James Dean was born on February 8th, 1931 in the small Indiana town of Marion Indiana. His parents were Winton and Mildred Dean. His father moved the family to Los Angeles because of his work when James was five years old. Shortly after the move, his mother became very sick and died. After his mother died, James was moved back to Indiana to live with his aunt and uncle. Jimmy acted throughout high school and then attended Santa Monica Junior College before transferring to UCLA.
During his college years he toned his acting skills. He attended an acting workshop run by James Whitmore who convinced him to move to New York and began a serious acting career. He landed small roles in seven television shows, making a living by being a busboy. As he was starting to get noticed for his talent, he was given a small part in a play called See the Jaguar.
While in New York he studied acting at Actors Studio and starred in a Broadway play called The Immoralist in 1954. After people noticed him in The Immoralist he was asked to screen test for a movie adaption of John Steinbeck's famous novel East of Eden. He made the role and appeared in his first big screen performance. He also played Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause. After that he moved to Los Angeles to continue his acting career. In February of that year he visited his home town in Indiana with friend Dennis Stock, who made a photo journal of the trip.
Dean purchased a Porsche in celebration of his Film Success and even entered the Bakersfield Race and another in Santa Barbara. He took a brief stint from racing to film Giant in the town of Marfa, Texas.
In total he made three films taking a little more than one year. During his era, he became very popular and symbolic. His career tragically ended while having a fatal car accident while driving to a race in his Porsche. Considered one of the most influential and greatest actors in history, Dean's legacy still lives on.
Johnny Depp Biography
Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, June 9th 1963. He lived most of his life in Florida where he gained a interest in music. He even dropped out of school when he 15 years old to pursue his dream of being a rock star. He made progress in the music world playing a garage band named The Kids. Depp’s former wife Lori Anne Allison wife introduced Depp to rising star Nicolas Cage. Cage encouraged Depp to act and he landed a roll in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). He got his big break in 1987 when a replacement was needed for Jeff Yagher in the T.V. show “21 Jump Street” (1987).
Ellen Pompeo Biography
Ellen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts on November 10th, 1969. She lived most of her younger years in New York. She is the youngest sibling of 6. Her mother died when she was a young girl at four years old. After her teenage years, she moved to Miami, Florida where she found a job as a cocktail waitress. While working, she met and would go on to form a relationship with acclaimed fashion photographer Andrew Rosenthal. She would move to New York City with Rosenthal, where she worked on small projects. While working as a waitress at a SoHo Bar & Grill, she was found by a commercial agent who asked her if she was interested in appearing in commercials. She starred in commercials for L'Oreal hair products and Citibank.
Nicolas Cage Biography
Nicolas Cage was Born in Long Beach, California on January 7, 1964. His birth name was Nicholas Kim Coppola, born to his father August Floy Coppola and mother Joy Vogelsang. His father worked in Literature mainly studying blind people. His mother was a dancer and choreographer who battled depression most of her life. the name Coppola rooted from his fathers Italian American heritage. Cage attended high school at Beverly Hills High School where acted in his school’s theater production of Golden Boy.
