Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 12, 1929
Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Grace Kelly
Biography
Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.
Kelly was born into a prominent Catholic family in Philadelphia. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and television broadcasts. She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954). Other notable works include the western High Noon (1952), the romantic comedy High Society (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955).
Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. The couple had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stéphanie. Her charity work focused on young children and the arts. In 1964, she established the Princess Grace Foundation to support local artisans. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. Grace's final film contribution was to the documentary The Children of Theatre Street (1977) directed by Robert Dornhelm, where she served as the narrator. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Kelly died at the age of 52 at Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day. She is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the Princess Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Maria Callas: The Final Act | Self (archive photo) |
| 2023 | The Grace Kelly Scrapbook | Self |
| 2023 | Rainier III par lui-même | |
| 2022 | Grace Kelly: Precious Memories | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Cher: In Her Own Words | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Her Name Was Grace Kelly | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Grace Kelly - Lost Tapes of a Princess | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | I Am Jackie O | Self (archive voice) |
| 2020 | A Night at the Opera | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Beautiful Like a Poem | |
| 2019 | Sid & Judy | Self (archive footage/photos) |
| 2017 | Becoming Cary Grant | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Smash His Camera | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Grace Kelly: The Princess of Monaco | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Callas Assoluta | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actress (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Året var 1956 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Hitchcock and Dial M | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love | Self (Archive Footage) |
| 2003 | 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment | |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Heart of the Festival | |
| 2001 | 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Sad? | Margot Mary Wendice (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) |
| 1991 | The Magic of Bing Crosby | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Notre Dame de la Croisette | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1977 | The Children of Theatre Street | Narrator |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1971 | Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall | Self |
| 1968 | Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose | Self - Host |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Self - Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Mediterranean Holiday | Self |
| 1959 | Happiness and Love in Monaco | Self |
| 1959 | Zwischen Glück und Krone | Self (archive footage) |
| 1956 | High Society | Tracy Lord |
| 1956 | The Swan | Princess Alexandra |
| 1956 | The Wedding in Monaco | Self |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief | Frances Stevens |
| 1954 | Dial M for Murder | Margot Wendice |
| 1954 | Rear Window | Lisa Fremont |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Nancy Brubaker |
| 1954 | Green Fire | Catherine Knowland |
| 1953 | Mogambo | Linda Nordley |
| 1952 | High Noon | Amy Fowler Kane |
| 1952 | The Kill | Freda Clark |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller |
| 1950 | The Rockingham Tea Set | Sara Mappin |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Living Famously | Self / Various (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1971 | Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre | Self |
| 1964 | Der goldene Schuß | Self |
| 1964 | Die Drehscheibe | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Beth |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Therese |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Meg |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Janice |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1949 | Lights Out | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Nurse Sara Mappin |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Bethel Merriday |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Freda Clark |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Ann Rutledge |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Paula |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Lucy Bakewell Audubon |