biography
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Stewart, James (Maitland)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1908–97)
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| biography:
| Film star, born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA. An architecture student at Princeton University, he started in films in 1935, establishing a character of honesty and integrity in You Can't Take It With You (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), and the comedy The Philadelphia Story (1940, Oscar), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He served with distinction in the US air force during World War 2, and returned to make a series of outstanding Westerns (1950–5) and two successes for Hitchcock, Rear Window (1954) and Vertigo (1958). His later work continued to provide a wide range of character roles, including Fool's Parade (1971) and Right of Way (1982). He received an American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 1980, and an honorary Oscar in 1985. |
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