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James Stewart

James Stewart

Actor · 1908 – 1997 · Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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  • Movie8.3

    Rear Window

    1954 · 7.4K votes

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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946 · 5.1K votes

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    Vertigo

    1958 · 6.5K votes

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    The Bloody Hundredth

    2024 · 53 votes

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    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    1956 · 1.6K votes

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    Rope

    1948 · 3.1K votes

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    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959 · 1.2K votes

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    The Shootist

    1976 · 396 votes

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    Broken Arrow

    1950 · 227 votes

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    How the West Was Won

    1962 · 514 votes

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    Shenandoah

    1965 · 166 votes

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    The Flight of the Phoenix

    1965 · 388 votes

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    The Philadelphia Story

    1940 · 1K votes

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    The Far Country

    1954 · 175 votes

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    Bandolero!

    1968 · 135 votes

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    The Man from Laramie

    1955 · 270 votes

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    Cheyenne Autumn

    1964 · 151 votes

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    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

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    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

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    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

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    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

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    My Three Sons

    1960 · 41 votes

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    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

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    Dinah!

    1974 · 4 votes

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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950 · 13 votes

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    Film '72

    1971 · 8 votes

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    People's Choice Awards

    1975 · 6 votes

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    The Jack Benny Program

    1950 · 17 votes

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    North and South

    1985 · 185 votes

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    Startime

    1959 · 4 votes

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    The Dean Martin Show

    1965 · 19 votes

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    MGM Parade

    1955 · 2 votes

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    V.I.P. Schaukel

    1971 · 3 votes

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    The George Gobel Show

    1954 · 4 votes

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    Alcoa Premiere

    1961 · 4 votes

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