Death Masks of the Famous and Infamous

James Dean (1931-1955)

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James Dean was an American actor and teenage heartthrob. He is most remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and rebellion, as featured in his most well-known film Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. Unfortunately, Dean died prematurely in a car crash in 1955 at the age of 24. After his death, he became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and still remains as the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the America Film Institute ranked him 18th best male movie star on Golden Age Hollywood in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars list.