Cagney, Jeanne (1919–1984)

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Cagney, Jeanne (1919–1984)

American stage, screen, radio and tv actress. Name variations: Jean Cagney. Born Jeanne Carolyn Cagney, Mar 25, 1919, in New York, NY; died Dec 7, 1984, in Newport Beach, California; sister of William Cagney (actor-producer) and James Cagney (actor); m. Jack Morrison, 1953.

Made stage debut at Pasadena Playhouse in Brother Rat (1938) and NY debut in I'll Take the High Road (1943), followed by The Streets Are Guarded, A Place of Our Own, The Iceman Cometh and Accent on Youth; films include Rhythm on the River, Golden Gloves, Queen of the Mob, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Time of Your Life, Don't Bother to Knock, A Lion in the Streets and Man of a Thousand Faces.

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