Grace Kelly
American actress and Princess of Monaco
Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an affluent and influential family.[1] After marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956, she discontinued her acting career and became princess consort.[2][3]
Quick Facts
- Reign
- 18 April 1956
- 14 September 1982
- mdy
- Spouse
- Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1956)
- Issue
- Caroline, Princess of Hanover
- Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- Princess Stéphanie
- House
- Grimaldi (by marriage)
- Father
- Jack Kelly Sr.
- Mother
- Margaret Majer
- Birth name
- Grace Patricia Kelly
- Born
- 12 November 1929
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
She made her film debut in Fourteen Hours (1951) and gained stardom from roles in High Noon (1952) and Mogambo (1953).[4] She starred in three Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955).[4] She headed the U.S. delegation at the Cannes Film Festival in April 1955.[5] As princess, she became President of the Red Cross of Monaco and founded AMADE Mondiale, a non-profit organization.[2][6]
Her first Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress came from her work in Mogambo.[7] The couple's wedding included a civil ceremony on April 18, 1956, and a religious service the next day at Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Monaco.[8][9]
What the cited sources add
The Filmsite account notes that Kelly probably won the Best Actress Award because she was rewarded for a very versatile year, appearing in five films in 1954.[10] A 2016 Realtor.com article reports that Kelly's father built the family home in 1935 and that Princess Grace died in a car crash in 1982.[11] The Biography.com account states that Kelly had an affair with Clark Gable during filming of Mogambo.[3] It also notes that she turned down the role in On the Waterfront to work with Alfred Hitchcock.[3]
The same source reports that after her death, Prince Albert II bought her childhood home and fully restored it.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kearns, "Ireland 1963: A Year of Marvels, Mysteries, Merriment and Misfortune", Gill & Macmillan Ltd, September 21, 2018; Stein, "Media Power: Who Is Shaping Your Picture of the World?", iUniverse, 2005; Mallory, "Living with Grace: Life Lessons from America's Princess", Rowman & Littlefield, June 30, 2018; "High Society (washingtonpost.com)", The Washington Post; Watson, "Irish Americans: The History and Culture of a People: The History and Culture of a People", ABC-CLIO, November 25, 2014; Jacobs, "Grace Kelly's Forever Look", March 30, 2 en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roe, "Grace Kelly Finds Being a Princess Almost as Hard as Making Movies", Washington Post (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Grace Kelly biography", Biography.com. facts only, no text reused. biography.com
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1954 Academy Awards: Winners and History", AMC Filmsite (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Grance Kelly Visits Monaco Prince", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 1955, p. 1; "Prince Rainier III of Monaco", The Times, April 7, 2005, p. 59; 1956: Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly, BBC: On This Day. Accessed May 31, 2008. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Word from the President", The World Association of Children's Friends; "The Commitment", The World Association of Children's Friends (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kaplan, "Frank: The Voice", Doubleday, 2010, p. 586; Haugland 2006, p. 954; Haugland 2006, p. 954 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Big Week in Monaco: Movies' Pretty Princess Assumes a Real Life Title", April 30, 1956, p. 37; "The Big Week in Monaco: Movies' Pretty Princess Assumes a Real Life Title", April 30, 1956, p. 37; Hintz, "Monaco", Children's Press, 2004; Choron, "Planet Wedding: A Nuptial-pedia", Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, p. 103 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Grace Kelly" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Big Week in Monaco: Movies' Pretty Princess Assumes a Real Life Title", April 30, 1956, p. 37; Choron, "Planet Wedding: A Nuptial-pedia", Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, p. 103; Choron, "Planet Wedding: A Nuptial-pedia", Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, p. 103; Bulwa, "Memorial scheduled for designer Joe Allen Hong", SFGate, March 29, 2004; Choron, "Planet Wedding: A Nuptial-pedia", Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, p. 103; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "1954 Academy Awards: Winners and History", AMC Filmsite. facts only, no text reused. filmsite.org
- Gordon, "Philadelphia Childhood Home of Princess Grace Selling for $1M", Realtor.com News, June 24, 2016. facts only, no text reused. realtor.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Grace Kelly (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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