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Wolf Frankula

(3,673 posts) Fri Dec 5, 2014, 01:46 PM Dec 2014

How Old Cary Grant?

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How Old Cary Grant? (Original Post) Wolf Frankula Dec 2014 OP

dead since 1986, at age 82 hlthe2b Dec 2014 #1

I think he was born in JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #2

He was born on January 18, 1904. Staph Dec 2014 #3

Cool! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #4

Wkrong! Wkrong! Wkrong! Wolf Frankula Dec 2014 #5

hlthe2b

(106,476 posts)

1. dead since 1986, at age 82

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 01:49 PM

Dec 2014

JustAnotherGen

(33,682 posts)

2. I think he was born in

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 01:52 PM

Dec 2014

1908 or 1912. But his grandson is named Cary Grant and is just a few years old. Fun fact - his daughter played Celeste on the old 91020 - the little girl he had with Dyan Cannon.

I know way too much about Cary Grant.

Staph

(6,349 posts)

3. He was born on January 18, 1904.

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 02:07 PM

Dec 2014

I know because he and I share a birthday, though obviously not a birthyear!

JustAnotherGen

(33,682 posts)

4. Cool!

Reply to Staph (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 02:40 PM

Dec 2014

I knew he had to have been no later than 1914 - because he was in his late 50's when he made Charade.

Wolf Frankula

(3,673 posts)

5. Wkrong! Wkrong! Wkrong!

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2014, 06:36 PM

Dec 2014

to quote Ann Landers, who always spelled it with a k.

The correct answer is "Old Cary Grant fine, how you?" The story comes from the late H. Allen Smith, IIRC who interviewed Cary Grant in the early 1960's. His editor sent him a telegram with the message "How Old Cary Grant?" Smith showed it to Grant who sent the reply "Old Cary Grant Fine, How You?" back.

Wolf

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