Cary Grant
The debonair leading man of classic Hollywood.
The American Film Institute ranked him the second-greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood in 1999; he also received two Academy Award nominations and an Academy Honorary Award in 1970.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Archibald Alec Leach
- Born
- 18 January 1904
- Birthplace
- Horfield, Bristol, England
- Died
- 29 November 1986
- Place of death
- Davenport, Iowa, US
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United States (from 1942)
- Occupation
- Actor
- Children
- Jennifer Grant
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Grant initially appeared in crime films and dramas such as Blonde Venus (1932) and She Done Him Wrong (1933).[2] He later gained renown for romantic screwball comedies including The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), and The Philadelphia Story (1940).[2] He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Penny Serenade (1941) and None but the Lonely Heart (1944).[2][3][4] Grant retired from screen acting in 1966 after his daughter Jennifer was born, focusing on raising her.[5]
He died on 29 November 1986.[1] Grant's childhood in Bristol was unhappy, marked by his mother's absence and his father's alcoholism, and his family was impoverished.[6] A visit to the Bristol Hippodrome sparked his early interest in theatre.[6] After successful New York City performances, he remained in the U.S., built a vaudeville career in the 1920s, and relocated to Hollywood in the early 1930s.[6]
What the cited sources add
A 2024 Bristol Post article notes that a national blue plaque was unveiled at Grant's early childhood home of 50 Berkeley Road in Bishopston.[7] The same article quotes Grant's widow Barbara Jaynes saying he often spoke fondly of his childhood in Bristol.[7] A 2011 Sydney Morning Herald article reports that actress Dyan Cannon agreed to take LSD with Grant in a bid to save their marriage.[8] That article also states Grant first experimented with LSD after discovering his father had lied about his mother's death when he was a child.[8]
A review on carygrant.net describes Grant's performance in When You're in Love (1937) as being "on top form" with perfect comedic timing.[9] An Emmanuellevy.com article notes that Topper (1937) benefited from strong chemistry between Grant and Constance Bennett.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Cary Grant" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cary Grant – Kennedy Center Honors", Kennedy Center Honors; "AFI's 100 YEARS...100 STARS: The 50 Greatest American Screen Legends", American Film Institute (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cary Grant" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hunsaker, "The 10 Essential Cary Grant Comedies – 2", IFC, 5 July 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cary Grant" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wansell 2011, p. 13 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cary Grant" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bubbeo 2001, p. 140; Richards 2014, p. 242; Mell 2005, p. 21; McCann 1997, p. 44–46; "What's Happening in Hollywood: News of Current Pictures, Trends, and Production", 1944, p. 7; "Cineaction!", CineAction Collective, 1989, p. 58 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cary Grant" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wansell 1996, p. 99 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cary Grant" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McCann 1997, p. 44–46 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Minchin, "Blue plaque honouring Cary Grant unveiled at his childhood home in Bristol", Bristol Post, 22 November 2024. facts only, no text reused. bristolpost.co.uk
- "Cary Grant's LSD 'gateway to God'", The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 October 2011. facts only, no text reused. smh.com.au
- "When You're In Love – Reviews", Carygrant.net. facts only, no text reused. carygrant.net
- Levy, "Topper (1937): Ghost Comedy with Cary Grant and Constance Bennett", Emmanuellevy.com, 3 August 2014. facts only, no text reused. emanuellevy.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Cary Grant (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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