Jeanne Carolyn Cagney (March 25, 1919 â€" December 7, 1984) was an
American film, stage, and television actress.Born in New York City,
Cagney and her four older brothers were raised by her widowed mother
Carolyn Elizabeth Cagney (née Nelson). Two of her brothers were film
actor James Cagney and actor/producer William Cagney. She attended
Hunter College High School. Majoring in French and German, she was a
cum laude graduate of Hunter College (now part of City University of
New York) and a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society. She also starred in
plays produced by the college's dramatic society. Following her
college graduation, she studied acting at the Pasadena
Playhouse.Cagney performed in the original stage production of The
Iceman Cometh, which premiered on Broadway on October 9, 1946. The
play's author, Eugene O'Neill, cast her in the role of Margie, one of
the "street walkers" in his story.After being heard by a scout while
appearing on Bing Crosby's radio program, Cagney had a film test with
RKO Pictures. However, she signed a long-term contract with Paramount
Pictures. She appeared in 19 films between 1939 and 1965, including
four films with her brother James: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The
Time of Your Life (1948), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953), and Man of
a Thousand Faces (1957). Cagney gave a noted performance opposite
Mickey Rooney in the film noir crime film Quicksand (1950). Jeanne Cagney Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter