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James Cagney: Biography

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  • Birth Name: James Francis Cagney Jr.
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: July 17, Cancer
  • Date of Death: 03/30/1986
  • Profession: Actor; director; voice-overs
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James Cagney Fast Facts:
  • Among his odd jobs were gift wrapper, copy boy, ticket taker, waiter, poolroom racker, female impersonator and, along with his wife, Frances, vaudevillian.
  • Debuted on Broadway in the chorus of 1920's Pitter-Patter and got his breakout part in the 1929 musical Penny Arcade, going on to reprise the role in the 1930 film version, Sinner's Holiday.
  • After his star-making turn as a gangster in the 1931 Warner Bros. film Public Enemy, he defied typecasting by giving acclaimed performances in the 1935 Shakespearean drama A Midsummer Night's Dream, the 1942 musical Yankee Doodle Dandy and the 1961 Billy Wilder satire One, Two, Three.
  • Fought for freedom from the Hollywood studio system, serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild and, with his brother William, forming his own production company, Cagney Productions.
  • In 1981, ended a 20-year retirement with a small part in Milos Forman's Ragtime, then gave just one additional performance, in the 1984 TV-movie Terrible Joe Moran, before his 1986 death from a heart attack.
  • James Cagney Relationships:
  • Carolyn Nelson Cagney - Mother
  • Cathleen Thomas - Daughter
  • Edward Cagney - Brother
  • Frances Willard Cagney - Wife
  • Harry Cagney - Brother
  • James Cagney Jr. - Son
  • James Francis Cagney - Father
  • Jeanne Cagney - Sister
  • William Cagney - Brother
  • James Cagney Awards:
  • 1938 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1942 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
  • College:
  • Attended Columbia University, New York, NY
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