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Dec 2, 2016 27 min

Cary Grant

from Great Lives Hosted by BBC Radio 4

**** 4 Extra marks 40 years since the death of Hollywood star Cary Grant who died on 29th November 1986. Comedian Lucy Porter champions Cary Grant as her Great Life finding that, despite his troubled relationships with women off screen, his on screen charm and generosity towards his female co-stars redeems him. With Grant's biographer, Geoffrey Wansell, who discusses the troubled screen icon's humble beginnings in Bristol and the following glamour and wealth of Los Angeles. Presented by Matthew Parris Producer: Maggie Ayre First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.

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