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On this day, February 8, 1931, James Dean was born.
James Dean
Dean in 1955
Born: James Byron Dean, February 8, 1931; Marion, Indiana, U.S.
Died: September 30, 1955 (aged 24); Cholame, California, U.S.
Cause of death: Car accident
Resting place: Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Indiana, U.S.
Education: Santa Monica College, UCLA
Years active: 1950–1955
Website: jamesdean.com
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).
After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.
Dean in 1955
Born: James Byron Dean, February 8, 1931; Marion, Indiana, U.S.
Died: September 30, 1955 (aged 24); Cholame, California, U.S.
Cause of death: Car accident
Resting place: Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Indiana, U.S.
Education: Santa Monica College, UCLA
Years active: 1950–1955
Website: jamesdean.com
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).
After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.
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Located about 12 miles west of Marfa, Texas, this work by artist John Cerney celebrates the filming of "Giant" in west Texas. Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) is in the yellow Ford, Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor) is with her horse, and Jett Rink (James Dean) is posed, Christ-like, with a rifle.
today is a shitty day for me since I normally would be making his favorite birthday cake right now. At least he lived 60 years more than Jimmy Dean did.
Dean ad-libbed half of the best scenes in Rebel... using his Actor's Studio skills and director Nicholas Ray let him go with it. He was becoming interested in directing and would have likely progressed to that role if he lived much longer. 
