Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Cary Grant (1904–1986), born Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, England, was a British-American actor known for his polished charm, comic timing and elegance in classic Hollywood films. As a teenager he joined a troupe of acrobats and comedians and toured the United States, where he stayed to work in vaudeville and on Broadway before signing with Paramount in 1931 under his new name. A turning point came in 1937, when he chose to work without an exclusive studio contract, gaining rare control over his roles. He starred in comedies such as The Awful Truth, Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story, and in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious and North by Northwest. He became an American citizen in 1942, received an honorary Academy Award in 1970 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1981, and remains a model of the gracious leading man.
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Screen Legends of Classic Hollywood
Each was named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of classic American cinema. Clark Gable starred in Gone with the Wind (1939), and John Wayne defined the Western from Stagecoach (1939) onward. Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award for Roman Holiday (1953) opposite Gregory Peck and starred with Cary Grant in Charade (1963). Marilyn Monroe, a leading comedic star of the 1950s, made her last completed film, The Misfits (1961), with Gable.
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