Jerry

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Jerry is one of the two cross-dressing musician protagonists in the classic 1959 comedy film "Some Like It Hot," famously portrayed by Jack Lemmon.

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Jerry canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Daphne ⓘ
appearsIn Some Like It Hot ⓘ
basedOnWork Fanfare of Love ⓘ
blackAndWhiteFilm true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
createdBy Billy Wilder ⓘ
I. A. L. Diamond ⓘ
crossDressesAs Daphne ⓘ
directorOfWork Billy Wilder ⓘ
filmBlackAndWhite true ⓘ
filmCountryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
filmGenre romantic comedy ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ
filmRecognition AFI 100 Years...100 Laughs list via Some Like It Hot ⓘ
filmReleaseDate 1959-03-29 ⓘ
friendPlayedBy Tony Curtis ⓘ
genderIdentityInStory male ⓘ
genre comedy film character ⓘ
hasFriend Joe ⓘ
hidesFrom gangsters ⓘ
instrument double bass ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
languageSpokenInWork English ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
memberOf Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators ⓘ
narrativeRole comic protagonist ⓘ
nationalityInStory American ⓘ
notableFor comic banter with Joe ⓘ
cross-dressing disguise ⓘ
final line "Nobody's perfect" scene ⓘ
notableScene hotel scenes in Florida ⓘ
train journey with all-girl band ⓘ
occupationInStory musician ⓘ
portrayedBy Jack Lemmon ⓘ
primaryMotivation escape from mobsters ⓘ
productionCompanyOfWork United Artists ⓘ
romanticInterestInStory Osgood Fielding III ⓘ
screenwriterOfWork Billy Wilder ⓘ
I. A. L. Diamond ⓘ
settingOfWork Chicago ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
yearOfWork 1959 ⓘ

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