Rainier III, Prince of Monaco died on April 6, 2005, and is buried beside his wife. He never remarried. Pictured: members of Monaco's royal family follow the coffin as it leaves Monte Carlo's Prince's Palace.
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Affluent and influential, the Kelly family lived comfortably in a home built by Grace's father, John B. Kelly, in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.
In 1952, Kelly flew to Nairobi in Kenya to start filming 'Mogambo,' alongside Clark Gable and Ava Gardner.
Her penultimate film role, 'The Swan,' a romantic comedy, had Kelly playing Princess Alexandra, the daughter of a European royal. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival where Kelly met the dashing Prince Rainier. Art imitating life?
Kelly appears as Amy Fowler in the film, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four (Actor, Editing, Music-Score, and Music-Song).
Grace Kelly appeared in just 11 movies from 1951 to 1956—one of the shortest film careers in Hollywood history! But in those six years, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, picked up a Golden Globe, and was nominated for several other prestigious accolades. But the best was yet to come. She retired from acting at age 26 to marry Prince Rainier and became Princess Grace of Monaco. Indeed, hers is a story of film star fame, fairy-tale romance, royal ascent, and tearful tragedy: she would die from injuries sustained in a road traffic accident 40 years ago, on September 14, 1982, at just 52 years of age.
Browse the following gallery to look back on one of the greatest female stars of classical Hollywood cinema
Remembering Grace Kelly: from silver screen to the royalty scene
The Hollywood and real-life royal was born on November 12, 1929
CELEBRITY Retrospective
Grace Kelly appeared in just 11 movies from 1951 to 1956—one of the shortest film careers in Hollywood history! But in those six years, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, picked up a Golden Globe, and was nominated for several other prestigious accolades. But the best was yet to come. She retired from acting at age 26 to marry Prince Rainier and became Princess Grace of Monaco. Indeed, hers is a story of film star fame, fairy-tale romance, royal ascent, and tearful tragedy: she would die from injuries sustained in a road traffic accident 40 years ago, on September 14, 1982, at just 52 years of age.
Browse the following gallery to look back on one of the greatest female stars of classical Hollywood cinema.