Grace Kelly Galleries 1

  Grace Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born into a rich Irish Catholic family in Philadelphia (her uncle was the playwright George Kelly) and attended private schools before enrolling in the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City in 1947. She made her professional debut in summer stock in July 1949 and her Broadway debut in November 1949. She also appeared frequently on television.

During her six-year (1951-56) heyday in Hollywood, she appeared in such films as Fourteen Hours (1951), in which she made her screen debut; High Noon (1952), as Gary Cooper's Quaker wife; Mogambo (1953); and The Country Girl (1954), for which she won an Academy Award for best actress as Bing Crosby's dowdy wife. But perhaps her most memorable roles were in such Alfred Hitchcock films as Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). Kelly was the perfect Hitchcock heroine and had what he described as "sexual elegance."

After making The Swan (1956) and High Society (1956), she married Prince Rainier and became princess of Monaco. The couple had three children--Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stephanie--and remained devoted to each other and their family.

Princess Grace died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She and her daughter Stephanie were driving on a winding road at Cap-d'Ail in the Côte d'Azur region of France when Princess Grace suffered a stroke and lost control of the car, which plunged down a 45-foot (13.7-metre) embankment. This was on September 14, 1982.

  Rearranged (1982)

High Society (1956) .... Tracy Samantha Lord
The Swan (1956) .... Princess Alexandra
To Catch a Thief (1955) .... Frances Stevens
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (USA: complete title)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955) .... Nancy Brubaker
Green Fire (1954) .... Catherine Knowland
The Country Girl (1954) .... Georgie Elgin
Rear Window (1954) .... Lisa Carol Fremont
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (USA: complete title)
Dial M for Murder (1954) .... Margot Mary Wendice
"Kraft Television Theatre"
... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (new title)
... aka Kraft Theatre (new title)
- The Thankful Heart (1954) TV Episode
- Boy of Mine (1953) TV Episode
- The Small House (1952) TV Episode
- The Cricket on the Hearth (1952) TV Episode
- Old Lady Robbins (1948) TV Episode
Mogambo (1953) .... Linda Nordley
"The Philco Television Playhouse"
... aka Arena Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka Repertory Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (USA: new title)
- The Way of the Eagle (1953) TV Episode
- Rich Boy (1952) TV Episode .... Paula
- Leaf out of a Book (1950) TV Episode
- Ann Rutledge (1950) TV Episode .... Ann Rutledge
- Bethel Merriday (1950) TV Episode
"Lux Video Theatre"
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- The Betrayer (1953) TV Episode .... Meg
- A Message for Janice (1952) TV Episode .... Janice
- Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley (1952) TV Episode .... Beth
"Studio One"
... aka Studio One Summer Theatre (summer title)
... aka Studio One in Hollywood (new title)
... aka Summer Theatre (summer title)
... aka Westinghouse Studio One
... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (summer title)
- The Kill (1952) TV Episode
- The Rockingham Tea Set (1950) TV Episode
"Armstrong Circle Theatre"
- Recapture (1952) TV Episode
- City Editor (1952) TV Episode
- Lover's Leap (1951) TV Episode
High Noon (1952) .... Amy Fowler Kane
"Goodyear Television Playhouse"
... aka Goodyear Playhouse (new title)
- Leaf Out of a Book (1952) TV Episode
"Suspense"
- Fifty Beautiful Girls (1952) TV Episode
"Robert Montgomery Presents"
... aka Lucky Strike Theater
... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock
... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
- Candles for Theresa (1952) TV Episode
"Lights Out"
- The Borgia Lamp (1952) TV Episode
- The Devil to Pay (1950) TV Episode
"Danger"
- Prelude to Death (1952) TV Episode
"Hallmark Hall of Fame"
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- The Big Build Up (1952) TV Episode .... Claire
"CBS Television Workshop"
- Don Quixote (1952) TV Episode .... Dulcinea
Fourteen Hours (1951) .... Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller
"The Prudential Family Playhouse"
... aka Prudential Family Theater
- Berkeley Square (1951) TV Episode
"Somerset Maugham TV Theatre"
... aka Teller of Tales (original title (first three episodes title))
- Episode (1950) TV Episode
"The Web"
- Mirror of Delusion (1950) TV Episode
"Big Town"
... aka Byline Steve Wilson
... aka City Assignment
... aka Headline
... aka Heart of the City
- The Pay-Off (1950) TV Episode
"Actor's Studio"
... aka The Play's the Thing (USA: last season title)
- The Swan (1950) TV Episode .... Princess Alexandra