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Frances Cagney, actor James Cagney's beloved "Billie," his wife for 64 years, died Oct. 10 in the rural Upstate New York farmhouse where she and her husband found respite from his fame. She was 95. The Cagneys had lived in Stanfordville, 54 miles south of Albany, working as gentlemen farmers, since 1955.
Oct 17, 1994 · He first met Frances Willard (Billie) Vernon (her parents had wanted a boy) when she was dancing in the chorus and he was a specialty performer in the 1920 New York musical “Pitter Patter.”
When Frances Willard Vernon was born on 19 June 1899, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, her father, Louis Linn Vernon, was 53 and her mother, Alta Virginia Welch, was 42. She married James Francis Cagney Jr. on 28 September 1922, in New York City, New York, United States.
Oct 10, 1994 · Frances Willard (Billie) "Willie" Cagney formerly Vernon. Born 19 Jun 1899 in Iowa, United States. Ancestors. Daughter of Louis Linn Vernon and Alta Virginia (Welch) Vernon. [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of James Francis Cagney Jr — married 28 Sep 1922 in New York, New York, United States. [children unknown]
There he met his future wife, Frances Willard Vernon, who coached him on dancing routines. She was a native of Des Moines, Iowa, and they married in 1922. For ten years (1920-1929) they played the vaudeville circuit—sometimes together.
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1879 and remained president until her death in 1898.
Born Frances Willard Vernon, June 19, 1901; died Oct 10, 1994, in Fishkill, NY; m. James Cagney (actor), Sept 28, 1922 (died Mar 30, 1986). In vaudeville, had a sister act with Wynne Gibson, then toured with husband.
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