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James Dean, who was born on February 8, 1931, and died on September 30, 1955, was an American actor whose film career had hardly begun when he was killed in a car crash. A cult figure even today, Dean triggered an outburst of teenage fan mania based on his second film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he played the moody, troubled son of a middle-class family. His first starring role, East of Eden (1955), and his third, Giant, which was completed in 1956, added to the legend.