Cagney, James

Japanese: キャグニー(英語表記)Cagney, James
Cagney, James
Born: July 17, 1899 in New York, New York
[Died] March 30, 1986. Stamfordville, New York. American actor. Full name James Francis Cagney, Jr. He was active in a wide range of roles, including musicals, comedies, and crime dramas. He grew up in the Lower East Side of New York as the son of an Irish bartender. In the 1920s, he toured with his wife Frances as a singer and dancer in a vaudeville troupe, and in 1929, he appeared in the Broadway musical "Penny Arcade," his first success. In 1930, he made his film debut, playing the ruthless gangster Tom Powers in William Wellman's The Public Enemy (1931), which earned him stardom. He continued to appear in films, playing arrogant and passionate "tough guys," but he also continued to work in musicals. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as legendary Broadway showman George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). He subsequently devoted his time to entertaining American troops stationed overseas and serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild, which he helped found in the early 1930s. He continued to work as a film actor in the 1950s, but retired for 20 years after his appearance in One, Two, Three (1961). His final film appearance was a special appearance in Ragtime (1981).

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Japanese:
[生]1899.7.17. ニューヨーク,ニューヨーク
[没]1986.3.30. ニューヨーク,スタンフォードビル
アメリカ合衆国の俳優。フルネーム James Francis Cagney, Jr.。ミュージカル,コメディ,犯罪ドラマなどで幅広く活躍した。アイルランド系のバーテンダーの息子として,ニューヨークのローワーイーストサイドで育った。1920年代はボードビル一座の歌手兼ダンサーとして,妻のフランシスとともに各地を巡業,1929年ブロードウェー・ミュージカル "Penny Arcade"に出演し,初の成功を収める。1930年に映画デビューし,ウィリアム・ウェルマン監督の『民衆の敵』The Public Enemy(1931)で冷酷なギャング,トム・パワーズ役を好演し,スターの座を手に入れる。その後次々に映画に出演,傲慢で激情的な「タフガイ」がはまり役になったが,一方でミュージカルの仕事も続けた。『ヤンキー・ドゥードゥル・ダンディ』Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942)ではブロードウェーの伝説的なショーマン,ジョージ・M.コーハン役を演じ,アカデミー賞主演男優賞を受賞した。その後は海外駐留アメリカ軍の慰問や,1930年代初めに設立にかかわった映画俳優組合の代表としての活動などに精力を注ぎ込んだ。1950年代も映画俳優として活躍したが,『ワン・ツー・スリー』One, Two, Three(1961)への出演後は 20年間にわたり引退生活を送る。『ラグタイム』Ragtime(1981)に特別出演したのが最後の映画出演となった。

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