Cary Grant
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Perhaps the most dashing of all Hollywood film stars, stole the hearts of
millions of audience members during his 40 years of acting.
Born Archibald Alexander Leach on January 18,1904 in Bristol England, he was the only
child of impoverished parents Elsie and Elias. At the age of nine he lost h ....
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.... his first stage appearance in the musical Golden Dawn,
followed by appearances in Boom Boom in 1929, A Wonderful Night also in 1929, and
Nikki in 1931. In 1931, Leach appeared in his first film, a ten-minute short entitled
Singapore Sue. Grant then traveled to Los Angeles, where he made a successful screen
test for Paramount. The studio offered him a five-year contract, suggesting he change his
name to Cary Lockwood; Leach negotiated with them, and they settled on the name Cary
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