Grace Kelly

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AKA: Grace Grimaldi, Grace Patricia Kelly
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/12/1928
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date: 09/14/1982

biography

In the storied history of the American cinema, few stars shone so brightly for so briefly as Grace Kelly. A working actor for just five short years in the 1950s, known best for her roles as sparkling, whimsical socialites and her work in multiple Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, Kelly outwardly came to embody her name with a seemingly effortless elegance and an almost pristine aesthetic, even as behind the scenes she became notorious for her serial conquests of her leading men and other luminaries. Her talents rivaled her beauty, winning her a best actress Oscar playing against type and her own Continued

Credits

Margot Wendice
1999
Lisa Carol Freemont
1954
Amy "Fowler" Kane
1952
Linda Nordley
Tracy Lord
Catherine Knowland
Nancy Brubaker
Georgie Elgin
Frances Stevens
Princess Alexandra

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Amateur acting debut at age ten in local (Philadelphia) play
 
Went to New York to become model and take acting classes in late 1940s
1949 
First break in Broadway revival of Strindberg's "The Father"
1950 
TV debut, "The Rockingham Tea Sea" on "Studio One"
1951 
Film debut in bit part, "Fourteen Hours"
Continued

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