Mainly raised by his aunt and uncle. Born in a small city in Indiana, Dean soon moved with his parents …show more content…
Did you know James Dean had two fake front teeth. When he was a child, he had two front teeth knocked out while swinging on a trapeze in his aunt and uncle’s barn. He would say later on it was a motorcycle accident. In 1950 One of James Dean first gigs was for a Pepsi cola. James Dean only starred in three movies. In 1954 Dean caught his big break with he got the gig from John Steinbeck’s approval, Kazan cast Dean in a screen adaptation of Steinbeck’s epic novel “East of Eden.” After that his next film was Rebel without a cause, only movie he was really notice for and was top billing. There were more moves in the making before Dean shortly died in a motorcycle accident. Dean was the first actor to receive an Academy Award nomination after his death. One of Dean’s favorite things to do on his off time was to race cars. In the movie “East of Eden” he was the one actually driving the sports car. On September 30,1955 Before his death, he was ticketed hours before his death, he was hit by a Ford tudor about 80 miles from Bakersfield. Dean, who broke his neck and suffered severe internal injuries, was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. To this day, it’s unclear whether he was speeding at