Cary Grant

Cary Grant
Author: studio, publicity photo for film I Was a Male War Bride, 1949, Public Domain

Born Jan. 18, 1904 in England  

Died 1986

 

Actor in 75+ films including The Philadelphia Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, North by Northwest and An Affair to Remember.

Grew up poor and began performing with a comedy troupe. 

Struggled with drug addiction and depression but became one of Hollywood’s leading men, marrying 5 different times!  

 

“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person.  Or he became me.”