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 ipedia.com: James Stewart (actor) Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
James Maitland Stewart was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own persona...
Stewart spoke in a hemming-and-hawing style which was sometimes hard on sound men but came through as sincerity to his audience.
A ladies' man, Stewart finally settled down at age 41, marrying former model Gloria Hatrick McLean on August 9, 1949, and was devoted to her until her death.
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 James Stewart's grave
Stewart did not often talk of his wartime service, perhaps due to his desire to be seen as a regular soldier doing his duty instead of as a celebrity.
Stewart's nomination was one of seven for the film, and saw his transition into the final decades of his career.
James Stewart died at the age of 89 on July 2, 1997 of cardiac arrest and a pulmonary embolism following a long illness from respiratory problems.
www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GlendaleObituaries/jamesstewart.htm   (3336 words)

  
 Santa Monica Mirror: On The Stage: James Maitland Stewart: The Actor Recalled and Recalling
The actor is portrayed as exactly who we think he is, and the material is never more than amusing anecdotes gleaned from various interviews and biographies of the late actor.
Steve Nevil plays James Stewart, and his performance is quite amazing, as he walks the line between an impersonation and a fully realized character.
James Maitland Stewart aspires to that, but his memories for the most part are locked in the past tense.
www.smmirror.com /volume5/issue46/james_maitland_stewart.asp   (724 words)

  
 James Stewart
James Stewart is arguably the most loved actor ever to have appeared on screen.
Stewart's origins read like cliches; he was born in 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the son of the local hardware store owner (his Oscar has permanently resided in the store, which has been in the family for generations).
Stewart and Fonda moved to New York, where Hedda Hopper recommended Jimmy for a screen test, resulting in a long-term MGM contract.
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 obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for James Stewart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
James Maitland Stewart was born May 20th, 1908 in the small town of Indiana Pennsylvania, then the home of 6,000 residents.
Stewart was accepted as a civil engineering and architecture major at Princeton University, where he received his degree in 1932.
Stewart went into an announced "partial retirement" during the 1970s, after his son died in duty during the Vietnam War, and though his roles became fewer, his projects, often made for television, were anticipated by audiences.
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 James Stewart (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, to devoutly Presbyterian parents, Alexander M. Stewart and Elizabeth Ruth Jackson, in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Stewart came in under the weight requirement and was consequently rejected for being under-weight.
Stewart's agent, Lew Wasserman, brokered an alternate deal, in which Stewart would appear in both films for no pay, in exchange for a percentage of the profits and cast approval.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Stewart   (4217 words)

  
 The religion of Jimmy Stewart, actor (James Stewart)
James Stewart (usually known as Jimmy Stewart) was a devoted family man and a devout Presbyterian.
James Maitland Stewart, the oldest child of Alexander (Alex) M. Stewart and Elizabeth Jackson Stewart, was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
James M. Stewart was born on May 20, 1908 in his parents' home on Philadelphia Street, Indiana, the only son of Alexander and Elizabeth Stewart.
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 Kennedy Center: Biographical information for James Stewart
James Stewart may best known to the young people of today for his role as George Bailey in the classic 1946 Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life, but his ambling stride, sincere, deliberate way of talking, and quiet brand of artistic genius have woven him into the fabric of Americana.
The Stewart family hardware store on Philadelphia Street, established by the actor's grandfather and great uncle in 1853, has been demolished for urban renewal, but it was run by Stewart's father, Alex, until the elder Stewart was 88.
Stewart became involved in the university's Triangle Club shows though Josh Logan, later a famed Broadway director, who was a year ahead of him.
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 James Stewart (actor) biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own personality.
American celebrities who served in World War II were generally kept out of harm's way and used for publicity purposes; Stewart objected to this special treatment, requesting the same combat duty as other pilots.
A museum dedicated to his life, The Jimmy Stewart Museum, is located in his hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania.
jimmy-stewart.biography.ms   (651 words)

  
 James Stewart - Films as Actor:
Stewart received critical acclaim for It's a Wonderful Life, perhaps the quintessential Capra film, in which he gives a moving performance as a man on the verge of suicide whose faith in humanity is restored by a visit from a guardian angel.
Stewart's work in a number of Westerns, including several with director Anthony Mann, drew on his image as a man of honor and with an unswerving sense of duty.
Stewart's long career was certainly one of Hollywood's most rewarding, and the actor's occasional interviews and television appearances only strengthed the warm regard in which he was held.
www.filmreference.com /Actors-and-Actresses-Sc-St/Stewart-James.html   (1988 words)

  
 James Stewart Timeline and Biography
Stewart is due to have the battery in his pacemaker changed, but allegedly tells his children he prefers not to.
Stewart is hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat and a blood clot in his right knee.
Stewart dies of cardiac arrest at his home in Beverly Hills at the age of 89.
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 James Stewart/Super Star, Best Actor - MovieActors.com
Stewart's defining role was in VERTIGO, as a private eye obsessed with a beautiful woman, played by Kim Novak.
James Stewart received his oscar for playing the young reporter who, while he covers the wedding of a socialite (Hepburn), he falls for her.
In 1984 James Stewart received an Honorary Award for 50 years of meaningful performances, for his high ideals, both on and off the screen, with the respect and affection of his colleagues.
www.movieactors.com /50stars/jimmy.htm   (280 words)

