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Grace Patricia Kelly
Was born in Philadelphia, Pensilvania. She was raised Catholic and was of Irish and German descent. Her parents were John Brendan "Jack" Kelly, and his wife, Margaret Katherine Majer. The newborn was named after her father's sister, who had died at a young age -
Starts of her acting career
Grace was rejected by Bennington College because of low mathematics scores, she decided to pursue her dreams of a career in the theater. She went to Manhattan with her uncle and worked as a model to support her studies -
Her first film debut
She acts in a small role in the 1951 film Fourteen Hours. this performance didn´t received too much critics and she continued her work in the theater and on television. About 1954 she was garnered in the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After this she was well known as a quality classy actress. -
Princess of Monaco
After the Prince Of Monaco Rainier III proposed to her the families began preparing for what the press called "The Wedding of the Century." News of the engagement was a sensation, even she appeared in Billy Joel´s song ¨We didn´t start the fire¨ and everyone though it meant the possible end to Kelly's film career -
Princess Grace´s sons
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace had three children:
Caroline Louise Marguerite, Princess of Hanover, born January 23, 1957, nine month after they got married and now heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco, second child, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, born March 14, 1958, current ruler of the Principality of Monaco and Princess Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth, born February 1, 1965. -
Latest Years
While she was driving with her daughter, Stéphanie, to Monaco from their country home, Roc Agel. She suffered a stroke and caused her to drive off a mountainside. Princess Stephanie suffered minors brusings, as the age of 52 years old Princess Grace died at the following day of the accident at Monaco Hospital
