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Biography of Cary Grant
Name: Cary Grant
Birth Date: January 18, 1904
Death Date: November 29, 1986
Place of Birth: Bristol, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: actor
Cary Grant
Hollywood legend Cary Grant (1904-1986) won audiences the world over with his charm and sophistication. With a career that spanned over 72 films in forty years, Grant established himself as an icon of American film.One of the most charming, elegant, and likeable of Hollywood leading men, Cary Grant created a light, comic style that many have tried to imitate but none have surpassed. In 72 films made over four decades, Grant served as both a romantic ideal for women and a dashing role model for men.Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach on January 18, 1904, in Bristol, England. His parents were poor, and they quarreled often as they struggled to raise their children. Grant's father pressed trousers in a factory. When war broke out between Italy and Turkey in 1911 and England increased its production of armaments (though they weren't involved directly in the war), he temporarily moved to another town to make uniforms …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…first oil wellAt the time of Grant's death:Ronald Reagan was president of the United StatesU.S. warplanes bombed LibyaChernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Union exploded and sent nuclear fallout to neighboring countriesThe times:1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War1914-1918: World War I1939-1945: World War II1950-1953: Korean War1957-1975: Vietnam War1973: Israeli-Arab War1982: Falkland War1991: War against IraqGrant's contemporaries:Vladimir Horowitz (1904-1989) Russian-born pianistMargaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) American photojournalistDeng Xiaoping (1904-) Chinese communist leaderB.F. Skinner (1904-) American psychologistSelected world events:1906: San Francisco earthquake killed thousands, destroyed city1926: Fascist leader Benito Mussolini assumed power in Italy1935: First canned beer--by Krueger Beer in New Jersey--hit the shelves1954: Raymond A. Kroc bought McDonald's hamburger stands and turned them into one of the largest franchises1962: Cuban missile crisis sparked tense confrontation between United States and Soviet Union1977: World's last case of smallpox was reported in Somalia Further Reading periodicalsInterview, January 1987.Newsweek, December 8, 1986.New York Times, July 3, 1977; December 1, 1986.People, December 15, 1986.Time, December 15, 1986.
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