Cary Grant
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Nazione: United Kingdom
Genere: M
Compleanno: 1904-01-18
Morto: 1986-11-29
Biografia
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-born American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing.
Grant was born in Horfield, Bristol. He became attracted to theater at a young age and began performing with a troupe known as "The Penders" at age six. At the age of 16, he went as a stage performer with the Pender Troupe for a tour of the US. After a series of successful performances in New York City, he decided to stay there. He established a name for himself in vaudeville in the 1920s and toured the United States before moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s.
Grant initially appeared in crime films or dramas such as Blonde Venus (1932) with Marlene Dietrich and She Done Him Wrong (1933) with Mae West, but later gained renown for his performances in romantic and screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937) with Irene Dunne, Bringing Up Baby (1938) with Katharine Hepburn, His Girl Friday (1940) and The Philadelphia Story (1940) with Hepburn and James Stewart, often with some of the biggest female stars of the day. These films are frequently cited among the greatest comedy films of all time.[2] Other well-known films in which he starred in this period were the adventure Gunga Din (1939) and the dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). He also began to move into dramas such as Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Penny Serenade (1941) and Clifford Odets' None but the Lonely Heart (1944); he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the latter two.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Grant developed a close working relationship with director Alfred Hitchcock, who cast the popular actor in several of his critically acclaimed films, including Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959). The suspense-dramas Suspicion and Notorious both involved Grant showing a darker, more ambiguous nature in his characters. Toward the end of his film career, Grant was praised by critics as a romantic leading man, and he received five nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, including Indiscreet (1958) with Ingrid Bergman, That Touch of Mink (1962) with Doris Day, and Charade (1963) with Audrey Hepburn. He is remembered by critics for his unusually broad appeal as a handsome, suave actor who did not take himself too seriously, able to play with his own dignity in comedies without sacrificing it entirely.
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1. Venere bionda (1932), film...Nick Townsend
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2. Lady Lou (1933), film...Captain Cummings
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3. Non sono un angelo (1933), film...Jack Clayton
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4. Il diavolo è femmina (1935), film...Jimmy Monkley
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5. L'avventura di Mr. Bliss (1936), film...Ernest Bliss
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6. L'orribile verità (1937), film...Jerry Warriner
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7. Alla conquista dei dollari (1937), film...Nick Boyd
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8. La via dell'impossibile (1937), film...George Kerby
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9. Susanna (1938), film...David Huxley
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10. Incantesimo (1938), film...Johnny Case
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11. Avventurieri dell'aria (1939), film...Geoff Carter
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12. Gunga Din (1939), film...Sergeant Archibald Cutter
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13. Non puoi impedirmi d'amare (1939), film...Alec Walker
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14. Scandalo a Filadelfia (1940), film...C. K. Dexter Haven
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15. La signora del venerdì (1940), film...Walter Burns
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16. Le mie due mogli (1940), film...Nick Arden
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17. Il sospetto (1941), film...Johnnie Aysgarth
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18. Ho sognato un angelo (1941), film...Roger Adams
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19. Fuggiamo insieme (1942), film...Patrick O'Toole
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20. Un evaso ha bussato alla porta (1942), film...Leopold Dilg
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21. La dama e l'avventuriero (1943), film...Joe Adams posing as Joe Bascopolous
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22. Destinazione Tokyo (1943), film...Capt. Cassidy
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23. Arsenico e vecchi merletti (1944), film...Mortimer Brewster
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24. Il ribelle (1944), film...Ernie Mott
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25. L'ottava meraviglia (1944), film...Jerry Flynn
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26. Notorious - L'amante perduta (1946), film...Devlin
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27. Notte e dì (1946), film...Cole Porter
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28. La moglie del vescovo (1947), film...Dudley
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29. Vento di primavera (1947), film...Dick Nugent
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30. La casa dei nostri sogni (1948), film...Jim Blandings
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31. Ogni ragazza vuol marito (1948), film...Dr. Madison Brown
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32. Ero uno sposo di guerra (1949), film...Captain Henri Rochard
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33. Crisis (1950), film
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34. People Will Talk (1951), film...Dr. Noah Praetorius
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35. Il magnifico scherzo (1952), film...Dr. Barnaby Fulton
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36. Room for One More (1952), film
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37. La sposa sognata (1953), film...Clemson Reade
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38. Caccia al ladro (1955), film...John Robie
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39. Orgoglio e passione (1957), film...Anthony
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40. Un amore splendido (1957), film...Nickie Ferrante
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41. Baciala per me (1957), film...Cmdr. Andy Crewson
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42. Indiscreto (1958), film...Philip Adams
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43. Un marito per Cinzia (1958), film...Tom Winters
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44. Intrigo internazionale (1959), film...Roger Thornhill
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45. Operazione sottoveste (1959), film...Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman
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...Victor Rhyall, Earl
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47. Il visone sulla pelle (1962), film...Philip Shayne
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48. Sciarada (1963), film...Peter Joshua
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49. Il gran lupo chiama (1964), film...Walter
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50. Cammina, non correre (1966), film...Sir William Rutland
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51. Il mistero del cadavere scomparso (1982), film...'Handsome'
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...Various Roles
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53. Smash His Camera (2010), film...Self (archive footage)
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...Dudley
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55. Marilyn Monroe: Fascination (2011), film...Self (archive footage)
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56. Ingrid Bergman (2015), film...Self (archive footage)
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57. Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016), film...Self (archive footage)
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58. Elvis: The Rebirth of the King (2017), film...Self (archive footage)
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59. Becoming Cary Grant (2017), film...Self (archive footage)
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60. Sophia Loren (2019), film...Self (archive footage)
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61. Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020), film...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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65. Becoming Marilyn (2022), film...Dr. Barnaby Fulton (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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67. Call Me Kate (2023), film...Self (archive footage)