Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14,
1982) was an American film 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.
After embarking on an acting career in 1950 when she was 20,
Kelly appeared in New York City theatrical productions and more than 40
episodes of live drama productions broadcast during the early 1950s Golden Age
of Television. From 1952 to 1956 she starred in several critically and
commercially successful films, usually opposite male romantic leads 25 to 30
years older than her.
Kelly retired from acting at the age of 26 to marry Rainier,
and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. It is well known that Hitchcock was
hoping she would appear in more of his films which required an "icy
blonde" lead actress, but he was unable to coax her out of retirement.
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