Happy Birthday: Cary Grant (1904–1986)

Cary Grant (1904–1986)

Born: January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, UK
Died: November 29, 1986 (age 82) in Davenport, Iowa, USA

Married to: Barbara Harris (11 April 1981 – 29 November 1986) (his death)
Dyan Cannon (22 July 1965 – 21 March 1968) (divorced) (1 child)
Betsy Drake (25 December 1949 – 13 August 1962) (divorced)
Barbara Hutton (8 July 1942 – 30 August 1945) (divorced)
Virginia Cherrill (9 February 1934 – 26 March 1935) (divorced)

The secret of comedy is doing it naturally under the most difficult circumstances. And film comedy is the most difficult of all. At least on stage you know right away if you’re getting laughs or not. But making a movie, you have no way of knowing. So you try to time the thing for space and length and can only hope when it plays in the movie theaters months later that you have timed the thing right. It’s difficult and it takes experience. I’ll always remember the great actor, A.E. Matthews, who said on his death bed, “Dying’s tough–but not as tough as comedy”.

The Awful Truth 1937 dir. by Leo McCarey starring Irene Dunne Grant

Bringing Up Baby 1938 dir. Howard Hawks starring Grant Katharine Hepburn

Holiday 1938 dir. George Cukor Starring Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn

His Girl Friday 1940 dir. by Howard Hawks starring Grant Rosalind Russell

The Philadelphia Story 1940 dir. George Cukor Starring Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart

The Talk of the Town 1942 dir. George Stevens starring Grant Jean Arthur

Suspicion 1942 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grant Joan Fontaine

Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 dir. by Frank Capra starring Grant Priscilla Lane

Notorious 1946 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grant Ingrid Bergman

To Catch A Thief 1955 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Grant Grace Kelly

An Affair to Remember 1957 dir. by Leo McCarey starring Grant Deborah Kerr

North by Northwest 1959 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Grant Eva Marie Saint

Charade 1963 dir. by Stanely Donen starring Grant Audrey Hepburn

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