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Grant is a 2020 American television miniseries directed by Malcolm Venville. Based on Ron Chernow's bestselling 2017 non-fiction book, the three-part series chronicles the life of Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States. It premiered on May 25, 2020 on the History channel. [1] [2] [3]
Grant first began acting in Broadway plays in the 1920s, going by his birth name Archie Leach. He made his film debut with a minor role in This Is the Night (1932). Beginning in the 1930s, Grant appeared in over 20 radio programs, usually Lux Radio Theatre. In 1940, Grant appeared opposite Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday.
Grant was nominated for several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. [132] [133] In 2019, Grant played another against-type role, in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen, his second collaboration with the director following The Man From U.N.C.L ...
The series depicts the man originally named Archibald Leach, born into poverty in Bristol in 1904, before he became Hollywood's Cary Grant. Scenes set later, in the 1960s, feature Grant in Los Angeles with personal issues affecting his happiness despite international stardom and many hit movies. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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He played numerous characters in the science-fiction epic Cloud Atlas (2012), St. Clair Bayfield in the historical film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), an egotistical actor in the children's film Paddington 2 (2017), an Oompa loompa in the family musical Wonka (2023), Thurl Ravenscroft in the Netflix comedy Unfrosted (2024), and a mysterious ...
She later appeared in the comedy-drama film Throwback Holiday directed by Haley, and in 2020 was cast as Dominique Leroux in the BET+ crime drama series, The Family Business also based on Carl Weber's novel series. [3] In 2024, she was cast Dana “Leslie” Thomas in the CBS soap opera, Beyond the Gates. [4] [5] It will premiere in early 2025. [6]
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; [a] January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English and American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.