A Norwegian performer of Jewish descent, Lemkow grew up in Oslo and received training as a dancer before turning to acting. He first appeared on screen as a dancer alongside Sara Luzita in John Huston’s 1952 Moulin Rouge, and later took character parts in a range of British comedies and thrillers, including Blake Edwards’s A Shot in the Dark, several Peter Sellers films, Woody Allen’s Love and Dea…
