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1. Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagneynoun

   United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)

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1. jimmy cagney

   James Francis Cagney Jr. (; July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor, dancer and film director. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. Cagney is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), City for Conquest (1940) and White Heat (1949), finding himself typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. He was able to negotiate dancing opportunities in his films and ended up winning the Academy Award for his role in the musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him eighth on its list of greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described him as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera".In his first professional acting performance in 1919, Cagney was costumed as a woman when he danced in the chorus line of the revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a dancer and comedian, until he got his first major acting part in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good notices, before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. Al Jolson saw him in the play and bought the movie rights, before selling them to Warner Bros. with the proviso that James Cagney and Joan Blondell be able to reprise their stage roles in the movie. After rave reviews, Warner Bros. signed him for an initial $400-a-week, three-week contract; when the executives at the studio saw the first dailies for the film, Cagney's contract was immediately extended. Cagney's fifth film, The Public Enemy, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period.

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1. jimmy cagney

   James Francis Cagney Jr., known as Jimmy Cagney, was an American actor and dancer who appeared in numerous successful films during a career spanning several decades. Born on July 17, 1899, in New York City, Cagney became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, known for his tough-guy roles in movies like "The Public Enemy" and "Angels with Dirty Faces." However, he was also praised for his dancing abilities, most notably in the musical "Yankee Doodle Dandy" for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Cagney passed away in 1986, but his legacy continues as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema.

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