Birthday: July 17, 1999
With his raspy voice, and staccato vocal inflections James Cagney was one of the brightest stars in American cinema history. The son of an Irish father and a Norwegian mother who lived and worked in New York's Lower Eastside, Cagney did a variety of odd jobs to help support his family, including working as a waiter, and a poolroom racker, and even a female impersonator in a Yorkville ...more- 1955
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- Love Me or Leave Me
- nom
- 1942
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- win
- 1942
- National Board of Review
- Best Acting
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- win
- 2049
- White Heat
- Arthur Cody Jarrett
- 2048
- The Time of Your Life
- Joe
- 2046
- 13 Rue Madeleine
- Bob Sharkey
- 2045
- Blood on the Sun
- Nick Condon
- 2043
- Johnny Come Lately
- Tom Richards
- 1960
- The Gallant Hours
- Producer
- 1957
- Short Cut to Hell
- Director












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