Formerly known as james byron dean

Nickname: Jimmy Dean.

Birthday: 193 1-2-8

Birthplace: Seven Gables Apartment in Marion, Indiana, USA.

Date of death: 1955-9-30

Place of death: Jolam, California, USA

Buried in fairmont Park Cemetery, Indiana.

Height: 5 feet 8 inches (1.73m)

Parents: Winton and Mildred Dean.

High School: fairmont High School, Indiana.

Universities: Santa Monica Junior College and UCLA.

Occupation: actor

The first deductive job: Pepsi advertising

Starring in movies: East of Eden (1955), Rebellion without Cause (1955), Giant (1956).

"james deen made a total of three films. However, even though he made only one movie in his life, he was still the greatest actor in the 1950s. His films include East of Eden, Rebellion for no reason and Giant. These names alone are enough to inspire an epic impression, and these three films, as their names imply, constitute a trilogy of heroic poems of young people in the atomic age, full of beauty and confusion ... james deen is the embodiment of eternal struggle. Or the struggle between innocence and sophistication, or the struggle between youth and maturity, or the struggle between people and their own image. But in every aspect, his struggle reflects the generation of rebellious without cause like a mirror. His pain is extremely real both inside and outside the screen, and his happy event is also rare and precious. He became our hero, not because he was perfect, but because he perfectly presented the damaged but beautiful soul of our time ... "

Andy Warhol

In the United States in the 1950s, a new generation of young people got lost between material wealth and spiritual emptiness, and doubted the traditional ideas and moral beliefs of their parents. They are brewing the fission of growth, waiting for the outbreak of rebellion. They need a new cultural idol to act as a spokesperson-gary grant is too elegant, Humphrey Bogart has gone through many vicissitudes, and upright Hollywood classical heroes like gary cooper and john wayne are only suitable for their middle-class parents to worship.

James deen, with fluffy hair and a cigarette in his mouth, wore jeans, a jacket and a T-shirt, and walked into Hollywood with hesitant and vacant steps, hitting the sensitive nerves of the homeless youth with an almost rude primitive force: he lingered on the edge of adult society, looking for the entrance to the Garden of Eden in confusion, and the bitterness in his eyes reflected the pain of being wet behind the ears; He despised the rigid secularity with cold and indifferent eyes, and proved that rebellion was the primary color of youth with unprovoked resistance. Perhaps it is the first time that teenagers have found idols that they can identify with, and their gradually numb vitality has been awakened, and they have found a long-lost belief and liberation in themselves.

This disobedience has become a deep-rooted elegance, so the movie role is just his interpretation of himself, projecting him onto the screen like a mirror image. James deen maintains amazing consistency both before and after the stage, and there is no boundary between the real Dean and those fictional characters. In life, he also refused to follow the rules and compromise, and his arrogance often made his collaborators particularly headache. He almost never arrives at the studio on time and keeps everyone waiting. He likes to improvise, which often makes his acting partners at a loss; He insisted on his own opinions and openly refuted the director without flinching. A little childish innocence, a little youthful pride.

Therefore, james deen always causes extreme emotions: people who come into contact with him either worship him crazily or strongly hate and curse him. Judy Harris, the heroine of East of Eden, said that he was as naughty and lovely as tom sawyer. Dennis hopper admired him very much. "He was 20 years ahead of that era"; In the eyes of director nicholas ray, his ability is "unmatched by any actor in the past or now". But for elia kazan and George Stevenson, the experience of filming with him was a nightmare. Stevenson even gritted his teeth and vowed never to let Dean act in the film he directed again. As he was still an unknown walk-on actor at that time, the accusations of his rudeness and eccentricity never stopped.

And these cold or hot evaluations are actually not important to him. Dean lives in his own world. He doesn't care what others think of him. He doesn't even care about anyone around him. From the day his mother died, he became lonely. He was not good at communicating with others, afraid of being hurt, always very alert to protect himself, and finally completely retreated to his own land in Xiaotian. When he first came to Hollywood to shoot East of Eden, he took a gun with him. When he is not filming, he doesn't talk to anyone and often stays alone in the dressing room. But when it comes to filming his last movie "Giant", he will still quietly avoid the crowd and drive a jeep to catch rabbits alone at night. Vanity Fair in Hollywood is far away from him. In fact, there has never been a place where he can feel a sense of belonging, and no one can maintain a long-term close relationship with him. People say he is bisexual, hangs out in gay bars and indulges in sex and alcohol revelry. But even so, his eyes still reveal loneliness, often suddenly lost in thought, absorbed in meditation like no one's watching. Perhaps only acting is his only way to vent. He has completely integrated his inner sadness into the role, so his lonely eyes on the screen are heartbreaking, just like a homeless child.

