James Cagney Biography

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NAME: James Cagney
OCCUPATION: Film Actor
BIRTH DATE: July 17, 1899
DEATH DATE: March 30, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Stanfordville, New York
Full Name: James Francis Cagney, Jr.

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James Cagney was an Academy Award-winning actor who was known for playing gangsters and short-fused tough guys.

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James Cagney was born in Manhattan's Lower East Side on July 17, 1899. While working at a department store, the soon-to-be-legendary big screen tough guy landed his first stage role in drag as a chorus girl. Cagney signed to Warner Brothers and made a name for himself by playing gangsters in films like Angels with Dirty Faces and White Heat. Cagney was nearly as tough off-screen as on and he became one of the first actors to sue a studio over a contract and win. He died in 1986.

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