James Dean Biography

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James Dean

James Dean

 

Name
James Byron Dean
Nickname
Jimmy Dean
Birth Date
8th Feb 1931
Death Date
30th Sept. 1955
Death Cause
Car Accident
Birth Place
Marion, Indiana, USA
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Hair colour
Black
Film Debut
“Giant” 1956
First Starring Role
“East Of Eden” (1955)
Signature Film Role
Jim Stark in “Rebel Without A Cause” 1955 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Dean
 
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Mini Biography: 
 

James Dean was brought up on a farm by his uncle and aunt in Fairmount, Indiana, had earned so much that he could easily make a trip to Hollywood by receiving an extravagantly enthusiastic appraisal for his work in catching those Arab boys involved in extortion of money by threats to divulge information of the New York production of Guide "The Immoralist".

 His recent films were seriously delivering a sting to: a sailor in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis highly violent& emotional, musical & humorous drama Sailor Beware( 1952); a GI in Samuel Fuller’s “Critical & Deep Study” of  Military Squads in the Korean War, “Fixed Bayonets! (1951)” and a young boy in the Piper Laurie-Rock Hudson’s Light& humorous drama: Has Anybody Seen My Gal?(1952).

James Dean had played roles of great importance in the Elia Kazan production of John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1955), he played Caleb, the "bad" brother who failed to drag love from his haughtily stubborn father.

In the history of American Films James Dean had left an indelible mark forever by starring in the Jim Stark in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause(1955) as playing a role of red-jacketed young boy highly influenced by the Horror of Death.

A role of stubborn boy named Jett Rink who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback in Edna Ferber's Giant(1956) picturized by George Stevens' became very much popular & came at par with film Edna Ferber's Giant(1956) picturized by George Stevens'

But his end was very much pathetic, met with his death while playing a role of stubborn boy named Jett Rink who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback in  Edna Ferber's Giant(1956) picturized by George Stevens', was coming close to Dean, driving his Porsche Spyder collided with another car in Cholame, California,it was a vigorous collision that gave him a speed ticket to Heaven & made him a great  Actor of  the time could win the Heart & Mind of public of America, as the beliefs goes by customs & religious practices that he shouldn’t have died so early was the exaggerated zeal of  public of America as not only because the shooting was about to complete in two hours but he could have given umpteen nos of popular films .

 
 
 
Salary:
 
Giant (1956)
$21,000
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
$10,000
East of Eden (1955)
$1,000/week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Interesting Videos for James Dean:

 

James Dean - Interview & Famous Drive Safely Spot

 

James Dean: Road Safety AD

 

A James Dean Tribute