who said dream as if you'll live forever
James Dean
While at UCLA , Dean dated Beverly Wills , an actress with CBS , and Jeanette Lewis , a classmate . Bast and Dean often double - dated with them . Wills began dating Dean alone , later telling Bast , `` Bill , there 's something we have to tell you . It 's Jimmy and me . I mean , we 're in love . '' They broke up after Dean `` exploded '' when another man asked her to dance while they were at a function : `` Jimmy saw red . He grabbed the fellow by the collar and threatened to blacken both of his eyes , '' she said . Dean had also remained in contact with his girlfriend in New York , Barbara Glenn , whom he dated for two years . Their love letters sold at auction in 2011 for $36,000 .
While at UCLA , Dean dated Beverly Wills , an actress with CBS , and Jeanette Lewis , a classmate . Bast and Dean often double - dated with them . Wills began dating Dean alone , later telling Bast , `` Bill , there 's something we have to tell you . It 's Jimmy and me . I mean , we 're in love . '' They broke up after Dean `` exploded '' when another man asked her to dance while they were at a function : `` Jimmy saw red . He grabbed the fellow by the collar and threatened to blacken both of his eyes , '' she said . Dean had also remained in contact with his girlfriend in New York , Barbara Glenn , whom he dated for two years . Their love letters sold at auction in 2011 for $36,000 .