He Was Born in an Elevator
Lemmon lived from February 8, 1925, to June 27, 2001. He lived to the age of 76, and boy, did he live his life to the fullest. The way he came into this world is one for the books. Believe it or not, Lemmon was born in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
Jack Lemmon as a baby. Source: Pinterest
When he was 63, he said that his birth might have been more convenient if his parents weren’t such “fanatical bridge players.” As Lemmon’s story goes, his parents were involved in the highly competitive card game, and his mother continued playing despite her husband’s warnings that birth was imminent. When the contractions grew too painful to ignore, they rushed to the hospital, and whaddayaknow – they got trapped in an elevator. “And so, I arrived under great duress in the elevator,” Lemmon stated.