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Cary Grant
His comic elegance in screwball comedies and starring role in North by Northwest.
Bringing Up Baby · His Girl Friday
- Born
- 18 January 1904
- Birthplace
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Died
- 29 November 1986
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Cary Grant
Cary Grant combined acrobatic timing, polished manners and a capacity for self-mockery. He became a leading Hollywood performer in both romantic comedy and suspense.
Early life
Bristol childhood
Born Archibald Leach; his childhood was disrupted by his mother’s institutionalisation.
Stage training
Joined a travelling performance troupe and learned acrobatics and comic timing.
Career
- 1920s
American stage
Worked in vaudeville and Broadway after travelling to the United States.
- 1932
Hollywood debut
Signed with Paramount and began appearing as Cary Grant.
- 1930s–1950s
Leading man
Built a career across independent productions, comedies and Hitchcock thrillers.
- 1966
Retirement
Retired from film acting after Walk, Don’t Run.
Selected work
Bringing Up Baby
Played a flustered palaeontologist opposite Katharine Hepburn.
His Girl Friday
Matched Rosalind Russell in a rapid-fire newsroom comedy.
North by Northwest
An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy.
Beyond work
Family
His daughter Jennifer Grant also became an actor.
Business life
Served on the board of cosmetics company Fabergé after his film career.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗BFI: essential films ↗Photo: Grant,_Cary_(Suspicion)_01.jpg : RKO publicity photographer. derivative work: Crisco 1492 ( talk ). Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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