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My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'
Cary Grant
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Cary Grant
Age: 82 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 18
Died: 1986
Died: November 29
Actor
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Circus Performer
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Bristol
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Archibald Alexander Leach
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