(August 17, 1962 - June 27, 2001) (his death) (1 child)
1956 meets Jack Lemmon on the Columbia lot, where he's filming Cowboy. She thinks he is the greatest actor in the world. He is recently divorced from TV-actress Cynthia Stone. He nicknames her "Felish" or "Farfel," a Yiddish word for a soup garnish, and takes immediately to her daughter, Denise.
December 56 Jack Lemmon buys dinner for her at the Villa Capri
February 57 columnist Erskine Johnson reports that after a tiff with Lemmon she's seen on Ralph Meeker's husky arm
July 57 columnist Walter Winchell reports that Jack Lemmon is on fire for her
October 57 becomes a steady duo with Jack Lemmon. She breaks a toe by stubbing it on a door, but attends a big premiere with him anyway.
September 57 during her personal appearance tour, the Jack Lemmon phone calls come in with "faithful monotony"
December 58 she and Janet Leigh like the gowns made for their husbands, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, for Some Like It Hot so much that they have copies made for themselves
59 dines out with Jack Lemmon and his mother
March 59 receives transatlantic phone calls from Lemmon, who's currently in Europe. She's the girl he left behind.
October 59 is still the number one girl for Jack Lemmon
February 60 on the set of The Apartment, Lemmon tells columnist Harrison Carroll that he and Felicia are still an item, "but we haven't talked of marriage yet."
September 60 she and Lemmon are seen at the Spindletop
October 60 goes to New York for rehearsals for the "Family Classics" TV series, which starts with "The Three Musketeers." Her co-stars are Maximilian Schell and Vincent Price. While in New York, she's expected to attend the opening of Face of a Hero, starring Jack Lemmon.
December 60 columnist Walter Winchell reports that she and Lemmon are in a cool-off period again
Mid-August 62 she and Lemmon call the whole thing off. He takes off to Paris to do a picture, leaving her in Hollywood. During a stopover in New York, he phones her and they have a three-hour conversation that ends with agreeing: "This is silly. We love each other. Let's go ahead and get married."
is expected to marry Lemmon after finishing a "Ben Casey" TV segment
16 August 62
she and Lemmon throw an engagement party in Paris. Among the guests are Mrs. Peter Lawford and Mrs. Stephen Smith, two of President Kennedy's sisters; Tony Perkins; Kim Novak; and Mel Ferrer and his wife, Audrey Hepburn.
17 August 62
marries Lemmon in the executive office of the Mayor of Paris, George Haslin. The ceremony is performed by the mayor. Lemmon's 37; she's 29. Billy Wilder and Richard Quine serve as best men.
7 January 66
her daughter Courtney Noel is born. Director Billy Wilder is the godfather.
19 February 75 celebrates husband Jack Lemmon's 50th birthday with a party in New York
27 June 01 becomes the widow of Lemmon, who dies at age 76 in Los Angeles of cancer
05 as Felicia F. Lemmon, she resides in the Los Angeles aera