Cary Grant was one of the most beloved stars of old Hollywood, and while he was a charming personality to all who knew him, he actually had quite a difficult childhood.

When Grant was ten years old, his father committed his mother Elsie to an asylum for depression, and let him believe she had died. He did not learn the truth about what had happened to his mother until he was in his 30s.

Grant ran away from home at the age of thirteen and joined the Bob Pender troupe, a group of acrobats. He was performing with them when he came to the United States in 1920, and he spent the next few years working jobs like selling painted neckties and working in a vaudeville mind-reading act.

Barbara Jaynes, who was Grant’s fifth wife, recently opened up about how he found happiness later in life.

“Most of the people who truly knew him commented on the fact that he was a much happier person in the later part of his life,” she said. “Once he realized how much I loved him, I could not have ever wished for a more loving husband.”

Grant also loved being a father to his only child Jennifer, who he had with his fourth wife Dyan Cannon in 1966. Grant wanted to be there for Jennifer so much that he retired from acting.

“He wanted to be with his daughter,” said Mark Kidel, director of the documentary “Becoming Cary Grant.” “And he knew that you couldn’t be a good father and be on the set for hours. His mind always remained young. He had a twinkle to his eyes. He was amazing and he would want to be remembered as a kind, thoughtful, loving man, which indeed he was.”

There really will never be another star like Cary Grant, and we’re so glad to see that he found happiness later in life despite his tumultuous childhood.