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James Cagney

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James Cagney
Cagney, c. 1930
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James Francis Cagney

July 17, 1899(1899-07-17)
New York City, U.S.
MautMarch 30, 1986 (aged 86)
Resting placeGate of Heaven Cemetery
Kaams
  • Actor
  • dancer
Sakriya warsh1919–1961; 1981, 1984
Political partyDemocratic (1934–1948)
Republican (1948–1986)
Jivan SaathiFrances Willard Vernon (m. 1922)
Larrkan2
SambandhiWilliam Cagney (brother)
Jeanne Cagney (sister)
James Cagney

President of the Screen Actors Guild
In office
1942 – 1944
Preceded by Edward Arnold
Succeeded by George Murphy

James Francis Cagney Jr. (/ˈkæɡni/; 17 July 1899 – 30 March 1986) ek American actor aur dancer rahaa. Stage aur film me, Brando ke uske consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, aur deadpan comic timing ke khaatir jaana jaae hae. Uske prashansa karaa gais aur khaas award mila dher rakam ke acting ke khaatir.[1]

Cagney ke yaad karaa jaae hae uske multifaceted tough guys roles ke films jaise The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), City for Conquest (1940) aur White Heat (1949) me act kare ke khaatir.[2] Uu aapan film ke khaatir dancing opportunities ke negotiate karis rahaa aur Academy Award jiitis uske musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) me ke khaatir. 1999 me American Film Institute uske eighth rank karis greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood ke list me.[3] Orson Welles batais ki uu "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera".[4]

[[1919 me uske pahila acting performance me, Cagney aurat ke kaprraa pahinis rahaa, jab uu revue Every Sailor me chorus line me naachis rahaa. Uu dher saal talak vaudeville me ek dancer aur comedian rahaa, 1925 talak jab uske pahila khaas acting part mila. Iske baad uuske dher sur role mila, jisme uske achchhaa review mila, aur 1929 me play Penny Arcade me uske barra role mila. Al Jolson uske play me dekhis aur movie rights kharidis, jiske uu baad me Warner Bros ke bechis. Achchhaa reviews ke baad, Warner Bros. uske pahila $400-a-week, three-week contract sign karis; jab studio ke executives pahila dailies film khaatir dekhin, Cagney's contract ke turant barrhae dewa gais rahaa.

  1. Speck, Gregory. "From Tough Guy to Dandy: James Cagney", June 1986, p. 319.
  2. McGilligan, page 11
  3. "America's Greatest Legends" (PDF). AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars. American Film Institute. 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  4. FilmKunst (June 29, 2013). "Orson Welles - Interview with Michael Parkinson (BBC 1974)". YouTube. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2018.