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Cary Grant

Cary Grant

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1904-01-18

Birth Place

Horfield, Bristol, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

7.5

Movie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

6.7

Movie
A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital

A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital

1940

6.0

Movie
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1933

6.1

Movie
All Star Party for Lucille Ball

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

1984

6.0

Movie
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

1983

6.0

Movie
An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

1957

7.4

Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

7.0

Movie
Arizona Dream

Arizona Dream

1993

7.2

Movie
Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

7.6

Movie
Becoming Cary Grant

Becoming Cary Grant

2017

6.8

Movie
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

2004

7.0

Movie
Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly

Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly

2009

0.0

Movie
Big Brown Eyes

Big Brown Eyes

1936

6.3

Movie
Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

1932

6.8

Movie
Blow-Ups of 1947

Blow-Ups of 1947

1947

6.3

Movie
Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad

1934

5.8

Movie
Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1942

1942

6.0

Movie
Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

1938

7.5

Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

5.7

Movie
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

7.0

Movie
Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

2004

6.9

Movie
Charade

Charade

1963

7.7

Movie
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

2003

0.0

Movie
Complicated Women

Complicated Women

2003

6.7

Movie
Crisis

Crisis

1950

6.6

Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

6.6

Movie
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

2000

6.7

Movie
Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo

1943

6.7

Movie
Devil and the Deep

Devil and the Deep

1932

5.0

Movie
Dream Wife

Dream Wife

1953

5.5

Movie
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002

7.5

Movie
Elvis: That's the Way It Is

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

1970

7.8

Movie
Enter Madame

Enter Madame

1935

5.5

Movie
Every Girl Should Be Married

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948

6.4

Movie
Father Goose

Father Goose

1964

7.0

Movie
Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

6.2

Movie
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

1979

0.0

Movie
Gambling Ship

Gambling Ship

1933

5.2

Movie
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985

5.6

Movie
George White's Scandals

George White's Scandals

1945

5.3

Movie
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

2022

0.0

Movie
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

6.5

Movie
Gunga Din

Gunga Din

1939

6.5

Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988

6.0

Movie
Hippies

Hippies

2007

0.0

Movie
His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

1940

7.4

Movie
Hitchcock Confidential

Hitchcock Confidential

2019

8.0

Movie
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

1999

7.6

Movie
Holiday

Holiday

1938

7.3

Movie
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990

5.7

Movie
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

1933

0.0

Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

6.0

Movie
Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday

1932

6.6

Movie
Houseboat

Houseboat

1958

6.4

Movie
I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride

1949

6.9

Movie
I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

1933

6.3

Movie
In Name Only

In Name Only

1939

7.0

Movie
Indiscreet

Indiscreet

1958

6.6

Movie
Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996

6.7

Movie
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015

7.2

Movie
It's Showtime

It's Showtime

1976

7.0

Movie
Kiss and Make-Up

Kiss and Make-Up

1934

5.2

Movie
Kiss Them for Me

Kiss Them for Me

1957

5.4

Movie
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

1986

9.0

Movie
Ladies Should Listen

Ladies Should Listen

1934

5.8

Movie
Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

1932

5.4

Movie
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994

0.0

Movie
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give

1990

5.7

Movie
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

2018

6.7

Movie
Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

6.4

Movie
Metropolis Refound

Metropolis Refound

2010

5.4

Movie
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952

6.7

Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948

7.0

Movie
Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

1943

6.9

Movie
My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

1940

6.9

Movie
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

9.0

Movie
Night and Day

Night and Day

1946

5.7

Movie
None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart

1944

6.2

Movie
North by Northwest

North by Northwest

1959

8.0

Movie
North by Northwest: One for the Ages

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

2009

6.3

Movie
Notorious

Notorious

1946

7.7

Movie
Notre Dame de la Croisette

Notre Dame de la Croisette

1983

6.0

Movie
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

2006

0.0

Movie
On Location with Gunga Din

On Location with Gunga Din

2004

0.0

Movie
Once Upon a Honeymoon

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1942

6.1

Movie
Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1944

5.8

Movie
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

2009

0.0

Movie
Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

7.3

Movie
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

6.0

Movie
Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

1959

7.2

Movie
Penny Serenade

Penny Serenade

1941

6.5

Movie
People Will Talk

People Will Talk

1951

7.1

Movie
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

1935

5.6

Movie
Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

9.0

Movie
poster

Reflets de Cannes

1954

0.0

TV
Room for One More

Room for One More

1952

6.3

Movie
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

6.0

Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936

6.0

Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

1939

6.0

Movie
She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

1933

5.8

Movie
Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

10.0

Movie
Singapore Sue

Singapore Sue

1932

4.2

Movie
Sinners in the Sun

Sinners in the Sun

1932

4.9

Movie
Smash His Camera

Smash His Camera

2010

7.0

Movie
Sophia Loren, a special destiny

Sophia Loren, a special destiny

2019

7.1

Movie
poster

Spécial cinéma

1974

0.0

TV
poster

Star Life

1990

10.0

TV
Suspicion

Suspicion

1941

7.1

Movie
Suzy

Suzy

1936

5.8

Movie
Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia Scarlett

1935

6.3

Movie
That Touch of Mink

That Touch of Mink

1962

6.4

Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

6.8

Movie
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

7.2

Movie
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

1936

6.9

Movie
poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

6.3

TV
The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth

1937

7.2

Movie
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

6.9

Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

6.3

Movie
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947

7.0

Movie
The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933

6.6

Movie
The Grass Is Greener

The Grass Is Greener

1960

6.3

Movie
The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

1940

6.4

Movie
poster

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

7.3

TV
The Killer of Fossil Gulch

The Killer of Fossil Gulch

1970

7.0

Movie
The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost

1935

6.0

Movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973

6.8

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

1940

7.6

Movie
The Pride and the Passion

The Pride and the Passion

1957

5.9

Movie
The Road to Victory

The Road to Victory

1944

5.5

Movie
The Shining Future

The Shining Future

1944

4.0

Movie
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997

5.0

Movie
The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

1942

7.3

Movie
The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York

1937

5.8

Movie
The Trouble With Forgetting

The Trouble With Forgetting

2024

0.0

Movie
The Woman Accused

The Woman Accused

1933

5.7

Movie
Thirty Day Princess

Thirty Day Princess

1934

6.8

Movie
This Is the Night

This Is the Night

1932

5.6

Movie
To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

1955

7.3

Movie
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Topper

Topper

1937

6.7

Movie
Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip

1938

6.4

Movie
True Blue

True Blue

2024

0.0

Movie
poster

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971

6.0

TV
Walk Don't Run

Walk Don't Run

1966

6.3

Movie
Wedding Present

Wedding Present

1936

6.5

Movie
When You're in Love

When You're in Love

1937

6.7

Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

4.9

Movie
Wings in the Dark

Wings in the Dark

1935

6.4

Movie
Without Reservations

Without Reservations

1946

6.3

Movie
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

2002

0.0

Movie
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

0.0

Movie