Hedda Hopper reported that Judy Garland's loss of the Academy Award to Grace for The Country Girl (1954) was the result of the closest Oscar vote up till that time that didn't end in a tie, with just six votes separating the two. In any event, it was a heartbreak from which Judy Garland never really recovered and which has remained a matter of some controversy ever since.
Cary Grant named her as his favorite co-star. His friends and family said Kelly's death hit him much harder than the deaths of Louis Mountbatten, Alfred Hitchcock and even Ingrid Bergman.
The Country Girl (1954), the film that won Kelly an Oscar, was first offered to Jennifer Jones, who had to turn it down due to pregnancy.
Actress Rita Gam was among her bridesmaids.
All of her leading men were old enough to be her father (with the exception of William Holden, who was only 11 years older than her).
Assisted in the pre-production status of Grace Kelly (1983) (TV) starring Cheryl Ladd as Grace Kelly.
Attended and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York.
Became pregnant twice by her husband Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1962; on both occasions she suffered miscarriages.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 447-450. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
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Born to John Brendan Kelly, Sr. (1889-1960), son of Irish immigrants, and his wife Margaret Katherine Majer, who was of German descent, she had three siblings: Peggy, John Jr. and Lizzane.
Bought a silver frame as a wedding gift to Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981.
Broke off her engagement to Oleg Cassini to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#5). [1995]
Former mother-in-law of Stefano Casiraghi (1983-1990) and mother-in-law of Daniel Ducruet (1995-1996). She is also the future mother-in- law of Princess Charlene of Monaco.
Graduated from Stevens School in Germantown, Philadelphia (1947).
Grandmother of: Andrea, Charlotte, and Pierre Casiraghi, Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Louis and Pauline Ducruet,Camille Gottlieb, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi & Alexandre Coste.
Had three children with Prince Rainier of Monaco: Princess Caroline of Monaco (1957), Prince Albert of Monaco (1958) and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (1965).
Her father built a beach house at the corner of 26th and Wesley in Ocean City N.J. in 1929. It became a popular family vacation destination, and hosted celebrity guests such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Grace's sister, Lizanne, lived in the house until it was sold in 2001.
Her favorite flowers were roses. After her death, Prince Rainier of Monaco opened a public rose garden in Monaco.