Take a closer look at some of Hollywood's top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

Child Stars, Then and Now

Take a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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Dark-haired beauty Jeanne Carolyn Cagney was born in New York City, New York on March 25, 1919 - just a few months after the end of World War I. She and her four brothers - including James Cagney and William Cagney - were raised by her widowed mother. Jeanne majored in French and German during her years at Hunter College High School, and starred in plays produced by the Hunter College of City College of New York. Upon graduating from college, she studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.

She began her movie career in 1939, with a role in the obscure comedy All Women Have Secrets (1939). This succeeded an appearance on Bing Crosby's radio program. However, she did not become known until three years later, when she acted in the highly-acclaimed biographical musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) alongside her brother, James (who won an Academy Award for his performance as George M. Cohan). Regrettably, Jeanne only made sporadic appearances in film and television until her retirement from acting in 1965. Notable movies include Quicksand (1950) - in which she played a femme fatale - and the Marilyn Monroe thriller Don't Bother to Knock (1952). Jeanne also made three more films with her brother James (The Time of Your Life (1948), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953), and Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)), and, in 1948, appeared on stage in a production of 'The Iceman Cometh'.

Jeanne was married to actor Ross Latimer from 1944 to 1952. She later wed Jack Sherman Morrison, a faculty member in theater arts at UCLA, in 1953, with whom she had two daughters: Mary and Terry. Jeanne and Morrison ended their marriage in 1973.

Jeanne Cagney was sadly diagnosed with lung cancer later on in her life, and died of the disease on December 7, 1984. She was 65. While not a household name, Ms. Cagney is remembered today among modern-day aficionados of 1940s and 1950s cinema.

Jeanne Cagney in All Women Have Secrets (1939)

Sister of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000010/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">James Cagney</a>.

Appeared with brother Jimmy in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0035575/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0040884/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Time of Your Life (1948)</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0046002/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0050681/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)</a>.

Was a model during the late 1930&#39;s, before beginning her acting career on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse. Her best film performance is considered to be in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0042869/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Quicksand (1950)</a>, as a femme fatale opposite Mickey Rooney.

Sister of actor-producer <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0128581/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">William Cagney</a>.

Had two daughters: Mary Anne Roberts of Athens, Ohio, and Theresa Cagney Morrison of Newport Beach.

Jeanne Cagney is an Irish descendant, the same about her brother Jimmy who belonged in a club called &quot;The Irish Maffia&quot; with other actors like
Spencer Tracy, Pat O&#39;Brian, Frank MacHugh, etc...

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