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James Byron
Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was a two-time
Oscar-nominated 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 stereotypical 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
farmer Jett Rink in Giant. His enduring fame and popularity rests on
only three films, his entire starring output. His death at a young age
helped guarantee a legendary status. He was the first actor to receive
a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the
only person to have two posthumous acting nominations (although other
people had more than one posthumous nomination in other Oscar
categories).
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