James Dean

James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, Marion, Indiana. He was a well-known American actor.

While being majoring at Santa Monica Junior College and UCLA, he started his first appearances on television spots and in some movies, mainly at James Whitmore's acting workshop. His first television appearance was in a Pepsi Cola commercial.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955) and Giant (1956) were the most influential film performances on his career.

Thanks to those movies, James Dean became the first actor who got a posthumous Academy Award nomination for best actor. 

Everything seemed to be rising up on his career. But unfortunately on September 30, 1955 he was having a car race at Salinas, California. While driving, another car crossed into Dean’s lane, causing a head-on hit between the two cars.

He was severely injured, so paramedics tried to save his life while in ambulance. It is said that the crash result into a broken neck, multiple jaw, arms and legs fractures, plus severe internal injures. 

James Dean was pronounced dead.