James Cagney (Actor) - On This Day
Publish date: 2024-08-12
Profession: Actor
Biography: Best remembered for playing a wide variety of tough guys.
Some of his most well known films include "The Public Enemy" opposite Jean Harlow (1931) and "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor.
Cagney went on to win the best actor award for "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942).
Born: July 17, 1899
Birthplace: NYC, New York, USA
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Cancer
Died: March 30, 1986 (aged 86)
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Acting Career
- 1931-04-23 US gangster film "The Public Enemy" starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow premieres
- 1939-10-28 Warner Bros, releases gangster film "The Roaring Twenties", directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart
- 1942-05-29 "Yankee Doodle Dandy", based on life of George M. Cohan, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Joan Lesley, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Actor 1943)
- 1943-03-04 15th Academy Awards: "Mrs. Miniver", James Cagney & Greer Garson win
Personal Life
- 1922-09-28 American stage and film actor, dancer, and singer James Cagney (23) weds American dancer Frances Vernon in NYC
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