26+ Wonderful Photos of James Cagney
26+ Wonderful Photos of James Cagney. Cohan in 1942's "yankee doodle dandy". Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put cagneyon the side of the law in g men. (ap) _ actor james cagney left nothing to his only living child, and named his spokeswoman and her husband as executors of his estate, according to his will filed in dutchess county surrogate court. He was awarded the academy award for best actor in a leading role for his portrayal of composer and entertainer george m. James francis cagney was born on the lower east side of manhattan in new york city, to carolyn (nelson) and james francis cagney, sr., who was a bartender and amateur boxer.
