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Cary Grant (born Archibald Alexander Leach; Januar 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) wis an Inglis-American actor who acame an American ceetizen in 1942. Kent for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor an "dashin guid leuks", Grant is considered ane o classic Hollywid's definitive leadin men.[4]
Cary Grant | |
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Cary Grant in 1941 | |
Born | Archibald Alexander Leach 18 Januar 1904 Bristol, Ingland |
Dee'd | 29 November 1986 82) Davenport, Iowa, U.S. | (aged
Cause o daith | Cerebral hemorrhage |
Restin place | Crematit[1] |
Ither names | Archie Leach |
Eddication | Bishop Road Primary Schuil Fairfield Grammar Schuil |
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Years active | 1922–1966 |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Virginia Cherrill (m. 1934; div. 1935) Barbara Hutton (m. 1943; div. 1945) Betsy Drake (m. 1949; div. 1962) Dyan Cannon (m. 1965; div. 1968) Barbara Harris (m. 1981–1986) |
Pairtner(s) | Maureen Donaldson (1973–1977)[2] |
Bairns | Jennifer Grant (born 1966)[3] |
Awairds | Academy Honorary Awaird (1970) For his unique mastery o the airt o screen actin wi the respect an affection o his colleagues. Kennedy Center Honors (1981) |
Grant wis named the seicont Greatest Male Starn o Aw Time (efter Humphrey Bogart) bi the American Film Institute. He wis kent for baith comedic an dramatic roles; his best-kent films include The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Notorious (1946), The Bishop's Wife (1947), To Catch a Thief (1955), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), an Charade (1963).
Nominatit twice for the Academy Awaird for Best Actor (Penny Serenade an None But the Lonely Heart) an five times for a Gowden Globe Awaird for Best Actor, Grant wis continually passed ower. In 1970, he wis presented an Honorary Oscar at the 42nt Academy Awairds bi Frank Sinatra "for his unique mastery o the airt o screen actin wi the respect an affection o his colleagues".[5][6]
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