Editing Cary Grant (section)

== Legacy ==
{{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|align=right|quote=No other man seemed so classless and self-assured&nbsp;... at ease with the romantic as the comic&nbsp;... aged so well and with such fine style&nbsp;... in short, played the part so well: Cary Grant made men seem like a good idea.|source=—Biographer Graham McCann on Cary Grant.{{sfn|McCann|1997|pp=3–4}}}}
Biographers Morecambe and Stirling believe that Cary Grant was the "greatest leading man Hollywood had ever known".{{sfn|Morecambe|Sterling|2001|p=287}} Schickel stated that there are "very few stars who achieve the magnitude of Cary Grant, art of a very high and subtle order" and thought that he was the "best star actor there ever was in the movies".<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remembering-cary-grant-at-100/ |title = Remembering Cary Grant at 100 |publisher = [[CBS News]] |date = May 21, 2004 |access-date = June 14, 2016 |first1 = Pete |last1 = Hammond |first2 = Mary-Jayne |last2 = McKay |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160614133211/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/remembering-cary-grant-at-100/ |archive-date = June 14, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Schickel|1998|p=vi}} [[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]] and directors [[Stanley Donen]] and [[Howard Hawks]] concurred that Grant was the greatest and most important actor in the history of the cinema.<ref name="schwarz20070102" />{{sfnm|1a1=McCann|1y=1997|1p=4|2a1=McBride|2y=2013|2p=85}} He was a favorite of Hitchcock's, who admired him and called him "the only actor I ever loved in my whole life".{{sfn|McCann|1997|p=3}} He remained one of Hollywood's top box-office attractions for almost 30 years.<ref>{{cite web |title =About: Cary Grant |url = https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/75180%7C28068/Cary-Grant/ |publisher = Turner Classic Movies |access-date = December 15, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160614005221/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/75180%7C28068/Cary-Grant/ |archive-date = June 14, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pauline Kael]] stated that the world still thinks of him affectionately because he "embodies what seems a happier time−a time when we had a simpler relationship to a performer".<ref name="Kael" />

[[File:Cary Grant Statue.jpg|upright|thumb|''Cary Grant'' statue by [[Graham Ibbeson]] (2001) in [[Millennium Square (Bristol)|Millennium Square]], Bristol]]
Grant was nominated for Academy Awards for ''[[Penny Serenade]]'' (1941) and ''[[None But the Lonely Heart (film)|None But the Lonely Heart]]'' (1944),{{sfn|Crouse|2005|p=99}} but he never won a competitive Oscar.{{efn|Jennifer Grant states that her father was quite outspoken on the discrimination that he felt against handsome men and comedians in Hollywood. He questioned "are good looks their own reward, canceling out the right to more"? She recalls that he once said of [[Robert Redford]]: "It'll be tough for him to be awarded anything, he's just too good looking".{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=68}}}}{{sfn|Ringler|2000|p=182}} He did, however, receive a special [[Academy Honorary Award|Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement]] in 1970.{{sfn|Prono|2008|p=127}} The inscription on his statuette read "To Cary Grant, for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with respect and affection of his colleagues". Presenting the award to Grant, [[Frank Sinatra]] announced: "No one has brought more pleasure to more people for so many years than Cary has, and nobody has done so many things so well".{{sfn|McCann|1997|pp=246–247}}

Grant was awarded a special plaque at the Straw Hat Awards in New York in May 1975, which recognized him as a "star and superstar in entertainment". In July 1976, [[Betty Ford]] invited him to attend the Bicentennial dinner for Queen [[Elizabeth II]] at the [[White House]] and to give a speech introducing her at the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] the following month. He was invited to a royal charity gala in 1978 at the [[London Palladium]]. In 1979, he hosted the American Film Institute's tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, and presented [[Laurence Olivier]] with his honorary Oscar.{{sfn|Morecambe|Sterling|2001|p=300}}

In 1981, Grant was accorded the [[Kennedy Center Honors]].{{sfn|Clear|1993|p=80}} In 1984, a theater on the MGM lot was renamed the "Cary Grant Theatre".{{sfn|McCann|1997|p=265}} In 1995, more than 100 leading film directors were asked to reveal their favorite actor of all time in a ''Time Out'' poll, and Grant came second only to [[Marlon Brando]].{{sfn|Wansell|2011|p=8}} In December 2001, a statue of Grant by [[Graham Ibbeson]] was unveiled in [[Millennium Square (Bristol)|Millennium Square]], a regenerated area next to [[Bristol Harbour]], Bristol, the city where he was born.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://aprb.co.uk/projects/all-projects/1999/cary-grant-by-graham-ibbeson |title = Cary Grant |publisher = Art and the Public Realm Bristol |access-date = December 8, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160615014416/http://aprb.co.uk/projects/all-projects/1999/cary-grant-by-graham-ibbeson |archive-date = June 15, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2005, Grant again came first in ''Premiere'' magazine's list of "The 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/%2Bid%3A2695/_/detail/relevance/asc/0/7/2695/the-50-greatest-movie-stars-of-all-time/1 |title = The 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time |work = [[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]] |access-date = December 8, 2015 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20161213104606/http://designarchives.aiga.org/%23/entries/%2Bid:2695/_/detail/relevance/asc/0/7/2695/the-50-greatest-movie-stars-of-all-time/1 |archive-date = December 13, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The biennial Cary Comes Home Festival was established in 2014 in his hometown [[Bristol]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 23, 2018|title=Cary Grant festival celebrates third year|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-46178044|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref> McCann declared that Grant was "quite simply, the funniest actor cinema has ever produced".{{sfn|McCann|1997|p=35}}

There is a street named after Grant in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Merrisa |date=September 30, 2014 |title=San Antonio street names and groupings |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/slideshow/San-Antonio-street-names-and-groupings-94695.php |website=mysanantonio.com}}</ref>

In November 2024, a [[Historic England]] national [[blue plaque]] was unveiled on his childhood home at 50 Berkeley Road, [[Bishopston, Bristol]], where he lived from about age four to six, by Heritage Minister [[Sir Chris Bryant]].<ref name=bp-20241122>{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/blue-plaque-honouring-cary-grant-9731844 |title=Blue plaque honouring Cary Grant unveiled at his childhood home in Bristol |last=Minchin |first=Rod |newspaper=Bristol Post |agency=PA |date=22 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-25 |title=Cary Grant (Archie Leach) {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/national-blue-plaque-scheme/cary-grant/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>

===Portrayals===
Grant was portrayed by [[John Gavin]] in the 1980 made-for-television biographical film ''[[Sophia Loren: Her Own Story]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|title=GAVIN AS GRANT: A TEST OF TASTE|author=Mann, Roderick.|date=July 1, 1980|work=Los Angeles Times|page=g1}}</ref> and in the similar 1987 TV serialisation ''[[Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story]]'', [[James Read]] played Grant as Barbara Hutton's third husband.

The British miniseries ''[[Archie (miniseries)|Archie]]'', covering Grant's life, was broadcast from November 2023 on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. Grant is portrayed by Dainton Anderson, [[Oaklee Pendergast]], [[Calam Lynch]] and [[Jason Isaacs]] at successive stages of his life.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Anita |title=Cary Grant's British accent to be heard for first time in new ITV drama |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/07/cary-grant-itv-drama-archie-british-accent-secret-recording/ |access-date=November 13, 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=November 7, 2023}}</ref>