page_title: 1955
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 1955 / Deaths / September
caption_attribution_description: English: Publicity still of James Dean for the film Rebel Without a Cause
context_page_description: 1955 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: September 20 – Robert Riskin, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
  September 23 – Martha Norelius, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1908)
  September 30
  Michael Chekhov, Russian actor, theatre director, and writer (b. 1891)
  James Dean, American actor (accident) (b. 1931)
caption: James Dean
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