Getting Away with Murder
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an...
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran sales...
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The Odd Couple II
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sun...
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How to Murder Your Wife
Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Bra...
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Tuesdays with Morrie
A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers him so...
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It Happened to Jane
Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattenti...
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Buddy Buddy
During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courth...
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Macaroni
A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades only to dis...
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Operation Mad Ball
In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as h...
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My Sister Eileen
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune...
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Grumpier Old Men
A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and...
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Missing
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chil...
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Under the Yum-Yum Tree
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance....
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a rea...
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Mister Roberts
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War ...
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Save the Tiger
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of t...
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The Grass Harp
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growi...
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Cowboy
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by ...
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Out to Sea
Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search...
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My Fellow Americans
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents ...
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The Notorious Landlady
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected ...
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Phffft
Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into ...
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middl...
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The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
Born in London in 1934, Jane Goodall spent decades in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park, studyin...
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That's Life!
A wealthy architect struggles with a severe case of male menopause at the approach of his 60th birth...
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Pepe
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director b...
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The April Fools
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with t...
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Fire Down Below
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. Th...
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For Richer, for Poorer
Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a sel...
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You Can't Run Away from It
A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career....
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On Cukor
Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the...
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Inherit the Wind
Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching ...
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Mass Appeal
A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor....
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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to 1982....
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC....
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The Long Way Home
A retired widower wanders away from his daughter's home, hooks up with a free-spirited young woman, ...
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Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking....
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Tribute
A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit...
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Alex & the Gypsy
A bail bondsman falls in love with one of his "customers" — a gypsy girl, who's been accused of atte...
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The Gentleman Tramp
A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin....
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Luv
Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the...
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The War Between Men and Women
A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the ...
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on S...
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The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
A look back at the impact Billy Wilder's comedy classic "Some Like It Hot" has left since it's relea...
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The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
A look back at the making of Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot."...
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The Entertainer
A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom....
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting digni...
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches....
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A Weekend in the Country
Six people. One weekend. The possibilities are endless when city meets country in this roundelay of ...
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Three for the Show
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's...
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Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines....
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The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Novice writers from a writers workshop wrote the show's sketches....
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Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
Why do movie audiences find men in skirts and women in pants anything but a drag? Discover the playf...
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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and television's...
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Kotch
When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with...
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A Life in the Theatre
A veteran actor and a young up-and-comer join for a season of reparatory theatre....
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Christmas in Hollywood
Dozens of stars--including Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bob Hope, and more--demonstrate how the yuletide s...
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Puppies for Sale
A boy enters a pet shop intending to buy a dog with a hip problem. The shop owner tries to convince ...
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James Cagney: Top of the World
Michael J. Fox hosts this documentary featuring film clips and rare behind-the-scenes footage that t...
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career....
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The Lady Takes a Sailor
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greates...
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The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April ...
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, h...
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Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker....
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Killer Cop
In a crowded hotel in the center of Milan a bomb has been planted. The time device on its detonator ...
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Forever Hollywood
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los...
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Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominatio...
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Once Too Often
A soldier has a ten-day leave from his military duties. He’s an easygoing guy who rarely thinks abou...
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The One, the Only... Groucho
The One, the Only... Groucho is a documentary that celebrates the life and legacy of Groucho Marx, t...
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Earth and the American Dream
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From ...
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Avanti!
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to...
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Wednesday
Jack Lemmon stars as a talk radio DJ who runs into some serious trouble live on the air....
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Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Documentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best Come...
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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts....
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother,...
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All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds is honored by more than 100 of his fellow celebrities and co-workers....
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Inside the Dream Factory
Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine....
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Musical Comedy Tonight II
A tribute to American musical theater, featuring scenes from "Show Boat", "South Pacific," "Sweet Ch...
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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin...
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores the ...
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Commemorating the centennial of Mercer's birth, this documentary is part biography, part archive, an...
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Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
Robert Osborne hosts this TCM original featuring an exclusive interview with the original Odd Couple...
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Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
Documentary about the life of explorer Jacques Cousteau....
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Night of 100 Stars
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...
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Jack Benny's Bag
Jack Benny's 1968 TV specials features topical references including a parody of The Graduate....
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Altman on His Own Terms
A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. T...
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he g...
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Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
An Oscars special featuring interviews with a few of the nominees and the writer and director the ye...
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The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
Thought to be the first full-hour television adaptation of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'T...
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Chaplin
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealt...
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