Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 160
Movies 152
self 67
TV Shows 8
The Trouble With Forgetting (2024)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)
Rat Pack (2022)
Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière (2019)
Hitchcock Confidential (2019)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
Becoming Cary Grant (2017)
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
I Love Hitchcock (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (2013)
Smash His Camera (2010)
Metropolis Refound (2010)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages (2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly (2009)
Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (2009)
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' (2008)
Hippies (2007)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' (2006)
On Location with Gunga Din (2004)
Auf den Spuren Winnetous (2004)
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love (2003)
Complicated Women (2003)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
The Making of 'To Catch a Thief' (2002)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief (2002)
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)
Star Life (1990)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
Le cinéma dans les yeux (1987)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
All Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983)
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
It's Showtime (1976)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
The Killer of Fossil Gulch (1970)
Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
Walk Don't Run (1966)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
Father Goose (1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Charade (1963)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Houseboat (1958)
Indiscreet (1958)
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Tony Awards (1956)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Dream Wife (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Monkey Business (1952)
Room for One More (1952)
People Will Talk (1951)
Crisis (1950)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Let's Go to the Movies (1949)
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Notorious (1946)
Night and Day (1946)
Without Reservations (1946)
George White's Scandals (1945)
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Once Upon a Time (1944)
The Road to Victory (1944)
The Shining Future (1944)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Suspicion (1941)
Penny Serenade (1941)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital (1940)
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939)
In Name Only (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Gunga Din (1939)
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
Holiday (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Toast of New York (1937)
Topper (1937)
When You're in Love (1937)
Wedding Present (1936)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
Suzy (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)
The Last Outpost (1935)
Wings in the Dark (1935)
Enter Madame (1935)
Ladies Should Listen (1934)
Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Born to Be Bad (1934)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Gambling Ship (1933)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
The Woman Accused (1933)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Madame Butterfly (1932)
Hot Saturday (1932)
Blonde Venus (1932)
The Devil and the Deep (1932)
Singapore Sue (1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Sinners in the Sun (1932)
This Is the Night (1932)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1904-01-18
Deathday1986-11-29 (82 years old)
Birth NameArchibald Alec Leach
Birth PlaceBristol, United Kingdom
Height184-centimeter
RelationshipsBarbara Hutton (1942-01-01 - 1945-01-01), Betsy Drake (1949-12-25 - 1962-01-01), Virginia Cherrill (1934-02-09 - 1935-01-01), Dyan Cannon (1965-07-22 - 1968-01-01)
SpouseBarbara Harris
ChildrenJennifer Grant
FatherElias James Leach
MotherElsie Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
Also Known AsКэри Грант, Archibald Alec Leach, Archibald Leach, Archibald Alexander Leach, Кері Ґрант, 卡莱葛伦
AwardsKennedy Center Honors, Academy Honorary Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
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