James Stewart | |
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Born | James Maitland Stewart 20 Mey 1908 Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Dee'd | 2 Julie 1997 Beverly Hills, Californie, U.S. | (aged 89)
Cause o daith | Bluid clot in the lung |
Restin place | Forest Lawn, Glendale, Californie |
Ither names | Jimmy Stewart |
Eddication | Mercersburg Academy |
Alma mater | Princeton Varsity (1932) |
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Years active | 1932–1991 |
Hame toun | Indiana, Pennsylvania |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Gloria Hatrick McLean (1949–94) |
Bairns | 4 |
Awairds | Lifetime Achievement Awaird (amang ithers) |
Militar career | |
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Years o service | 1941–1968 |
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Unit | 445t Bombardment Group 453rd Bombardment Group Aicht Air Force Strategic Air Command |
Commands held | 703rd Bombardment Squadron Dobbins Air Force Base |
Battles/wars | Warld War II Vietnam War |
Awairds | Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Flyin Cross (2) Air Medal (4) Airmy Commendation Medal Airmed Forces Reserve Medal Presidential Medal o Freedom French Croix de Guerre wi Palm |
James Maitland Stewart[N 1] (Mey 20, 1908 – Julie 2, 1997) wis an American actor an pilot kent for his distinctive drawl vyce an doun-tae-yird persona. Ower the course o his career, he starred in mony films widely considered classics. He wis kent for normally portrayin the average American Middle Cless man, wi everyday life struggles, in his films.[1]
Stewart wis nominatit for five Academy Awairds, winnin ane for The Philadelphia Story (1940), an received an Academy Lifetime Achievement awaird in 1985. In 1999, Stewart wis named the third-greatest male screen leegend o the Gowden Age o Hollywood bi the American Film Institute, ahinr Humphrey Bogart an Cary Grant.[2] The American Film Institute haes an aw named five o Stewart's films tae its leet o the 100 best American films iver made.[3]
He an aw had a notit militar career an wis a Warld War II an Vietnam War veteran an pilot, that rose tae the rank o Brigadier General in the Unitit States Air Force Reserve, acomin the heichest-rankin actor in militar history.[4] In 1985, Stewart wis promotit tae Major General, reserve leet bi Preses Ronald Reagan, an wis awairdit the Presidential Medal o Freedom.