Cary Grant
1904-01-18 ( 121 years old ) in Horfield, Bristol, England, UK

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-born American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. Grant was born in Horfield, Bristol. He became attracted to theater at a young age and began performing with a troupe known as "The Penders" at age six. At the age of 16, he went as a stage performer with the Pender Troupe for a tour of the US. After a series of successful performances in New York City, he decided to stay there. He established a name for himself in vaudeville in the 1920s and toured the United States before moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s. Grant initially appeared in crime films or dramas such as Blonde Venus (1932) with Marlene Dietrich and She Done Him Wrong (1933) with Mae West, but later gained renown for his performances in romantic and screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937) with Irene Dunne, Bringing Up Baby (1938) with Katharine Hepburn, His Girl Friday (1940) and The Philadelphia Story (1940) with Hepburn and James Stewart, often with some of the biggest female stars of the day. These films are frequently cited among the greatest comedy films of all time. Other well-known films in which he starred in this period were the adventure Gunga Din (1939) and the dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). He also began to move into dramas such as Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Penny Serenade (1941) and Clifford Odets' None but the Lonely Heart (1944); he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the latter two. During the 1940s and 1950s, Grant developed a close working relationship with director Alfred Hitchcock, who cast the popular actor in several of his critically acclaimed films, including Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959). The suspense-dramas Suspicion and Notorious both involved Grant showing a darker, more ambiguous nature in his characters. Toward the end of his film career, Grant was praised by critics as a romantic leading man, and he received five nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, including Indiscreet (1958) with Ingrid Bergman, That Touch of Mink (1962) with Doris Day, and Charade (1963) with Audrey Hepburn. He is remembered by critics for his unusually broad appeal as a handsome, suave actor who did not take himself too seriously, able to play with his own dignity in comedies without sacrificing it entirely. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cary Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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True Blue 2024-09-03
The Trouble With Forgetting 2024-03-13
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin 2022-09-17
Rat Pack 2022-01-11
Sophia Loren, a special destiny 2019-12-24
Hitchcock Confidential 2019-06-24
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood 2018-07-27
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped 2018-02-17
Becoming Cary Grant 2017-05-23
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words 2015-08-27
And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
Smash His Camera 2010-07-30
Metropolis Refound 2010-02-13
North by Northwest: One for the Ages 2009-11-03
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year 2009-07-02
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' 2009-06-29
Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly 2009-03-24
Hippies 2007-06-12
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema 2007-05-23
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' 2006-02-07
On Location with Gunga Din 2004-12-07
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock 2004-09-07
Cary Grant: A Class Apart 2004-06-01
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love 2003-12-15
Complicated Women 2003-05-06
Edith Head: The Paramount Years 2002-11-26
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief 2002-11-05
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' 2000-09-10
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood 1999-01-23
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 1997-11-01
Frank Capra's American Dream 1997-01-01
Ingrid Bergman Remembered 1996-04-06
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her 1994-08-09
Arizona Dream 1993-01-06
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give 1990-12-13
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story 1990-07-23
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To 1990-06-04
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths 1990-01-01
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man 1988-06-05
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988-05-16
Grace Kelly: The American Princess 1987-06-08
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special 1986-01-17
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985-03-03
All Star Party for Lucille Ball 1984-12-09
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra 1983-12-11
Notre Dame de la Croisette 1983-02-23
Showbiz Goes to War 1982-12-31
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982-05-21
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! 1982-01-01
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years 1979-12-13
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976-05-16
It's Showtime 1976-03-31
Hooray for Hollywood 1976-01-01
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975-08-06
That's Entertainment! 1974-06-21
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks 1973-01-01
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972-01-10
The Killer of Fossil Gulch 1970-12-31
Elvis: That's the Way It Is 1970-11-11
Walk Don't Run 1966-06-29
Father Goose 1964-12-10
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964-09-02
Charade 1963-12-01
That Touch of Mink 1962-06-14
The Grass Is Greener 1960-12-23
Operation Petticoat 1959-12-05
North by Northwest 1959-07-08
Houseboat 1958-11-19
Indiscreet 1958-07-16
Kiss Them for Me 1957-12-10
An Affair to Remember 1957-07-11
The Pride and the Passion 1957-07-10
To Catch a Thief 1955-08-03
Dream Wife 1953-06-19
Monkey Business 1952-09-03
Room for One More 1952-01-10
People Will Talk 1951-08-29
Crisis 1950-07-07
I Was a Male War Bride 1949-08-26
Every Girl Should Be Married 1948-12-25
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948-03-25
Blow-Ups of 1947 1947-12-31
The Bishop's Wife 1947-12-25
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947-09-01
Notorious 1946-08-21
Night and Day 1946-07-02
Without Reservations 1946-05-13
George White's Scandals 1945-10-09
None But the Lonely Heart 1944-10-17
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944-09-01
Once Upon a Time 1944-06-29
The Road to Victory 1944-05-18
The Shining Future 1944-04-11
Destination Tokyo 1943-12-31
Mr. Lucky 1943-07-01
Breakdowns of 1942 1942-12-31
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942-11-27
The Talk of the Town 1942-08-20
Suspicion 1941-11-14
Penny Serenade 1941-04-24
The Philadelphia Story 1940-12-05
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 1940-10-24
A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital 1940-09-23
The Howards of Virginia 1940-09-19
My Favorite Wife 1940-05-17
His Girl Friday 1940-01-18
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 1939-09-22
In Name Only 1939-08-18
Only Angels Have Wings 1939-05-15
Gunga Din 1939-01-26
Topper Takes a Trip 1938-12-29
Holiday 1938-05-26
Bringing Up Baby 1938-02-18
The Awful Truth 1937-10-21
The Toast of New York 1937-07-22
Topper 1937-07-16
When You're in Love 1937-02-12
Wedding Present 1936-10-09
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 1936-09-11
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss 1936-07-28
Suzy 1936-07-20
Big Brown Eyes 1936-04-03
Sylvia Scarlett 1935-12-25
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle 1935-11-20
The Last Outpost 1935-10-11
Wings in the Dark 1935-02-01
Enter Madame 1935-01-04
Ladies Should Listen 1934-08-10
Kiss and Make-Up 1934-07-13
Born to Be Bad 1934-05-18
Thirty Day Princess 1934-05-18
Alice in Wonderland 1933-12-18
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 1933-12-01
I'm No Angel 1933-10-06
Gambling Ship 1933-06-23
The Eagle and the Hawk 1933-05-06
The Woman Accused 1933-02-17
She Done Him Wrong 1933-02-09
Madame Butterfly 1932-12-30
Hot Saturday 1932-10-28
Blonde Venus 1932-09-23
Devil and the Deep 1932-08-12
Singapore Sue 1932-06-10
Merrily We Go to Hell 1932-06-10
Sinners in the Sun 1932-05-13
This Is the Night 1932-04-08

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