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Jack Lemmon was an American actor. He was born in 1925 and died in 2001 of cancer. An intelligent, twice oscar winning actor, Jack Lemmon studied English Literature at Harvard before becoming both a comedy and straight actor. He is perhaps best known for his duet roles alongside Walter Matthau.
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Walter Matthau is an American actor. He was born in 1920 at New York as Walter Matuschanskavasky, a name he used for his cameo appearance in the 1974 film 'Earthquake'. He made his Broadway debut in 1948 as understudy for the role of an 85-year old bishop in 'Anne of the Thousand Days'. A film career followed rave reviews of his role in 1955 in the play ' Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?'.
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Hello, Dolly! is a musical starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong and Marianne McAndrew in a story about a professional matchmaker in New York around 1900 who falls for a wealthy industrialist, who doesn't return her affections. Hello, Dolly! was directed by Gene Kelly in 1969.
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Cactus Flower is a comedy starring Ingrid Bergman, Walter Matthau, Goldie Hawn and Jack Weston in a story about a middle-aged dentist who, in order to avoid marriage, pretends to his young girl friend that his receptionist is already his wife. Cactus Flower was directed by Gene Saks in 1969.
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Charade is a comedy starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Ned Glass and Jacques Marin in a story about a woman whose life takes a bewildering and sinister turn following the murder of her husband and the subsequent appearance of three men claiming to be friends of the deceased. Charade was directed by Stanley Donen in 1963.
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Grumpy Old Men is a comedy starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith in a story about two warring neighbours competing for the affections of a newly moved-in widow. Grumpy Old Men was directed by Donald Petrie in 1993.
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Hello, Dolly! is a musical starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong and Marianne McAndrew in a story about a professional matchmaker in New York around 1900 who falls for a wealthy industrialist, who doesn't return her affections. Hello, Dolly! was directed by Gene Kelly in 1969.
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I'm Not Rappaport is a comedy starring Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, and Craig T Nelson in a story about an old man becoming active when he assists a friend being forced into retirement. I'm Not Rappaport was directed by Herb Gardner in 1996.
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Little Miss Marker is a comedy starring Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews and Tony Curtis in a story of a down-at-heel bookmaker who's daughter is left to cover a gambler's bet. Little Miss Marker was directed by Walter Bernstein in 1980.
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Lonely Are The Brave is a modern-day western starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau and Michael Kane in a story about an old-fashioned cowboy who finds himself thrown in jail and makes a defiant bid for freedom.
Lonely Are The Brave was directed by David Miller in 1962.
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