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Cary Grant: Bristol England
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In the film A Fish Called Wanda, the character played by John Cleese is named Archibald Leach, Cary Grant's real name [2]. Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, just a few kilometres from Grant's birthplace, Bristol.
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Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant embrace in a scene from "An Affair to Remember" in July 1957. Kerr, who shared one of cinema's most famous kisses with Burt Lancaster in "From Here to Eternity," has died in Suffolk, eastern England, her agent said Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007....
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Born in Bristol in 1904 as Archibald Alexander Leach, Grant was the product of a poverty-stricken environment. He ran away from home at 13 to join a traveling acrobatic troupe as a juggler. His interest in showbiz began when he first discovered the backstage workings of a professional vaudeville theater. Soon thereafter, he became an apprentice electrician without pay.
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Cary ran away from home at thirteen years of age to go into show business – to break into song and dance. He arrived in New York working with an acrobat comedy troupe in 1920. He learned how to dance, stilt-walk and pantomime. After his tour with the troupe, Mr. Grant returned to London, England in 1923. While in England he appeared in musical comedies. Arthur Hammerstein, who was a stage producer, noticed him and brought him back to New York to act on stage.
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With his father gone and an increase in the family's income, Grant and his mother enjoyed their time together. After six months... his father lost his job and returned to Bristol. Family life was again tense. Grant's father came home from work late, if at all, and spent his time avoiding confrontations with his wife. Although it was unknown to Grant at the time, his father had fallen in love with another woman.
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Grant's early life belied his on-screen personality. Born Archibald Alexander Leach, he was the only child of impoverished parents. At the age of nine he lost his mother when she was institutionalized. Around that time, he developed a love for the English music hall and began working at odd jobs at the Hippodrome and Empire theaters. At 14, he joined the Bob Pender comedy troupe and honed his dancing, acrobatic, stilt-walking and pantomime skills. The troupe performed in small towns throughout England; in 1920 they sailed to the United States for a successful two-year tour, at the end of which young Archie decided to try it on his own in New York City.
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