William Cagney

1905 - 1988  (82 years)

• Name	William Cagney  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	26 Mar 1905	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [2, 3, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	William Jerome Cagney  [2, 3]
  Census	1 Jun 1905	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [4]
  Occupation	actor  [2]
  Occupation	film producer  [2]
  Residence	1 Jun 1905	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [4]
  	429 East 79th Street
  Death	3 Jan 1988	Newport Beach, Orange, California, USA   [2, 3, 6]
  Burial	Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Orange, California, USA   [2, 6]
  Person ID	I7	Cagney Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

  Father	James Francis Cagney, Sr.,   b. 28 Oct 1875, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 10 Oct 1918, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Carolyn Elizabeth Nelson,   b. 20 Mar 1877, New York, USA d. 7 Oct 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1897	St. Theresa's Church, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Boots Mallory,   b. 22 Oct 1913, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA d. 1 Dec 1958, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1933  [2, 5]
  Divorce	1946  [2, 5]
  Children	1. Jill Cagney   2. Stephen Cagney
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Nadine Crumney Parker
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 May 2026

  
  

• Photos

  William Cagney (1905-1988) Publicity photo of actor William Cagney by Monogram Pictures (1934)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Wikipedia Contributors, Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, "James Cagney," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cagney, (San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.). [S2] Wikipedia Contributors, Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, "William Cagney," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cagney, (San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.). [S5] California Department of Public Health, California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000). [S6] New York State Archives, New York, U.S., State Census, 1905 [database on-line], (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). [S7] Wikipedia Contributors, Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, "Boots Mallory," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Mallory, (San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.). [S9] Find a Grave, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line], (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012). [S8] New York City Department of Records, New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).