It is not surprising why there are rumors that he has a potential death impulse, because he has always been too lonely and desperate. He likes to quote such a movie line: "Life is also indulgent, and death is in a hurry, leaving only the remains of youth." He really got what he wanted: death was the most successful performance in his life, youth was frozen forever, and life was sublimated into an immortal legend. The young people who followed him with cynicism in those days are already old. However, james deen's handsome face has not been weathered by time, and the angular lines are still full of refuse. Maybe he refused to end his rebellion and stubbornly opposed the adult world. The cruel story of youth will be repeated again and again in every generation, so he also accompanied several generations through that frivolous time. He played a prelude to an era with rebellion, and when that era ended, he was still an immortal idol.

The sadness of Oedipus

Jimmy (nickname of james deen) 193 1 was born in a small town in Indiana, and his family moved to California when he was 4 years old. He was as delicate as a porcelain doll when he was a child. Under the influence of his mother, this sensitive child is interested in art and poetry. Mom took Jimmy to create a small theater. They used dolls as actors and staged their own fairy tales. This is the happiest time of his childhood, but the good days are so short. When Jimmy was 8 years old, his mother got cancer. When his father told him the sad news, he said nothing but stared at his father silently.

Jimmy has been looking for a replacement for his mother all his life, from relatives, teachers, lovers to roles in movies, but this lack can never be filled. In fact, no one knows what his mother is like. His love and pain have completely beautified the vague memory. Maybe he just loves a fictional person. Anyway, he felt abandoned.

His heavily indebted father was unable to support him, so he had to be sent back to his hometown to be taken care of by his sister. Although his aunt's family regards Jimmy as his own son, and although he spent an idyllic childhood on a farm in Indiana, this withdrawn child is not gregarious. He is regarded as an outsider and will never be able to integrate into the local peer group. At school, the taciturn Jimmy was seldom understood by the teachers, and he began to take an indifferent attitude towards everything. What makes him enthusiastic is performance and sports. He expressed himself by acting. In order to play basketball, he broke more than ten pairs of glasses. By the time he graduated from high school, his drama performance and recitation had become a minor celebrity. The shy boy with thick lenses and childish body decided to go to California and Hollywood to find his dream.

The wandering of a dreamer

Jimmy came to California to find his father. Years of separation have alienated them like strangers. Although he failed to major in acting against his father's opposition, he tried his best to take various drama courses. Jimmy gradually emerged and began to play the leading role in the campus play. But like most young people who want to come to Hollywood to break the world, it is difficult for him to find a foothold here. Occasionally, advertisements and a few small roles in the TV theater obviously can't satisfy his ambition. More often, when he can't find a job, his mood will become more and more depressed and he will dream that he is dying. Just when he felt hopeless about the future, a friend introduced him to actors studio, new york, where he trained actors with stanislavski's "methodology" and gathered a group of young people who loved performing arts. Jimmy packed his bags with longing and embarked on a journey to new york.

Coming to a strange Manhattan, Jimmy was once again surrounded by a strong sense of loneliness, which made Jimmy particularly uncomfortable. He worked as a cashier, conductor, waiter and so on, but he still couldn't eat for several days. He spent all his money on movies and sought refuge in the movie world.

At the same time, he began to try to reshape himself according to methodology, stealing lessons from teachers anytime and anywhere, observing crowds in the street and imitating all kinds of words, deeds and expressions. In a short time, he changed completely. He was no longer the country boy, but the actor james deen. Finally, I entered the dream actors studio through layer-by-layer screening. In the 1950s, this institution became famous for training Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe. Jimmy soon found that the teaching form in the studio was not suitable for him. When his performance was analyzed and commented by a group of students and teachers, he felt like a rabbit being put on the operating table for anatomical experiments. Most of the time, he just sits quietly and studies hungrily.

The prosperous television industry in new york has provided fertile soil for Jimmy's growth. In the fast-paced shooting process, he quickly perfected his performance style, and his face, body and movements became a part of showing his personality.

Strong forehead, frowning eyebrows, deep eyes, depressed, with a mocking smile on his mouth, sad fragility and beast-like tenacity exist in him so harmoniously.

At this time, he not only gradually won the position on the screen, but also attracted the attention of Hollywood with his excellent stage performance-elia kazan, who was casting for East of Eden, discovered this new star and brought him back to Los Angeles. Jimmy's dream finally set sail.