  
 James Stewart - Alfred Hitchcock DVD Wiki
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his homebred screen persona.
Along with fellow screen icon James Cagney, Stewart became so familiar to American audiences that he was most often referred to by them as "Jimmy" Stewart -- a billing never found on the credits of any of his films.
Stewart had previously appeared in Hitchcock's technologically innovative 1948 film "Rope", and the two collaborated for the second of four times on the 1954 hit "Rear Window".
www.daveyp.com /hitchcock/wiki/James_Stewart   (852 words)

  
 GoneMovie Biography -> James Stewart
James served in the US Army Air Forces in World War II and was heavily decorated.
After the war, Stewart returned to the theater in Harvey (1947) (he later re-created the role in the 1950 film version of the play).
James was wary and suspicious of fl Americans.The fl actor Woody Strode, who appeared with him in the western The man who shot Liberty Valance, accused him of racism.
www.gonemovies.com /www/Acteur/ActeurXtra/StewartJamesX.asp   (651 words)

  
 James Stewart
Stewart and Fonda moved to New York, where Hedda Hopper recommended Jimmy for a screen test, resulting in a longterm MGM contract.
In 1952, Stewart's agent Leland Hayward successfully negotiated an agreement with Universal for Stewart to work on a percentage basis—a first for the sound era.
James Stewart, one of the most beloved and esteemed actors in the history of film, died on Wednesday, 2 July 1997, aged 89, of a cardiac arrest at his Beverly Hills home.
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 James Stewart's Biography
James Stewart was probably one of the most loved actor of his and most subsequent generations.
An actor who captured audience hearts for six decades, Stewart was born on May 20th 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the son of the local hardware store owner.
After the war, Stewart contributed what is undoubtedly his best-known performance, in Frank Capra's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) and in later years delivered a speech before Congress protesting at the film's "colourisation".
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 James Stewart an Appreciation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
However, James Stewart became a constantly affecting presence, and today he is more fondly recalled by more peole than any other screen actor.
Whatever part he played, James Stewart never looked like he was acting, just being himself.
Yet all six of these actors are distinctly different, thank God, because each was or is true to his own being, simply having the integrity to be his own self.
www.cinemacom.com /james-stewart.html   (1252 words)

  
 James Stewart News
Jimmy Stewart was forced to sleep with hookers to prove...
For biographers seeking to chronicle the misdeeds of mid-century superstars, James Stewart presents a problem: small-town upbringing; major Hollywood figure for decades; decorated war hero; faithful husband and...
Hopefully, election winners can make a difference as actor James Stewart did in one of his most famous movie roles, when he portrayed an...
www.topix.net /who/james-stewart   (682 words)

  
 James "Jimmy" Stewart - Everyman
James Maitland Stewart was born May 20, 1908 in Indiana, PA, USA, and passed away in Beverly Hills CA, USA, as the result a pulmonary embolus on July 2, 1997.
The James Stewart Museum was dedicated in Indiana, PA on May 20, 1995.
This site is a fan tribute to James Stewart and is not endorsed by his estate.
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 James Stewart - Segunda Guerra Mundial - Exordio
James Maitlant Stewart, nació el 20 de Mayo de 1908 en Indiana, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos.
Ronald Stewart que fue oficial del Cuerpo de Marinos murió en combate el 8 de junio de 1969 en Vietnam.
En 1989 sacó un libro de poemas titulado Jimmy Stewart y sus Poemas.
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 James Stewart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Stewart (actor) (1908–1997), Hollywood movie star, widely known as "Jimmy" Stewart.
James VII of Scotland (1633–1701) (James II of England)
James Stewart (missionary), Church of Scotland missionary to Africa
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 Jimmy Stewart (James Stewart) biography, information, news, pics (pictures), links and products (actor)
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own personality.
Stewart on cover of Life magazine in 1945Already a pilot, Stewart signed up for the U.S. Army Air Force a year before Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Stewart was reluctant though to speak of the missions he flew this may have been due to his dislike of violence.
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 | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal | Spartanburg, SC
Born on June 4, 1961, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Agnes Mayhew Kennett of Spartanburg and the late James Ernest Kennett.
Born on August 28, 1914, in Calhoun Falls, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Jefferson and Lila Mae Daniel George and the wife of the late John J. Brady who died on January 29, 1963.
Born on September 12, 1913, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence W. and Lula James Bishop and the wife of the late Marvin Johnson.
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 James Stewart - Actor Movie Reviews from TopTenReviews.com
Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) is a harried city dweller who longs to take his family to the seashore for a vacation.
Jimmy Stewart plays a cautious father to Sandra Dee, who is going off to college.
A Parisian sewer worker (Stewart) longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife.
movies.toptenreviews.com /actors/reviews/a294396.htm   (2412 words)

  
 James Stewart - Moviefone
James Stewart was the movies' quintessential Everyman, a uniquely all-American performer who parlayed his easygoing persona into one of the most...
James Stewart (I) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Iin 1966, Brigadier General James Stewart rode along as an observer on a B-52...
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 The Jimmy Stewart Museum
For over half a century, Jimmy Stewart has been a surrogate brother, father, and friend to fans of American film.
As an actor, he has and will continue to entertain and inspire millions.
Stewart's image and likeness is not permitted without permission from the studio or the Stewart family.
www.jimmy.org   (221 words)

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