Monday, April 21, 2014

Irish Thought for April 21...

Irish-American Celebrities

James Cagney

American film actor James Cagney won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, but he is best remembered for playing "tough guys."  In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time.  In 1938, he received his first Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for Angels With Dirty Faces, before winning in 1942 for his portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.  He was nominated a third time in 1955 for Love Me or Leave Me.

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