James Stewart

Major James Stewart in 1943 James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military aviator. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth century. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors. He received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980, the Kennedy Center Honor in 1983, as well as the Academy Honorary Award and Presidential Medal of Freedom, both in 1985.

Born and raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Stewart started acting while at Princeton University. After graduating, he began a career as a stage actor making his Broadway debut in the play ''Carry Nation'' (1932). He landed his first supporting role in ''The Murder Man'' (1935) and had his breakthrough in Frank Capra's ensemble comedy ''You Can't Take It with You'' (1938). Stewart went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the George Cukor romantic comedy ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939), ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946), ''Harvey'' (1950) and ''Anatomy of a Murder'' (1959).

Stewart played darker, more morally ambiguous characters in movies directed by Anthony Mann, including ''Winchester '73'' (1950), ''The Glenn Miller Story'' (1954), and ''The Naked Spur'' (1953), and by Alfred Hitchcock in ''Rope'' (1948), ''Rear Window'' (1954), ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956), and ''Vertigo'' (1958). Stewart also starred in ''The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952), ''The Spirit of St. Louis'' (1957), and ''The Flight of the Phoenix'' (1965) as well as the Western films ''How the West Was Won'' (1962), ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962), and ''Cheyenne Autumn'' (1964).

With his private pilot's skills, he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces during World War II seeking combat duty and rose to be deputy commanding officer of the 2nd Bombardment Wing and commanding the 703d Bombardment Squadron from 1941 to 1947. He later transferred to the Air Force Reserve, and held various command positions until his retirement in 1968 as a brigadier general. Stewart remained unmarried until his 40s and was dubbed "The Great American Bachelor" by the press. In 1949, he married former model Gloria Hatrick McLean. They had twin daughters, and he adopted her two sons from her previous marriage. The marriage lasted until Gloria's death in 1994. Stewart died of a pulmonary embolism three years later. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Cálculo : de una variable trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2012
    Book
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    Cálculo : conceptos y contextos / by Stewart, James

    Published 1999
    Book
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    Cálculo trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2002
    Book
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    Cálculo diferencial e integral / by Stewart, James

    Published 2007
    Book
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    Cálculo / by Stewart, James

    Published 1994
    Book
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    Cálculo trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 1998
    Book
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    Precálculo : matemáticas para el cálculo / by Stewart, James

    Published 2012
    Book
  8. 8

    Cálculo : trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2013
    Book
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    Cálculo de una variable : trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2012
    Book
  10. 10

    Cálculo de varias variables : trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2012
    Book
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    Cálculo de una variable : conceptos y contextos / by Stewart, James

    Published 2010
    Book
  12. 12

    Cálculo diferencial e integral / by Stewart, James

    Published 2007
    Book
  13. 13

    Cálculo : conceptos y contextos / by Stewart, James

    Published 2006
    Book
  14. 14

    Cálculo : trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2008
    Book
  15. 15

    Cálculo de varias variables : trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2008
    Book
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    Cálculo diferencial e integral / by Stewart, James

    Published 2003
    Book
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    Cálculo de una variable : trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James

    Published 2008
    Book
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    Cálculo de una variable : trascendentes tempranas / by Stewart, James, 1941-

    Published 2001
    Book
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    Introducción al cálculo / by Stewart, James, 1941-

    Published 2007
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    Cálculo diferencial e integral / by Stewart, James, 1941-

    Published 1999
    Book