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Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing.
Cary Grant. Actor: North by Northwest. Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I." Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in Bristol would have been an ordinary lower-middle-class ...
Nov 30, 1986 · Cary Grant, the dashing leading man who was one of Hollywood's biggest stars, died here late Saturday night in a hospital emergency room, his longtime attorney told a radio...
Apr 2, 2014 · Actor Cary Grant performed in films from the 1930s through the 1960s. He starred in several Alfred Hitchcock films, including the 1959 hit 'North by Northwest.'.
On November 29, 1986, Cary Grant died at age 82 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Davenport, Iowa. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Grant the second male star of Golden Age of Hollywood cinema (after Humphrey Bogart).
Jan 18, 2024 · For decades, Cary Grant sculpted the image of a Hollywood leading man with performances that both subverted gender roles and winked at the rumors surrounding him.
May 27, 2024 · Cary Grant, British-born American film actor whose good looks, debonair style, and flair for romantic comedy made him one of Hollywood’s most popular and enduring stars. Among his most notable films are Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Notorious, and North by Northwest.
Mar 6, 2023 · But his sordid past came back to haunt him in 1936, when the rising Hollywood star now known as Cary Grant was summoned to Bristol by his dying father—who told him that not only was his mother...
Nov 24, 2023 · Any conversation about the most iconic leading men from Hollywood’s Golden Age must begin with one name: Cary Grant. For decades, the British actor with the perfectly suave, mid-Atlantic accent...
Jun 9, 2017 · Mark Kidel's new Showtime documentary tells the story of the man behind the debonair star. Off screen, Grant was "lonely, insecure and haunted by fears of being abandoned," says...
