GRACE KELLY PRINCESS GRACE PRINCE RAINIER of Monaco

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uareTrade © AP6.0 SquareTrade PRINCESS GRACE KELLYPRINCE RAINIER ORIGINAL & AUTHENTICPHOTO 1958INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS PRINCESS GRACE -RAINIER Family Moments Grace, Princess of Monaco , née Grace Patricia Kelly ( November 12 , 1929 Â- September 14 , 1982 ) was an Academy Award -winning American film actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco on April 19 , 1956 , became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco . She was the mother of the principality's current reigning Sovereign Prince, Albert II . Princess Grace was not required to renounce her American citizenship upon her marriage. Grace Kelly was born in the East Falls section of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , to John Brendan Kelly, Sr. , also known as Jack Kelly, and Margaret Katherine Majer Kelly, a German American Catholic convert from Lutheranism . Kelly's father's Irish American Catholic family (originally from Kidney Lake, Newport, County Mayo , Ireland ) were new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. The family was well-known and popular throughout the country.Kelly's father was a self-made millionaire and a triple gold-medal-winning Olympic sculler at a time that the sport of rowing was at its zenith. He was active in politics, running for mayor of Philadelphia and serving on the Fairmount Park commission. During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt John B. Kelly, Jr. , followed in that tradition. He won the Sullivan Award in 1947 as the top amateur athlete in the country. His rowing exploits were well-chronicled. John, Jr., gave his sister the bronze medal he won at the 1956 Summer Olympics as a wedding present. Kelly Drive in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city councilman t Her father's large family included two prominent uncles in the arts: Walter Kelly, a vaudevillian, and the Pulitzer Prize Â-winning playwright, George Kelly . Kelly's maternal grandparents, Carl Majer and Margaretha Berg, were of German appointed the senior Kelly as his National Director of Physical Fitness, a public relations post which allowed Kelly to use his fame to extoll the virtues of physical fitness. Her brother descent. Career Although her family had opposed her becoming an actress, Kelly became a fashion model and appeared in her first film , Fourteen Hours ( 1951 ), when she was 22. The following year she starred (with a supporting role) in High Noon (1952). Her next film, Mogambo (1953), was a drama set in the Kenyan jungle which centers on the love triangle Clark Gable , and Ava Gardner . Whilst filming this movie she had an affair with Gable, later memorably commenting What else is t to do if you're alone in a tent in Africa with Clark Gable ? The movie earned Kelly an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress , but the award went to Donna Reed for her role in From to Eternity . Kelly made three films with Alfred Hitchcock : Dial M for Murder , Rear Window , and To Catch a Thief . portrayed by Kelly, Kelly in High Society . In 1955 , she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Country Girl . While it was being filmed, she was romanced by co-star Bing Crosby , a fellow Irish Catholic (who had recently lost his wife), but Kelly always denied that they had an affair. Life as princess Princess Grace at a press conference in Montreal, during Expo 1967 . Princess Grace's gravesite in St. Nicholas Cathedral, Monte Carlo, Monaco. The musical comedy High Society (1956) was her last film, as her marriage to Rainier III marked her retirement from acting. Before her marriage, she was previously allegedly involved with Clark Gable , Bing Crosby , Ray Milland , William Holden , Oleg Cassini , and Jean-Pierre Aumont . She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her film career entirely, but followed his wishes grudgingly. Though many of her biographers have explained this wasn't a great marriage [1] , Kelly remained married to Rainer until her death ... read more

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