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James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart was an American actor and military aviator. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart appeared in 80 films from 1935 to 1991. His films are considered among the greatest of all time. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors; he received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achie…
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Born 20 May 1908 · Died 2 July 1997 · Q102462
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2026· 4 entries
“I played him a little too dreamily, a little too cute-cute.”
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The Guardian: A positive new report raises the question: was Reeves undermined by dodgy data? | Heather Stewart
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Public attention spiked: 17,404 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 4,189, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 1 entry
The Guardian: James Stewart is sublimely strange and sweet in Harvey as a drunkard with an invisible rabbit friend
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2019· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Jimmy Stewart suffered what would in 2019 be diagnosed as PTSD due to his experience as a World War II bomber pilot.” Unproven.
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: Porn in schools? No – what students need is James Stewart | Peter Bradshaw
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2012· 1 entry
It was met with unenthusiastic reviews and poor box-office receipts upon its release
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (2009).
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1999· 3 entries
A bust of Stewart was unveiled at the Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum in Georgia
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The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors; he received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980, the Kennedy Center Honor in 1983, as well
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The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Stewart third on its list of the greatest American male actors
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1997· 5 entries
Died 1997-07-02.
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Princeton University, Stewart's alma mater, honored him with the dedication of the James M
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“Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things I won't let it get me, but too much praise can turn a fellow's head if he doesn't watch his step.”
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“I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part. Someone once came up to Spencer Tracy and asked, "Aren't you tired of always playing Tracy?" Tracy replied, "What am I supposed to do, play Bogart?" You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.”
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“Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.”
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1995· 1 entry
His 87th birthday, The Jimmy Stewart Museum was established
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1990· 1 entry
And also donated to the campaign of Bob Dole for the 1996 presidential election
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1989· 1 entry
Stewart founded the American Spirit Foundation to apply entertainment-industry resources to developing innovative approaches to public education and to assist the emerging democracy movements in the former Iron Curtain c
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1988· 1 entry
Stewart made a plea in Congressional hearings, along with Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, film director Martin Scorsese, and many others, against Ted Turner's decision to 'colorize' classic black-and-wh
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1986· 1 entry
And did voiceover work for commercials for Campbell's Soups in the 1980s and 1990s
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1985· 1 entry
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Ronald Reagan (1985).
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1984· 2 entries
Won Golden Boot Awards (1984).
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Awarded Academy Honorary Award (1984).
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1983).
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Jimmy Stewart came back to Indiana to celebrate his 75th birthday and unveiled the statue along with getting a phone call from then President Ronald Reagan to congratulate him on his birthday
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1982· 2 entries
Won Honorary Golden Bear (1982).
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Stewart's only public comment was "I've just lost my best friend
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (1980).
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A Silver Bear in 1982, Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, an Academy Honorary Award in 1985, and National Board of Review and Film Society of Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award in 1990
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1975· 1 entry
Stewart returned to films with a major supporting role in John Wayne's final film, The Shootist (1976), playing a doctor giving Wayne's gunfighter a terminal cancer diagnosis
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1974· 1 entry
Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1972· 1 entry
And then starred in the CBS mystery series Hawkins in 1973
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1971· 1 entry
Stewart starred in the NBC sitcom The Jimmy Stewart Show
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1969· 1 entry
At the age of 24, while serving as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps
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1968· 5 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1968).
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When he reached the mandatory retirement age of 60
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Received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
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At which time he was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
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Stewart, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, and Gregory Peck issued a statement calling for support of President Lyndon B
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1965· 1 entry
Stewart was given his first honorary award for his career, the Cecil B
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1964· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1964).
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Stewart campaigned for the conservative presidential candidate Barry Goldwater and, according to biographer Marc Eliot, erred on the obsessive prior to the election
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1962· 1 entry
Stewart signed a multi-movie deal with 20th Century Fox
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1961· 1 entry
Cooper was too ill with cancer to attend the 33rd Academy Awards ceremony, so Stewart accepted the honorary Oscar on his behalf
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1960· 1 entry
Stewart was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1700 Vine Street for his contributions to the film industry
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1959· 1 entry
Stewart was promoted to brigadier general, becoming the highest-ranking actor in American military history
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1951· 2 entries
Playing a scientist in Koster's British production No Highway in the Sky, which was one of the first airplane disaster films ever made
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Where they resided for the rest of their lives
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1949· 1 entry
And remained married until her death from lung cancer in 1994
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1947· 1 entry
Reportedly led to a fistfight with friend Henry Fonda (a liberal Democrat), according to some accounts, but the two maintained their friendship by never discussing politics again
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1945· 1 entry
Becoming one of the few Americans to ever rise from private to colonel in only four years
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1944· 1 entry
After selling his roster of stars, including Stewart, to Music Corporation of America (MCA)
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1943· 1 entry
But Stewart called off the marriage before they arrived, citing cold feet
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1942· 2 entries
While serving in the military, Stewart met singer Dinah Shore at the Hollywood Canteen, a club mainly for servicemen
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It appeared in movie theaters nationwide beginning in late May 1942 and resulted in 150,000 new recruits
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1941· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story (1941).
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Undertaking military flight training and becoming a commissioned officer and USAAF pilot
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1940· 1 entry
Was George Cukor's romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story, in which he played an intrusive, fast-talking reporter sent to cover the wedding of a socialite (Katharine Hepburn) with the help of her ex-husband (Cary Grant)
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1937· 2 entries
And was one of the early investors in Thunderbird Field, a pilot-training school built and operated by Southwest Airways in Glendale, Arizona
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As Stewart recovered from an undisclosed illness, during which he was hospitalized
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1936· 1 entry
After the Thin Man, features a shattering emotional climax rendered by Stewart
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1935· 2 entries
Again shared an apartment with Fonda, and the two gained reputations as playboys
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While Fonda was dating Rogers' good friend Lucille Ball
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1932· 2 entries
Was awarded a scholarship for graduate studies in architecture for his thesis on an airport terminal design, but chose instead to join University Players, an intercollegiate summer stock company performing in West Fal
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Studied at Princeton University School of Architecture (1928–1932).
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1928· 2 entries
As a member of the class of 1932, majoring in architecture and becoming a member of the Princeton Charter Club
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Studied at Mercersburg Academy (1928).
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1908· 2 entries
Born 1908-05-20.
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In Indiana, Pennsylvania, the eldest child and only son born to Elizabeth Ruth (née Jackson; 1875–1953) and Alexander Maitland Stewart (1872–1961)
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