JAMES
DEAN!!!
James Dean was born James Byron Dean on February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. He moved with his family to Los Angeles at age five but after his mother's death he returned to the Midwest at age nine and was raised by relatives on their Iowa farm. After graduating from high school, he returned to California, where he attened Santa Monica Junior College and UCLA. He began acting with James Whitmore's little theater group, and he was in several TV commercials. In 1951 he went to New York, where after hanging around the theater district earning his living as a busboy, he got a part in Broadway's 'See the Jaguar.' He then had one of the most brief careers of any screen star. In just more than a year, and in only three films, Dean became a widely admired screen personality. He was nominated for Academy Awards as Best Actor for East of Eden and Giant. He was killed on September 30, 1955 in a highway crash while driving his Porsche to Salinas, to compete in a racing event. Many of his fans refused to accept his death, and a James Dean cult developed that surrounded that personality of no other star since Valentino. Here are three of James Dean's films: East of Eden (1953), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956).
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