Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Gr… - Cary Grant

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Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. I have spent the greater part of my life fluctuating between Archie Leach and Cary Grant; unsure of either, suspecting each. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

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Cary Grant (18 January 1904 – 29 November 1986), born Archibald Alexander Leach, was an English - American stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Performing with a Mid-Atlantic accent, he is remembered as a debonair and handsome leading man capable of being witty and charming. He was named the second Greatest Male Star in the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list by the American Film Institute.

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Birth Name: Archibald Alec Leach

Alternative Names: Archibald Alexander Leach

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