Profession:Actor

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Biography: Best remembered for playing a wide variety of tough guys.

Some of his most well known films include "The Public Enemy" oppositeJean 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
Chinese Zodiac:Pig
Star Sign:Cancer

Died:March 30,1986 (aged 86)
Cause of Death:Heart attack

• 1931-04-23 US gangster film "The Public Enemy" starring James Cagney andJean Harlow premieres
• 1939-10-28 Warner Bros releases the gangster film "The Roaring Twenties," directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney andHumphrey Bogart
• 1942-05-29 "Yankee Doodle Dandy," based on the life ofGeorge M. Cohan, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney and Joan Leslie, premieres in NYC (Academy Award for Best Actor 1943)
• 1943-03-04 15th Academy Awards: "Mrs. Miniver", James Cagney &Greer Garson win

• 1922-09-28 American stage and film actor, dancer, and singer James Cagney (23) weds American dancer Frances Vernon in NYC

• Al Pacino
• Humphrey Bogart
• George M. Cohan
• Fred Astaire
• Gene Kelly
• Frank Sinatra