James Dean

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James Dean was an iconic American actor of the 1950s whose brooding performances and early death made him a lasting symbol of youthful rebellion in popular culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural icon
film actor
human
stage actor
activeYearsEnd 1955
activeYearsStart 1950
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for East of Eden

Academy Award nomination for Best Actor
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for Giant
burialPlace Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Indiana, United States
causeOfDeath car accident
coStarredWith Elizabeth Taylor
Natalie Wood
Raymond Massey
Rock Hudson
Sal Mineo
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1931-02-08
dateOfDeath 1955-09-30
educatedAt Santa Monica College
University of California, Los Angeles
familyName Dean
fullName James Dean self-linksurface differs
surface form: James Byron Dean
genre drama film
givenName James
hobby auto racing
influenced Marlon Brando–inspired acting styles in popular culture
youth fashion and attitude in the 1950s
knownFor brooding screen presence
method acting approach
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath traffic collision
notableFor influence on youth culture
portrayals of troubled and rebellious youth
notableWork East of Eden
Giant
Rebel Without a Cause
occupation actor
owned Porsche 550 Spyder
surface form: Porsche 550 Spyder sports car
placeOfBirth Marion, Indiana, United States
placeOfDeath near Cholame, California, United States
raisedBy his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana
religion Protestantism
residence Fairmount, Indiana, United States
sexOrGender male
studied drama
symbolOf teenage angst
youthful rebellion
workedOn East of Eden
Giant
Rebel Without a Cause

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Elia Kazan influenced James Dean
Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean
Rebel Without a Cause leadActorCharacter James Dean
this entity surface form: James Dean as Jim Stark
Rebel Without a Cause leadActor James Dean
James Franco portrayed James Dean
Montgomery Clift influenced James Dean
Rock Hudson workedWith James Dean
Actors Studio notableMember James Dean
James Dean fullName James Dean self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: James Byron Dean
East of Eden starred James Dean
East of Eden role James Dean
this entity surface form: James Dean as Cal Trask
Kit Carruthers in Badlands inspiredBy James Dean
subject surface form: Kit Carruthers
Kit Carruthers in Badlands visualInspiration James Dean
subject surface form: Kit Carruthers
this entity surface form: James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
Giant starring James Dean
Natalie Wood workedWith James Dean
Jim Stark portrayedBy James Dean
Chill Wills workedWith James Dean
Nicholas Ray collaboratedWith James Dean
Sal Mineo workedWith James Dean
Porsche 550 Spyder notableOwner James Dean
Lee Strasberg influenced James Dean
James Dean (2001 film) portrays James Dean
James Dean (2001 film) subject James Dean
Clift contemporaneousWith James Dean
subject surface form: Montgomery Clift
Daniel Bedingfield notableWork James Dean
this entity surface form: James Dean (I Wanna Know)
Betty Lou Keim workedWith James Dean
Fairmount, Indiana, United States notableResident James Dean
subject surface form: Fairmount, Indiana
Fairmount, Indiana, United States hasHistoricAssociation James Dean
subject surface form: Fairmount, Indiana
Richard Davalos co-starredWith James Dean
Raymond Massey as Adam Trask notableCoStar James Dean
this entity surface form: James Dean as Cal Trask
Studio One notableCastMember James Dean
Cool mentionsPopCulture James Dean