James Stewart
Born | May 20, 1908 |
Hometown | Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Height | 6'3" (1.91m) |
Spouse | Gloria Hatrick McLean (m 1949 - 1994) , Mary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond |
Children | Ronald Stewart , Michael Stewart , Kelly Stewart , Judy Stewart-Merrill |
Parents | Alexander Maitland Stewart , Elizabeth Ruth Stewart |
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How It’s a Wonderful Life went from box office failure to Christmas classic
- Frank Capra and James Stewart’s tale of a man on the verge of suicide failed to do well in cinemas, but then became an enduring festive classic. <a href="/author/alexandra-pollard">Alexandra Pollard</a> explores why
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'It is a valid f***ing ticket': Teen spat on conductor on Glasgow Central train
A teenager spat on a conductor after a ticket row.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 greatest films, from Rebecca to The Birds
THE COUNTDOWN: Alfred Hitchcock is known as the master of suspense, but he didn’t win a single Oscar. Graeme Ross chooses his top 20
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Virginia Patton, actress who played James Stewart’s sister-in-law in It’s a Wonderful Life – obituary
Virginia Patton, who has died aged 97, played Ruth Bailey, James Stewart’s sister-in-law, in Frank Capra’s uplifting 1946 Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life; she was the only member of the cast personally signed up by the director, her fellow actors all being on loan from other studios, and she was the last surviving adult actor from the cast.
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Brits love black and white films, but iconic Brief Encounter fails to make their top ten
Christmas tearjerker It’s A Wonderful Life is the UK’s favourite black and white film, according to research.
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Exclusive: Home and Away star James Stewart explains Theo story was changed
Home and Away star James Stewart has spoken about last-minute rewrites in Theo Poulos's recent storyline.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance at 60: the great American western
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance at 60: the great American western. John Ford’s 1962 masterwork remains a surprisingly downbeat film about the west with never-better performances from James Stewart and John Wayne
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Gail Halvorsen: 'Candy Bomber' who airdropped sweets for children after Second World War dies
Gail Halvorsen, known as the Berlin airlift's Candy Bomber, has died at the age of 101. Mr Halvorsen died on Wednesday in his home state of Utah following a short illness, according to James Stewart, the director of the Gail S Halvorsen Aviation Education Foundation. What made the 'Candy Bomber' a household name?
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'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during Berlin Airlift dies
A U.S. military pilot known as the “Candy Bomber” for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin Airlift after World War II ended has died
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Kimi, review: a modern Rear Window, with an evil Alexa at its heart
Sixty-six years BC – Before Covid, I mean – Alfred Hitchcock arguably made the definitive lockdown film. In his 1954 masterpiece Rear Window, a man (James Stewart) is stuck indoors indefinitely on doctors’ orders, and kills the time by spying on his neighbours. Using his long-lens camera and a pair of binoculars, he channel-surfs between their apartments – a little romance here, musical numbers there – but the one that grips him is a domestic drama that veers into murder-mystery, and in which hi
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Kenyan lawyer goes on ICC trial in witness tampering case
A Kenyan lawyer has gone on trial at the International Criminal Court charged with bribing and threatening prosecution witnesses so that they would withdraw their statements in a case that ultimately collapsed amid widespread witness interference
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