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Cary Grant: Bristol England
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Cary Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach on January 18, 1904, in Bristol, England. His parents were Elias J. Leach, a clothes presser, and Elsie Kingdom. He grew up in a lower-middle-class home in depressing circumstances. His mother was unable to deal with the loss of her firstborn son, who died in 1899. His father was an alcoholic who cheated on his mother with numerous women. Elias had a son by one of those affairs, Eric Leach.
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Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 รข€“ November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an English film actor. With his distinctive Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, not only handsome, but ... witty and charming. He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. Biography Early life and career Archibald Leach was born in Horfield, Bristol, England. An only child (before he was born his parents had had another son who died in infancy), Leach had a confused and unhappy
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British-born actor "Cary Grant" (born Archibald Leach) escaped his humble Bristol environs and unstable home life by joining an acrobatic troupe, where he became a stilt-walker. Numerous odd jobs kept him going until he tried acting, and, after moving to the United States, he managed to lose his accent, developing a clipped mid-Atlantic speaking style uniquely his own. After acting in Broadway musicals, Grant was signed in 1932 by Paramount Pictures to be built into leading-man material. His real name would never do for marquees, so the studio took the first initials of their top star "Gary Cooper", reversed them, then filled in the "C" and "G" to come up with "Cary Grant". After a year of nondescript roles, Grant was selected by "Mae West" to be her leading man in "She Done Him Wrong" (1933) and "I'm No Angel"(1934).
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Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, on Jan. 18, 1904, Cary Grant joined a troupe of performers as a teenager and came with them to the United States in 1920. He performed on the vaudeville circuit during the early 1920s. During the late 1920s he appeared on the Broadway stage, and in 1931 he was hired for his first screen performance in Singapore Sue, a one-reel film released in 1932.
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Cary Grant (born Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol England, (1904-01-18 - 1986-11-29), was an English film actor. With his distinctive Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, not only handsome, but ... witty and charming. He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time of American cinema by the American Film Institute.
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Well-to-do British playboy Cary Grant tires of his wastrel-like existence and wagers that he can earn his own way without touching his inheritance for one year. Amusing social satire from England ... stars Mary Brian, Henry Kendall. AKA: "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss," "Romance and Riches." 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; biography; trivia.
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