Ryan Cassidy is the youngest son of “The Partridge Family' matriarch Shirley Jones and Tony Award-winning actor Jack Cassidy. He has written a children's book on 1930s film star James Cagney.
Ryan Cassidy, the younger brother of teen idol David Cassidy, has written a childrens book titled "James Cagney Was My Babysitter." He is the son of the "Partridge Family" matriarch Shirley Jones and Tony Award winner Jack Cassidy.The 57-year-old youngest son of"The Partridge Family" matriarch Shirley Jones and Tony Award-winning actor Jack Cassidy, as well as the brother of teen idol David Cassidy, is reflecting on his time with James Cagney.
. Cagney, who was semi-retired at the time, knew that Cassidy’s parents were going through a separation."[Due to] a series of events, my dad had to leave," Cassidy recalled."And Cagney said, ‘Why don’t you leave Ryan here? And I’ll take care of him for a little while.’ I was always really shy and didn’t want to be in people’s homes that I didn’t know. I didn’t want to mess anything up."At the time, Cassidy had no idea Cagney was one of the most.
Despite finding fame in Hollywood, Cagney was said to be smitten with country living. In 1936, he bought a farm in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where he and his wife Frances spent as much time as possible in between films. During their retirement years, the couple lived on a farm near Millbrook in Dutchess County, New York, where he raised Morgan horses. When not in front of a camera, Cagney immersed himself in reading, painting, farming and playing classical guitar.
"He asked me, ‘What do you want me to draw for you?’" Cassidy shared."And I said, ‘I want you to draw that leprechaun in your display cabinet.’ That turned out to be part of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.’ And he drew that for me." "The great thing about my mom is that she was never like, ‘I’m a movie star and this is what I do,’" Cassidy explained."She was like, ‘That’s my career and this is my life – my children, my husband.’ That was her life. And she came from a very small town. She had small-town sensibilities. And she tried to instill that into her children. So even though we grew up in show business, we had a real life as much as it could be a real life.
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