James Francis "Jimmy" Cagney Jr. was born in 1899 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. His biographers disagree … See more

In 1920, Cagney was a member of the chorus for the show Pitter Patter, where he met Frances Willard "Billie" Vernon. They married on September 28, 1922, and the marriage lasted … See more

Cagney died of a heart attack at his Dutchess County farm in Stanford, New York, on Easter Sunday 1986, aged 86. A funeral Mass was … See more

1919–1930: Early career
In 1919, while Cagney was working at Wanamaker's Department Store, a colleague saw him … See more

In his autobiography, Cagney said that as a young man, he had no political views, since he was more concerned with from where his next … See more

Cagney won the Academy Award in 1943 for his performance as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
For his contributions … See more