James Stewart

Acting

Born 1908-05-20 Died 1997-07-02 Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA 215 credits Academy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 Armed Forces Reserve Medal 1 Croix de Guerre 1 Distinguished Service Medal 1 European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 4 nominated

1960 Best Actor Nominated Anatomy of a Murder
1951 Best Actor Nominated Harvey
1947 Best Actor Nominated It's a Wonderful Life
1941 Best Actor Won The Philadelphia Story
1940 Best Actor Nominated Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

1964 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Won
1962 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1950 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated Harvey

Armed Forces Reserve Medal 1 won

— Armed Forces Reserve Medal Won

Croix de Guerre 1 won

— Croix de Guerre Won

Distinguished Service Medal 1 won

— Distinguished Service Medal Won

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal 1 won

— European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Won

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James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.