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#1641 Cary-Grant

Capricorn ABOUT Film and stage actor who the American Film Institute named the second greatest male star of all-time in 1999. He starred in such films as The Philadelphia Story, The Awful Truth, His Girl Friday, Notorious, and North By Northwest. BEFORE FAME He performed with an English stage troupe as a stilt walker. He traveled to Hollywood in 1931 and tried to get acting gigs under the name Cary Lockwood. He performed with an English stage troupe as a stilt walker. He traveled to Hollywood in 1931 and tried to get acting gigs under the name Cary Lockwood. TRIVIA His roles in the films Penny Serenade and None But the Lonely Heart earned him Academy Award nominations. His roles in the films Penny Serenade and None But the Lonely Heart earned him Academy Award nominations. FAMILY LIFE He married one of the wealthiest women of the era, Barbara Hutton in 1942. His fifth wife, whom he was married to from 1981 to 1986, was also named Barbara. He married one of the wealthiest women of the era, Barbara Hutton in 1942. His fifth wife, whom he was married to from 1981 to 1986, was also named Barbara. ASSOCIATED WITH He co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby. He co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby. .

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#18566 Barbara-Adams

Barbara Adams is an actress, known for The Ivory Ape (1980) and Oddly Coupled (1970).. .

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#10106 Cary-Grant

Once told by an interviewer, Everybody would like to be Cary Grant, Grant is said to have replied, So would I.Cary Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in Bristol would have been an ordinary lower-middle-class childhood, except for one extraordinary event. At age nine, he came home from school one day and was told his mother had gone off to a seaside resort. The real truth, however, was that she had been placed in a mental institution, where she would remain for years, and he was never told about it (he wouldnt see his mother again until he was in his late 20s). He left school at fourteen, lying about his age and forging his fathers signature on a letter to join Bob Penders troupe of knockabout comedians. He learned pantomime as well as acrobatics as he toured with the Pender troupe in the English provinces, picked up a Cockney accent in the music halls in London, and then in July 1920, was one of the eight Pender boys selected to go to the US. Their show on Broadway, Good Times, ran for 456 performances, giving Grant time to acclimatize. He would stay in America. Mae West wanted Grant for Lady Lou (1933) because she saw his combination of virility, sexuality and the aura and bearing of a gentleman. Grant was young enough to begin the new career of fatherhood when he stopped making movies at age 62. One biographer said Grant was alienated by the new realism in the film industry. In the 1950s and early 1960s, he had invented a man-of-the-world persona and a style--high comedy with polished words. In Zlodziej w hotelu (1955), he and Grace Kelly were allowed to improvise some of the dialogue. They knew what the director, Alfred Hitchcock, wanted to do with a scene, they rehearsed it, put in some clever double entendres that got past the censors, and then the scene was filmed. His biggest box-office success was another Hitchcock 1950s film, Pólnoc - pólnocny zachód (1959) made with Eva Marie Saint since Kelly was by that time Princess of Monaco.. Date of Birth, 18January 1904,Horfield, Bristol, England, UK ,Date of Death, 29November 1986,Davenport, Iowa, USA (cerebral hemorrhage) ,Birth Name,Archibald Alexander Leach,Height, 61½(1.87m) .

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