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Best Actor in a Leading Role. East of Eden. This was the first posthumous acting nomination in Academy Awards history, although Jeanne Eagels was retroactively credited with a posthumous nomination for the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, when no nominees were announced prior to the ceremony.
- February 8, 1931
- September 30, 1955
His last lead role was playing a Texan rancher who discovered oil and became rich, in Giant (1956). Dean died in a car crash in 1955. He became the only actor to receive two posthumous Academy Award acting nominations, being nominated in the Best Actor category for East of Eden and Giant.
James Dean. One of the many enduring stars to emerge from the 1950s, James Dean appeared in only three films before his death in 1955: East of Eden (1955), Rebel without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). The latter two films earned him Oscar nominations, and today he remains one of the screen’s most famous personifications of troubled ...
James Dean. Actor: East of Eden. James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician.
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- Marion, Indiana, USA
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- Cholame, California, USA
Check all the awards won and nominated for by James Dean - Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites (1957) , Golden Globe Special Achievement Award (1956) and more awards. James Byron Dean was an American actor. He is a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment, as...
Feb 14, 2022 · Two decades later, however, James Dean became the first person, and the first male actor, to unambiguously be nominated for an Oscar after his death. Indeed, he was actually nominated for two best actor Oscars at the 28th and 29th award ceremonies.
May 28, 2024 · James Dean, American film actor who became a symbol of the confused, restless, and idealistic youth of the 1950s. Although he made few films before his death in a car accident at the age of 24, his performances, perhaps most notably in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), have proved enduring.
