Cary Grant
Cary Grant · Arts & Literature
Legendary Hollywood actor (born Archibald Leach) who believed himself partly Jewish and in 1948 donated to the new State of Israel 'in the name of his dead Jewish mother'; no genealogical evidence of Jewish ancestry is documented. Included on his lived, self-identified Jewish identity.
1904, Bristol, England — 1986, Davenport, Iowa, USA
Bristol (England); Hollywood, California
Cary Grant is recognized among Israeli contributors to Arts & Literature — Legendary Hollywood actor (born Archibald Leach) who believed himself partly Jewish and in 1948 donated to the new State of Israel 'in the name of his dead Jewish mother'; no genealogical evidence of Jewish ancestry is documented. Included on his lived, self-identified Jewish identity.
Legendary Hollywood actor, born Archibald Leach. He believed himself to be partly Jewish and in 1948 donated to the new State of Israel 'in the name of his dead Jewish mother'. No genealogical evidence of Jewish ancestry has been documented, so this is best framed as a lived, self-identified connection rather than an established fact.
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Legendary Hollywood actor (born Archibald Leach) who believed himself partly Jewish and in 1948 donated to the new State of Israel 'in the name of his dead Jewish mother'; no genealogical evidence of Jewish ancestry is documented. Included on his lived, self-identified Jewish identity.
Source: Wikipedia — Cary Grant
