MITOS ESTETICOS DEL SIGLO XX: Cary Grant

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was a British-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He began a career in Hollywood in the early 1930s, and became known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, and light-hearted approach to acting and sense of comic timing. He became an American citizen in 1942. Grant lived with actor Randolph Scott off and on for 12 years, which several authors have claimed was a gay relationship. Grant began experimenting with the drug LSD in the late 1950s.Grant was married five times.Widely recognized for comedic and dramatic roles, among his best-known films are Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), and Charade (1963).