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 Its a Wonderful Life Shenandoah Rear Window Rope The Man Who Knew Too Much and Vertigo He is the most represented leading actor on the AFIs 100 Years100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition and AFIs 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 industrys 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
Login to comment!
