James Francis Cagney
James Francis Cagney, Jr. was born on July, 17, 1899 above his father's saloon at the corner of Avenue D and Eighth Street on New York City's lower East Side. At the time, and for many years thereafter, this section was known as the "gas house district," on the southern border of the notorious "Hell's Kitchen."He was the second of five children born to James Francis Cagney and Carolyn Nelson Cagney. Mr. Cagney's family was descended from the O'Caignes of County Leitrim and his mother was half-Irish, half-Norwegian. His father was a good man but often drank more than his customers did.When Jimmy was a year old the family moved uptown to First Avenue, between 79th and 80th streets. Seven years later, they moved to 96th street, between Third and Lexington avenues, the northern tip of the Yorkville section. It was a lower middle-class neighborhood that included Germans, Italians, Hungarians, Irish and Jews. By his teens Jimmy could speak fluent Yiddish (a talent which crept into many of his films, including his humorous quips with the Jewish man in Taxi!).All the Cagney boys worked after school but Jimmy was the m
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