James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor
to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for
Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations, In 1999, the American
Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star
of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars
list.
1955
