james dean

     

No. 18 on the AFI's list of the greatest American screen actors, he starred in just 3 films

Trivia about james dean

  • Peter Finch was the first winner of a posthumous Best Actor Oscar; he was first to get 2 posthumous acting nominations
  • He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star
  • Later a "rebel", he was playing a wicked Arab boy on Broadway in 1954 when "discovered" by Elia Kazan
  • He was killed on Sept. 30, 1955 when his Porsche Spyder collided with another car
  • The windbreaker & t-shirt look he popularized in "Rebel Without A Cause" is still fashionable 43 years later
  • Approaching another car near Paso Robles, Ca. in 1955, his last words were "That guy's gotta see us"
  • 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was the other driver in this 24-year-old actor's fatal crash
  • On June 24, 1996 this actor's stamp premiered on the Warner Bros. lot, where he made "East of Eden"
  • According to Forbes, this actor who died in a 1955 car crash still managed to earn $5 million in 2003
  • After his death, his final lines in the film "Giant" were dubbed by Nick Adams
  • A 1991 album honoring this iconic actor included the songs "Dead Man's Curve" & "Rebel Rouser"
  • He was on his way to compete in a car race when he crashed Sept. 30, 1955
  • Sadly, this 1949 Fairmount, Indiana high school graduate would live but a few years after his picture was taken
  • This star of "East of Eden" & "Rebel Without A Cause" was only 24 when he died in a 1955 car crash
  • A movie "rebel":September 30, 1955
  • An actor, born Feb. 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana; died Sept. 30, 1955 near Paso Robles, California
  • "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" & "Rebel"