James Dean - Actors

"James Byron Dean" (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. Dean's status as a cultural icon is best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, "Rebel Without a Cause", in which he starred as troubled high school rebel Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his star power were as the awkward loner Cal Trask in "East of Eden", and as the surly, racist farmer Jett Rink in "Giant". His enduring fame and popularity rests on only three films, his entire starring output. As with Buddy Holly, Bruce Lee, and Marilyn ....more
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TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romantic Dramas – DVD Review
Feb 16, 2009, 14:25 GMT
Turner Classic Films has gathered some of the most ground breaking romantic dramas from the 1950’s in a single set including new material in the special features. ... moreBook Review: Live Fast, Die Young by Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel
Oct 3, 2005, 13:50 GMT
The most thorough and uncensored record to date of the people and events that made Nicholas Ray’s and James Dean’s cult classic, “Rebel Without a Cause.” ... moreTV Preview: Crash Science: James Dean’s Death - National Geographic Special
Sep 26, 2005, 2:00 GMT
September 30, 2005 marks the fifty year anniversary of the death of the greatest teenage cult movie icon in American cinema, actor James Dean. Dean had lead roles in only three major films, “Giant,” “East of Eden” and the legendary “Rebel Without a Cause” (1954-1955) but in those three films he established himself as the symbol of post-war American youth. ... moreDVD Review: The Complete James Dean Collection
Jun 11, 2005, 18:39 GMT
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Rebel Without a Cause Comes to Off-Broadway
Feb 10, 2005, 5:58 GMT



