![]() He gave it the nickname, ‘Little Bastard’. In the last year of his life he bought a rare Silver Porsche Spyder, one of only ninety built that year. James Dean always had a ready repost or putdown: when told he was too short to be an actor, he asked: “How can you measure acting in inches?” Today it’s called attitude.įilm success brought James Dean comparative wealth, enabling him to live his dream-driving cars, fast. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning,” he said. What popularised James Dean in the eyes of his many fans was his non-conformist stance and his particular resentment towards any form of authority: “There is no way to be truly great in this world. Much later, Elizabeth Taylor revealed that James Dean had told her ‘Jimmy’ had been sexually abused by a minister, following his mother’s death. His mother died when Dean was aged nine, in high school his academic record was unimpressive although in sports he excelled then, resulting from his move towards acting and drama school, he fell out with his father. James Dean’s teen years suggest he was well fitted out in real life for the film roles he played. In each film James Dean took the starring role. Live as if you’ll die today”-James Dean’s own words have become his epitaph, and those who knew Dean say that he kept his word.įamous for his roles in just three films, all filmed in the last year of his life, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant (released posthumously, 1956), James Dean played with natural swagger the wayward, angry teenager, the loner, and, finally, the sour and surly ranch hand. It was September 30, 1955, James Dean was just twenty-four and his untimely end cemented his image as the king of cool and the icon of teenage disillusionment. James Dean died on a California highway near Paso Robles when his speeding Porsche Spyder crashed head-on with an approaching vehicle. ![]() The 50th anniversary of Porsche’s iconic 911 car brings us a timely reminder of James Dean and his passion for his Porsche 550 Spyder.
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