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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.
Obituary: Frances Willard (Vernon) Cagney 1899 - 1994. Frances Cagney , wife of the late actor Jimmy Cagney , has died. She was 95. Mrs. Cagney died Monday at Sharon Hospital in Sharon, Conn., after a long illness.
- James Cagney with Frances Cagney and 'Reddy'
- James Cagney and Wife Billy Waving.
- UNITED STATES-CINEMA-CAGNEY.
- 3rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors Party - December 7, 1980.
POSTSCRIPT: Frances Willard “Billie” (Vernon) Cagney died in 1994 at age 95. Two years before her death, she authorized an auction of her husband’s prized possessions and memorabilia by William Doyle Galleries in New York City in order to share them with his many fans.
Born in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa on 19 Jun 1899 to Louis Linn Vernon and Alta Virginia Welch. Frances Vernon married James Cagney and had 2 children. She passed away on 10 Oct 1994 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut.
- Female
- June 19, 1899
- Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
- October 10, 1994
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Cagney, Frances (1901–1994) American dancer. Name variations: Billie Vernon; Frances Willard Vernon. 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.
