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Grant acted in at least 76 films between 1932 and 1966. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Grant the second-greatest male star of Golden Age Hollywood cinema (after Humphrey Bogart). Grant first began acting in Broadway plays in the 1920s, going by his birth name Archie Leach.
Grant initially appeared in crime films and dramas, such as Blonde Venus (1932) and She Done Him Wrong (1933), but later gained renown for his performances in romantic screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), and The Philadelphia Story (1940).
Believing that a German spy has killed her new husband (Franchot Tone), a struggling chorus girl (Jean Harlow) flees to Paris where she meets and marries a World War I pilot (Cary Grant), whose carefree ways bring unexpected results.
Grant was known for comedic and dramatic roles; his best-known films include Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Notorious (1946), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959) and Charade (1963). That's Entertainment! performer: "Did I Remember?" (1936) (uncredited)
He made his first feature film, This Is The Night, in 1932, and more roles on the big screen soon followed. Grant starred opposite such famed leading ladies as Marlene Dietrich and Mae...
The 1941 movie marked the first collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant, which became the foundation for their future endeavors. Yet despite this, Hitchcock still called Grant's undoubted talents as an actor into question because of one crucial Suspicion change. Suspicion is based on the 1932 novel, Before the Fact.
Grant created many memorable screen characterizations over his career and always with the utmost of charm and acting excellence. Here are 34 of his very best. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. North by Northwest.