Name: James

Surname: Stewart



James Maitland Stewart (Indiana, May 20, 1908 – Beverly Hills, July 2, 1997) was an American actor. Born in Indiana, near Pittsburgh, he studied architecture at Princeton University before being attracted to the theater. His first success came on Broadway, before making his Hollywood debut in 1935. His career gained momentum thanks to Frank Capra's films: his role in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) earned him an Oscar nomination . He demonstrated his versatility in a wide number of film genres: from comedy to western, to thriller and family films, starring in classics such as Scandal in Philadelphia (1940), with which he managed to obtain the coveted statuette, It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946), Lump in the Throat (1948), Harvey (1950), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Woman Who Lived Twice (1958). He worked for the most important directors of the time, including Alfred Hitchcock (with whom he had a strong artistic association), John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, Anthony Mann, George Cukor. Among the icons of American cinema, he was nominated for five Oscars, winning one, plus another for his career achievement. The American Film Institute ranked him third among the greatest stars in the history of cinema. As per family tradition, he also had a notable military career: in the United States Army Air Force and then in the United States Air Force, completing twenty war missions during the Second World War, being awarded the third most important US military decoration, and reaching the rank of Brigadier General.

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