Age, Biography and Wiki
James Dean was born on February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. He was the only child of Winton and Mildred Dean. His father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife.
Dean attended Fairmount High School in Fairmount, Indiana, where he was an average student and a member of the basketball team. After graduating in 1949, he moved to California to pursue an acting career.
Dean's first major role was in the film East of Eden (1955). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance. He also starred in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956).
Dean's career was cut short when he died in a car accident on September 30, 1955, at the age of 24. He was posthumously awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in Giant.
Dean's legacy has endured for decades. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement. He has been referenced in numerous works of popular culture, including books, films, and television shows.
Popular As |
James Byron Dean |
Occupation |
actor,miscellaneous |
Age |
24 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
Born |
8 February 1931 |
Birthday |
8 February |
Birthplace |
Marion, Indiana, U.S. |
Date of death |
September 30, 1955 |
Died Place |
Cholame, California, U.S. |
Nationality |
United States |
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 24 years old group.
James Dean Height, Weight & Measurements
At 24 years old, James Dean height
is 5′ 8″ .
Physical Status |
Height |
5′ 8″ |
Weight |
Not Available |
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Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Not Available |
Sibling |
Not Available |
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James Dean Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is James Dean worth at the age of 24 years old? James Dean’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated
James Dean's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
East of Eden (1955) | $1,000 /week |
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) | $10,000 |
Giant (1956) | $21,000 ($1500 per week) |
James Dean Social Network
Timeline
His favorite book was "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. James Franco - who played Dean in the biopic James Dean (2001), voiced The Fox in the animated film adaptation of the book, The Little Prince (2015).
In October 1997, he was ranked #33 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
He was pictured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, originally issued on Monday, June 24, 1996.
He was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#42) (1995).
Marlon Brando, in his 1994 autobiography "Songs My Mother Taught Me", says that Dean, who idolized him, based his acting on him and his lifestyle on what he thought Brando's lifestyle was.
Elia Kazan, in his 1988 autobiography "A Life", says that during the production of East of Eden (1955), he had to have Dean move into a bungalow near his on the Warner Brothers lot to keep an eye on him, so wild was his nightlife.
He is one of several famous and tragic figures from history to be featured on the sleeve artwork of the album "Clutching at Straws" by rock band Marillion (released in 1987).
According to "The Mutant King", David Dalton's 1974 biography of James Dean, the rumor that Dean was a masochist who liked to have cigarettes stubbed out on his naked body can be traced to a pencil sketch of his called "The Human Ashtray". The sketch featured a human body, in the guise of an ashtray, with many cigarette stubs in it. Dalton speculates that the sketch has nothing to do with Dean's sexual proclivities but much to do with the fact that he was a heavy smoker.
During the filming of Giant (1956), he and Rock Hudson did not get along. This tension heightened their onscreen clashes. However, according to Hudson's ex-wife Phyllis Gates, he cried after hearing the news of Dean's untimely death. Gates wrote, "Rock couldn't be reached. He was overcome by guilt and shame, almost as though he himself had killed James Dean.".
In the Elia Kazan production of John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1955) he played Cal Trask, the bad brother who could not force affection from his stiff-necked father.
His true starring role, the one which fixed his image forever in American culture, was that of the brooding red-jacketed teenager Jim Stark in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
Imitating Marlon Brando, he also bought a Triumph motorcycle. Instead of Brando's 650cc 6T Thunderbird model, which he used in the film The Wild One (1953), he bought the smaller 500cc TR5 Trophy model. This Triumph featured in a famous series of photographs by Phil Stern, the motorcycle itself being recovered, restored and currently displayed at the "James Dean Museum" in Fairmount, Indiana.
His early film efforts were strictly small roles: a sailor in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis overly frantic musical comedy Sailor Beware (1952); a GI in Samuel Fuller's moody study of a platoon in the Korean War, Fixed Bayonets! (1951) and a youth in the Piper Laurie-Rock Hudson comedy Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952). He had major roles in only three movies.
He also worked as a "stunt tester" on the game show Beat the Clock (1950), testing the safety of the stunts that some of the studio audience members would later perform. However, he proved so agile at completing the stunts that his results could not be used to set time limits for contestants to complete them. So he was reluctantly released.
James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. After grade school, he moved to New York to pursue his dream of acting. He received rave reviews for his work as the blackmailing Arab boy in the New York production of Gide's "The Immoralist", good enough to earn him a trip to Hollywood.
He was voted the 30th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere magazine.
He was voted the 22nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.