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James Dean

James Dean was an American actor of Rebel Without a Cause, Giant, and East of Eden fame.

His tragic early death in an auto accident helped transform the two-time Academy Award nominee into an iconic cult figure that has continued to resonate with young people for over half a century.

James Dean
James Dean
Biographical fast facts

Full or original name at birth: James Byron Dean

Date and place of birth: February 8, 1931, Green Gables apartments, 320 East 4th Street, Marion, Indiana, U.S.A. *

Date, time, place and cause of death: September 30, 1955, at 5:45 p.m., at the intersection of Highways 41 and 466 (now 46) Cholame, near Paso Robles, California, U.S.A. (Auto accident)

Parents
Father: Winton Dean (a dental technician) (b. January 17, 1908, Fairmount, Indiana, U.S.A. - d. February 21, 1995, Marion General Hospital, Marion, Indiana, of pneumonia)
Mother: Mildred Marie Wilson (b. September 15, 1910, Grant County, Indiana, U.S.A. - d. July 14, 1940, Santa Monica, California, of cervical cancer)

Burial site: Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Indiana, U.S.A.


Error corrections or clarifications

* Several sources erroneously report James Dean was born in "Fairmount, Indiana." Though he was later raised in that town, he was not born there. A few sources also misspell it "Fairmont."




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