Cary Grant
Biography
Cary Grant
Remarkable:
Cary pictured on a 37¢ USA postage stamp in October 2002
Born:
January 18, 1904
Born as:
Archibald Alec Leach
Died:
November 29, 1986
Archibald ran away from home at 14 to join a traveling acrobatic troupe as song-and-dance man. In 1920, Leach traveled to the United States with a select group of boys from the troupe. This was followed by Broadway musicals, operettas and supporting roles for Paramount.
His career boost came, after a name change, with She done him wrong (1933) co-starring Mae West. In 1937, Grant's contract with the studio expired, and he was free to choose his own projects. And so he picked some successful screwball comedy's as The awful truth (1937), Bringing up baby (1938) and Holiday (1938).
In the forties and fifties Cary managed to balance a mix of drama, comedy and romance. Suspicion (1941) was the first of four films that Grant made with Alfred Hitchcock Over the next 18 years, the actor and director collaborated on Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959). Cary retired from the screen in 1966.
Academy awards
1970 Honorary Award
1945 Nominated Oscar best actor for: None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
1942 Nominated Oscar best actor for: Penny Serenade (1941)
Selected Movies:
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Notorious (1946)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
Books:
Warren G. Harris -> Cary Grant: A Touch of Elegance (1987)
Donald Deschner -> The Films of Cary Grant (1973/1995)
Graham McCann -> Cary Grant: A Class Apart (1996)
Richard Schickel -> Cary Grant (1983/1998)
