Stewart, James (Maitland)

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US film actor. He was noted for his awkward, almost bemused screen presence, his hesitant, drawling delivery, and, in many of his film roles, his embodiment of traditional American values and ideals. His films included Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), for which he won an Academy Award, and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

Stewart made his Broadway debut 1932 and soon after worked in Hollywood. After World War II, moving away from the sentimental roles of the late 1930s, Stewart found himself presented with the opportunity to explore the darker side of human nature in his collaborations with directors Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Mann, producing some of his most memorable work in such films as Winchester 73 (1950), The Naked Spur (1953), The Far Country (1954), Rear Window (1954), and Vertigo (1958).

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