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James Dean
Marion, Indiana, USA
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expresse…
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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956). After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden. Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in Giant the following year, Dean became the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.
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2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
James Dean: Rebel Generation
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Paul Newman: The Restless
Movie Self
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2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie Self (archive)
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2015
Children of 'Giant'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie Self (archive)
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2006
The Real James Dean
Movie Archival Footage
- 2005
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2005
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
Movie Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005
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2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2005
Året var 1955
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
The Day That James Dean Died
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Movie Himself (uncredited)
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- 2004
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2001
James Dean: Born Cool
Movie
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1998
Memories of Giant
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Return to 'Giant'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Rediscovering a Rebel
Movie Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
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1995
James Dean: A Portrait
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
James Dean and Me
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1994
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
Movie
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1992
Death Scenes 2
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1992
Faces of Death VII
Movie
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1990
Death In Hollywood
Movie
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1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie (archive footage)
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1988
Hello Actors Studio
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1988
Forever James Dean
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1988
All-Time Movie Greats
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie (archive footage)
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982
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1975
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1974
James Dean Remembered
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1957
The James Dean Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1956
Giant
Movie Jett Rink
