James Stewart
Acting
- Born:
- 1908-05-20
- Died:
- 1997-07-02
- Place of birth:
- Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
Known For
Filmography
It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
The Bloody Hundredth
James Stewart, l'ami américain
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Rat Pack
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
This Is Bob Hope...
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
My Scientology Movie
Discovering Jean Harlow
John Ford & Monument Valley
Talking Pictures
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Warner at War
Parkinson
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Rope Unleashed
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Obsessed with Vertigo
Frank Capra's American Dream
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
A Century of Cinema
La Classe américaine
Dark Galaxy
Fonda on Fonda
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Night of 100 Stars III
Son of Dinosaurs
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
North and South
Night of 100 Stars II
That's Dancing!
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Olympic Gala
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Right of Way
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage