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Cary Grant Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography

Cary Grant Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography

    Cary Grant Quick InfoHeight 6 ft 0½ in Weight 77 kg Date of Birth January 18, 1904 Zodiac Sign Capricorn Date of Death November 29, 1986

    Cary Grant was an English-American actor, stage artist, producer, and businessperson who was one of classic Hollywood’s definitive leading men from the 1930s until the mid-1960s. The American Film Institute named him the 2nd greatest male star of Golden Age Hollywood cinema in 1999.

    Born Name

    Archibald Alec Leach

    Nick Name

    Cary Grant

    Cary Grant as seen in a publicity still from 'Suspicion' (1941)Cary Grant as seen in a publicity still from ‘Suspicion’ (1941) (RKO Publicity Photographer / / Public Domain)

    Age

    He was born on January 18, 1904.

    Died

    Cary Grant passed away on November 29, 1986, aged 82 after suffering a massive stroke in Davenport, Iowa, United States.

    Sun Sign

    Capricorn

    Born Place

    Horfield, Bristol, England, United Kingdom

    Nationality

    British

     

    Education

    Cary Grant attended Bishop Road Primary School in Bristol and won a scholarship to attend Fairfield Grammar School in 1915. He was expelled from Fairfield Grammar School on March 13, 1918, when he was 14 years old.

    Occupation

    Actor, Stage Artist, Producer, Businessperson

    Family

    • Father – Elias James Leach (1872-1935) (Was employed as a tailor’s presser at a clothes factory)
    • Mother – Elsie Maria Leach (née Kingdon) (1877-1973) (Seamstress)
    • Siblings – John William Elias Leach (1899-1900) (Older Brother) (Died of tuberculous meningitis a day before his first birthday)
    • Others – John James Lake/Leach (Paternal Grandfather), Elizabeth Leafe/Leaf (Paternal Grandmother), William Kingdon (Maternal Grandfather), Elizabeth Morgan (Maternal Grandmother)

    Manager

    He had been signed with Paramount Pictures.

    Net Worth

    According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, his net worth was $60 Million at the time of his death.

    Build

    Average

    Cary Grant and Mae West in 'I'm No Angel' (1933)Cary Grant and in ‘I’m No Angel’ (1933) (Paramount Pictures / eBay / Public Domain)

    Height

    6 ft 0½ in or 184 cm

    Weight

    77 kg or 170 lbs

    Girlfriend / Boyfriend / Spouse

    Cary Grant had dated –

    1. Jed Harris
    2. Margaret Early
    3. Don Barclay
    4. Howard Hughes – RUMOR
    5. Audrey Totter
    6. William Haines
    7. Slim Hawks
    8. Orry-Kelly
    9. Queenie Smith
    10. Dorothy Lamour
    11. Susan Strasberg
    12. Katherine DeMille
    13. Richard Selzer
    14. Doris Duke
    15. (1918)
    16. Janet McLeod (1919-1920)
    17. Irene Mayer Selznick (1926)
    18. Randolph Scott (1932-1955)
    19. Virginia Cherrill (1934-1935) – On February 9, 1934, he got married to actor Virginia Cherrill and they divorced on March 26, 1935.
    20. Ida Lupino (1935)
    21. Fay Wray (1935)
    22. Betty Furness (1935-1936)
    23. Mary Brian (1936-1938)
    24. Phyllis Brooks (1937-1939)
    25. Rosalind Russell (1939-1940)
    26. Sonja Henie (1939)
    27. Barbara Hutton (1942-1945) – In 1942, he married American socialite Barbara Hutton who was one of the wealthiest women in the world. Barbara and Cary Grant were nicknamed “Cash and Cary”. Reportedly, Grant refused any financial settlement in a prenuptial agreement to avoid the accusation that he married for money. They divorced in 1945 but remained the “fondest of friends”.
    28. Carole Landis (1941)
    29. (1942)
    30. Claire James (1945-1946)
    31. Peggy Cummins (1947)
    32. Betsy Drake (1949-1962) – He married actor Betsy Drake on December 25, 1949, and this became his longest marriage. It ended on August 14, 1962.
    33. (1957) – RUMOR
    34. Nancy Kovack (1960)
    35. (1960)
    36. Yvette Vickers (1961)
    37. Dyan Cannon (1965-1967) – On July 22, 1965, he married American actor Dyan Cannon who was 33 years younger than him. Their daughter named Jennifer Grant (Cary’s only child) was born on February 26, 1966. The couple separated in August 1967 and divorced the following year. He used to call his daughter his “best production”.
    38. Maureen Donaldson (1973-1977)
    39. Barbara Harris (1981-1986) – He married Barbara Harris, who was 47 years his junior, on April 11, 1981, and they remained together until his death in 1986.

    Race / Ethnicity

    White

    He was of English, Welsh, and Scottish descent.

    Hair Color

    Dark Brown (Natural)

    With his advancing age, his hair turned white.

    Eye Color

    Dark Brown

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    • Dimpled chin
    • Frequently appeared in romantic comedies
    • Mid-Atlantic accent
    Cary Grant (Right) and Dan Tobin in 'The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer' (1947)Cary Grant (Right) and Dan Tobin in ‘The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer’ (1947) (RKO Pictures / eBay / Public Domain)

    Cary Grant’s Favorite Things

    • Aftershave – Acqua Di Parma
    • Film That He Starred In – Indiscreet (1958)
    • Leading Lady –
    • His Favorite From Marx Brothers – Zeppo Marx

    Source –

    Cary Grant’s Facts

    1. His childhood years were rather unhappy as his father was an alcoholic and his mother suffered from clinical depression.
    2. Growing up, his mother used to take him to the cinema and he enjoyed the performances of artists like .
    3. Cary Grant was friends with , Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks, Lord Mountbatten, Margaux Hemingway, , , and Grace Kelly.
    4. He hated his performance in Arsenic and Old Lace (1943) and credited it as his least favorite film.
    5. Cary’s daughter Jennifer has 2 children, viz, son Cary Benjamin Grant (b. 2008) and daughter Davian Adele Grant (b. 2011).

    Featured Image by RKO Publicity Photographer / / Public Domain

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    13 COMMENTS

    1. Warren

      His hair color turned grayer as he got older.

    2. Warren

      There is a picture of Cary Grant with grayish hair

    3. Warren

      He was closer to 77 kg which is 170 pounds.

    4. Warren

      His hair color turned grayish white as he got older.

    5. Warren

      Editorial Staff there is a picture of Cary Grant with grayish white hair. Could I send you the link

      • Editorial Staff

        Hi Warren

        You are free to send the link to that picture. However, every celebrity tends to have grayish-white hair or completely white hair towards their death (if they do not die prematurely or while young).

        • Warren

          Hair color: Dark Brown
          However, his hair had turned gray later white with his advancing age.

          Here is the photo:

    6. Warren

      He was English-American.

    7. Warren

      A recent report says:
      • Height: 6’1″
      • Weight: 174 pounds
      A 1984 report
      He shrunk about an inch and lost some weight and later gained some weight a year later.

      • Warren

        Cary Grant was 6’0 1/4″ a tad shorter than Clark Gable.

    8. Warren

      He was said to be 180 lbs at the most.

    9. Warren

      Archibald Leach better known by Cary Grant’s peak height was 6 feet 1 ½. He later became 6 feet 1 inch and later 6 feet 0 ½ inches. His weight was closer to 76 kg.

    10. Warren

      Cary Grant’s costume measurements for 20th Century Fox stated 6 feet ½ inches and 178 pounds. In 1942 he was 6 feet 1 ½ and 180 pounds.

      Shrunk a little bit due to old age.

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