The flight of youth

Jimmy's second trip to Hollywood was much smoother, as if he had become the most dazzling star in Beverly Hills overnight. He not only has sharp-edged talent, but also got the role that suits him best. His three films seem to be tailor-made for him, and he was born that role, which is always amazing. Jimmy always agrees with his role most profoundly, and this kind of investment has reached the point where people and dramas are indistinguishable. Whether it is the love and hate intertwined with his father in East of Eden, or the miserable young man who yearns for an adult but is rejected for no reason in rebellion, it is a portrayal of his life.

When his personal charm and character charm blend together, the whole United States is crazy about him, boys cheer and girls scream. He is both a boy and a man; He is gentle and violent, slender and tenacious; He is arrogant and weak. He created a new sexy mode, teasing the camera with the dangerous eyes of some evil spirits and tempting the world.

Jimmy knows that Hollywood needs a bad rascal, no matter how bad he is, he can always be forgiven like a spoiled child, so he lets it go, deliberately strengthens his unruly image and plays tricks on the people who are obsessed with him like a game. But he hates being pushed around. When the film company arranged for female stars to accompany him to the party in order to shoot lace news, he felt embarrassed and couldn't squeeze out a smile. Wandering between truth and falsehood, he became more and more depressed.

Jimmy sought comfort from the race. "Only then did I feel complete." He is obsessed with speed, and he can find himself in the process of accelerating. He didn't rely on technology to win the game, but challenged death with an adventurous spirit of gambling with his life. Will he really involuntarily listen to the call of death? 1September 30, 955, he finally broke free from all fetters and died directly in a Porsche.

Marlon Brando and Dean.

Many people say that james deen is famous for imitating Marlon Brando. Dean didn't admit it publicly, but he really admired Brando in private.

When filming East of Eden, elia kazan introduced Dean to Brando, while Dean tried to copy his acting style and even lifestyle. Brando recalled that meeting, and he obviously felt that Dean was experiencing the fear he had experienced-standing on the threshold of Hollywood's colorful world, at a loss.

Dean has always wanted to get close to Brando, and he really wants friendship. He called several times, sometimes Brando would simply talk to him, and sometimes he would simply turn on the answering machine and listen to Dean's nervous message on the other end of the phone, without talking or returning calls. Sensitive dean was hurt and Brando realized it, but he always kept his distance.

At a party, Brando saw the boy rush in, took off his jacket like a madman and threw it on the ground. Brando felt a little annoyed. He took Dean aside and gave him a good lesson. Finally, he gave Dean the name of a psychiatrist.

Maybe Dean is more loyal to himself than Brando. Death makes him a legend, but the surviving Brando can only be a classic at best.

Elizabeth Taylor and Dean.

Taylor was already the queen of Hollywood when the Giant was filmed. By contrast, Dean is just a rookie. At the beginning of the film, she was jealous that Dean's indescribable brilliance stole her thunder, complaining that Dean often interrupted the rehearsal without authorization in order to show his way, and felt that the wild child was cold, rude and extremely selfish.

One thing that happened soon changed her negative view somewhat. In fact, Dean was so nervous that he could play opposite Taylor, and he could hardly relax into the state. They rehearsed again and again, but Dean's expression remained stiff. Suddenly, he stopped, took a few steps and opened his pants to pee in front of everyone. Nobody knows what happened. When people were dumbfounded, he casually returned to his position and said calmly, "OK, let's shoot!" " "This time they passed smoothly.

Dean later explained that he was too nervous to release his subconscious energy. At that moment, he thought that if he could do that, he would have the courage to complete any performance in front of the camera. It was this incredible recklessness that aroused Taylor's curiosity, and she began to look at this heretic in a new way.

As the filming went on, Taylor and Dean got closer and closer. They will sit together at dinner and even disappear mysteriously at night. Taylor also sent a kitten to Dean. Later, she admitted that there was a special friendship between them. They often chat until midnight and listen to Dean talk about his past and his mother. But the next day, Dean will become very cold and even deliberately avoid it-he is afraid of exposing himself. This gentleman finds it unreasonable.

Anyway, on the day I heard Dean died, Taylor really broke down and kept crying. A few days later, she was taken to the hospital with fever and voice loss, but no doctor could diagnose her condition.

He is both a boy and a man; He is gentle and violent, slender and tenacious; He is arrogant and weak. He created a new sexy mode, teasing the camera with the dangerous eyes of some evil spirits and tempting the world.

James deen made only three films in his life. Although he made only one film in his life, he was still the greatest male star in the 1960s.