Date of Birth
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12-November-1929
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Place of Birth
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Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Monaco
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Also know as
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Grace Patricia Kelly, H.S.H. Princess Grace, Princess Grace, Princess Grace of Monaco, Fürstin Gracia Patricia, Fürstin Gracia Patricia von Monaco, Fürstin Gracia Patriciá von Monaco, Graciebird, Gracie, Grace Patricia Kelly, Monako Prensesi Grace Kelly, Princess Gracia, Princess of Monaco, Her Serene Highness, Princess Consort of Monaco, Grace P. Kelly, Miss Grace Patricia Kelly, Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, ΓκÏÎις ΠατÏίτσια ΚÎλι, Î Ïιγκίπισσα ΚÏÎις, Î Ïιγκίπισσα ΚÏÎις του Μονακό, Η Αυτής Γαληνία Υψηλότης, Grace Patricia Kelly
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Profession
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Fashion Model, Crown Princess, Actor
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Grace Patricia Kelly was an American film actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III.
After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of 20, Grace Kelly appeared in New York City theatrical productions as well as in more than forty episodes of live drama productions broadcast during the early 1950s Golden Age of Television. In October 1953, with the release of Mogambo, she became a movie star, a status confirmed in 1954 with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination as well as leading roles in five films, including The Country Girl, in which she gave a deglamorized, Academy Award–winning performance. She retired from acting at 26 to enter upon her duties in Monaco. She and Prince Rainier had three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stéphanie. She also retained her American roots, maintaining dual US and Monégasque citizenships.
She died on September 14, 1982, after suffering a stroke the previous day while driving, which caused her to lose control of her automobile and crash. Her daughter, Princess Stéphanie, was in the car with her, and survived the accident.
In June 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her number 13 in its list of top female stars of American cinema.
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