The name I bring to you in this post is that of the American actor and dancer James Cagney, who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1943, for his performance in the film: “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1942) playing the biographical role of the legend of Broadway: George Michael Cohan, known professionally as: “George M. Cohan” (1878-1942).
James Cagney has his star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 6504 Hollywood Boulevard, in the Cinema category.
James Francis Cagney Jr., born July 17, 1899, Lower East Side, New York, New York, United States, died March 30, 1986, Stanfordville, New York, United States, aged 96.
James Cagney was married only once and for 64 years, to a fan, housewife Frances Willard Vernon Cagney, his beloved “Billie” (1899-1994) from 1922 to 1986. The couple had two children: fellow actor James Cagney Jr., who was wrongly registered, he should have been baptized as: James Francis Cagney 3rd; and an adopted daughter Cathleen Frances Casey Cagney, married name: Cathleen Thomas (1940-2004), ceremony that took place on February 17, 1962, with the American screenwriter and friend of her father Jack William Thomas (1930-).
