Cary Grant's Fifth Wife, Barbara, Tries Out a New Role as a Working Woman for Halston. Neiman-Marcus may be more their style, but there they were, 48 wealthy Houston women, crammed into J.C. Penney’s for a peek at Halston’s new ready-to-wear line. But the real lure may have been less the fashions than the show’s narrator, Barbara (Mrs. Cary) Grant.