James Dean life

As you alredy know, James Dean was the protagonist of the film "Rebel Without a Cause" and died several years ago in a car accident. Despite of the years that have passed, James Dean is still having an important influence in a lot of people all over the world. If you do not know this actor here is his biography with the most important details of his short but well lived life.

James Dean

(1931-1955)

James Dean was born in February 8^th, 1931 in Marion, Indiana in The United States. In his early childhood he moved to the state of California, he settled in Los Angeles with his family. When he was 9 his mother died and he was send to Indiana where he lived with his uncle and aunt during some years until he returned to California to study Interpretation in the University of UCLA.

James Dean appeared in the early 50’s in series of television and advertisings, also he was part of some plays in Broadway. While he was in New York he continued studying in Actors studio. He started to participate in films in the early 50’s with secondary roles in the movies: “Fixed bayonets” (1951) by Sam Fuller and “Has anybody seen my gal?” (1952) directed by Douglas Sirk among others.

In 1955 he participated in the movie of the Warner Bros “At the east of the Eden”. His amazing performance surprised the audience and his colleagues and that’s why he was nominated to an Oscar. The same year Dean participate in another movie called “Rebel without a cause” (1955), an amazing film directed by Nicholas Ray that turned him definitely in an icon of the American youth. Because of his great success with only two movies Warner Bros included him in the plot of the movie “Giant” (1956) with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson in which he had to be a strange and shy young man, this movie gave him a new nomination to the Oscar.

This nomination was very important because just after his nomination the young actor James Dean died in a car accident in Paso Robles, California with his Porsche Spider while he was driving to a car race.

James Dean died in September 30^th, 1955 when he was only 24 years old. His death became him in one of the most important idols and icons of the 20^th century.

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