James Stewart

Royalty of the silver screen, James Maitland Stewart was born of a distinguished lineage on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania. His Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent was complemented by a keen intellect and talent, which he first developed at Mercersburg Academy, where he excelled in athletics, music, and theatre. He soon went on to Princeton University, where he continued to hone his craft and graduated with a degree in architecture. Stewart went on to Broadway, where his performances earned him acclaim across the northeastern United States. After the Great Depression, he was beckoned to Hollywood by his friend Henry Fonda, and the rest, as they say, is history.