cary grant

Thân thiện

Cary Grant smiles charmingly in a classic black-and-white film still.

Definition

Proper noun * Cary Grant: The stage name of Archibald Alexander Leach, a renowned British-American film actor. He is celebrated for his sophisticated, charismatic, and often comedic leading-man roles in classic Hollywood cinema, particularly during the 1930s through the 1960s.

Examples of Usage

• Proper noun:
  • Cary Grant starred in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense masterpiece "North by Northwest."
  • Her favorite classic film actor is Cary Grant.
  • The museum is hosting a retrospective on the career of Cary Grant.

Advanced Usage

• As a cultural reference for style and charm: The name "Cary Grant" is often used as a benchmark for timeless elegance, wit, and suave demeanor in a man.
  • He has a certain Cary Grant quality about him—very debonair and quick with a joke.

Variants and Related Words

• Archibald Leach: The actor's birth name.
• Leading man: A primary male role in a film or play; a term that describes Grant's typical position in his movies.

Synonyms

• Film star
• Movie icon
• Screen legend

Note: As "Cary Grant" is a unique proper noun (the name of a specific person), it does not have true synonyms. The terms listed are descriptive categories he belongs to.

Học thuật

Noun

1. United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Grant
• Cary Grant