Jack Lemmon ham, a fine ham, and with ham you have to trim a little fat." The biography quotes Lemmon as saying, "I am particularly susceptible to the parts I play... If my character was having a nervous breakdown, I started to have one." He enjoyed longtime working relationships with both Blake Edwards, starring in "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962), "The Great Race" (1965) and "That's Life!" (1986), and Richard Quine, starring in "My Sister Eileen", "Operation Mad Ball", "Bell, Book and Candle", "It Happened to Jane", and "How to Murder Your Wife". Quine also directed Lemmon's screen test when the
Chris Lemmon to the stage. The show, which Lemmon has performed all around the United States, follows the relationship between Lemmon and his father as seen through his father's eyes. On December 19, 2019 after an article in the San Diego Union Tribune, Chris confirmed on Facebook that he'd had a double lung transplant due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and is recovering well. Lemmon is married to actress Gina Raymond and they reside in Connecticut. They have three children. Chris Lemmon Christopher Boyd "Chris" Lemmon (born June 22, 1954) is an American actor and author. Lemmon was born in Los Angeles, California,