Grace Kelly
Born: 1929-11-12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1982-09-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) 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.
Filmography
2024
- Maria Callas: The Final Act as Self (archive photo)
2023
2022
- Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
- Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin as Self (archive footage)
- Grace Kelly: Precious Memories as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Grace Kelly - Lost Tapes of a Princess as Self (archive footage)
- Her Name Was Grace Kelly as Self (archive footage)
2020
- A Night at the Opera as Self (archive footage)
- Beautiful Like a Poem
2019
- Sid & Judy as Self (archive footage/photos)
2017
- Becoming Cary Grant as Self (archive footage)
2009
- Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly as Self (archive footage)
2007
- Callas Assoluta as Self (archive footage)
- Grace Kelly: The Princess of Monaco as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- Året var 1956 as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Hitchcock and Dial M as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love as Self (Archive Footage)
2002
- Living Famously as Self / Various (archive footage)
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
- Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief as Self (archive footage)
2001
- 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Sad? as Margot Mary Wendice (archive footage)
1994
- That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
1991
- The Magic of Bing Crosby as Self (archive footage)
1988
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self (archive footage)
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self (archive footage)
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Notre Dame de la Croisette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
1977
- The Children of Theatre Street as Narrator
1976
- That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971
1968
- Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose as Self - Host
1966
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Self - Narrator (uncredited)
1964
- Die Drehscheibe as Self
- Der goldene Schuß as Self
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Mediterranean Holiday as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1959
- Happiness and Love in Monaco as Self
1956
- The Swan as Princess Alexandra
- High Society as Tracy Lord
- The Wedding in Monaco as Self
1955
- To Catch a Thief as Frances Stevens
1954
- Rear Window as Lisa Fremont
- Green Fire as Catherine Knowland
- Reflets de Cannes as Self
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Nancy Brubaker
- The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin
- Dial M for Murder as Margot Wendice
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Mogambo as Linda Nordley
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Fourteen Hours as Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Therese
- Lux Video Theatre as Beth
- The Rockingham Tea Set as Sara Mappin
1949
1948
- Studio One as Nurse Sara Mappin
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Bethel Merriday
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self