biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1899–1986)
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| biography:
| Film actor, born in New York City, USA. He studied at Columbia, and after 10 years as an actor and dancer in vaudeville, his film performance as the gangster in The Public Enemy (1931) brought him stardom. His ebullient energy and aggressive personality kept him in demand for the next 30 years, including such varied productions as A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), for which he was awarded an Oscar. He retired to his farm in New York State in 1961, but returned for a brief appearance in Ragtime (1981). |
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