Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly
Studio promotional photo, c. 1954
Princess consort o Monaco
Tenure	Aprile 18, 1956 – September 14, 1982
Born	12 November 1929(1929-11-12) Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie, U.S.
Dee'd	14 September 1982(1982-09-14) (aged 52) Monaco Hospital, Monaco
Buirial	St. Nicholas Cathedral
Spouse	Rainier III, Prince o Monaco (m. 1956–1982)
Issue	Caroline, Princess o Hanover Albert II, Prince o Monaco Princess Stéphanie, Coontess o Polignac
Full name Grace Patricia Kelly
Hoose	Grimaldi (bi mairiage)
Faither	John B. Kelly
Mither	Margaret Katherine Majer
Thrift	Actress/Princess consort
Seegnatur
Alma mater	AADA
Poleetical pairty	Democrat

Grace Patricia Kelly (12 November 1929 – 14 September 1982) wis an American actress wha acame Princess o Monaco efter mairyin Prince Rainier III, in Aprile 1956.

Efter embaurkin on an actin career in 1950, whan she wis 20, Kelly appeared in New York Ceety theatrical productions an mair nor 40 episodes o live drama productions braidcast during the early 1950s Gowden Age o Televeesion. In October 1953, she gained starndom frae her performance in director John Ford's film Mogambo starnin Clark Gable an Ava Gardner, that wan her a Gowden Globe Awaird an an Academy Awaird nomination in 1954. Subsequently, she haed leadin roles in five films, includin The Country Girl (1954) wi Bing Crosby, for that her deglamorised performance earned her an Academy Awaird for Best Actress. Ither films include High Noon (1952), wi Gary Cooper; High Society (1956), wi Bing Crosby an Frank Sinatra; an three Alfred Hitchcock films: Dial M for Murder (1954), wi Ray Milland; Rear Window (1954), wi James Stewart; To Catch a Thief (1955), wi Cary Grant.

Kelly reteert frae actin at the age o 26 tae mairy Rainier, an begoud her duties as Princess o Monaco. Thay had three childer: Caroline, Albert, an Stéphanie. Kelly retained her airtin tae America bi her dual U.S. an Monégasque ceetizenship. Princess Grace dee'd at Monaco Hospital on 14 September 1982, succumbin tae injures susteened in a traffeck collision the day afore. Efter her daith the French physeecians treatin her reportit that a CAT scan hawd revealed she haed suffered twa harn hemorrhages. The first occurred prior tae the crash, an is believed tae hae been the incitin incident that led tae the crash. The seicont, she suffered while in hospital, is believed tae hae been the result o pheesical trauma sustained in the crash. At the time o her daith, she wis 52 year auld.

She is leetit 13t amang the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars o Clessical Hollywood Cinema.

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