Princess Grace Of Monaco
Introduction/Family
Grace Kelly was born November 12, 1929 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. Her father's name was John b. Kelly Sr. her mother 's name was Margret Majer. Grace had two older Peggy (girl) and Jack Jr. (boy). She also had a younger sister named Lizanne. Her family was very talented, her mother was a former physical education teacher and swim coach. Her father was a star athlete. he earned a Olympic gold medal in sculling.
Acting Career
While attending Ravenhill Academy, a prestigious Catholic girls' school, Kelly modeled fashions at local social events with her mother and sisters. In 1942, at the age of twelve, she played a lead in Don't Feed the Animals, a play produced by the East Falls Old Academy Players. During high school, she acted and danced, graduating in May 1947 from Stevens School, a small private institution in a mansion on Walnut Lane in the Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood of Germantown. Her graduation yearbook listed her favorite actress as Ingrid Bergman and her favorite actor as Joseph Cotten. Written in the "Stevens' Prophecy" section was, "Miss Grace P. Kelly – a famous star of stage and screen." That's where her acting career started with talent of acting!
Marriage
Kelly headed the U.S. delegation at the Cannes Film Festival in April 1955. While there, she was invited to participate in a photo session at the Palace of Monaco with Prince Rainer III, the sovereign of the principality. After a series of delays and complications, Kelly met the prince in Monaco.
At the time of her initial meeting with Rainier, Kelly was romantically linked to the French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont.
At the time of her initial meeting with Rainier, Kelly was romantically linked to the French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Princess of Monaco
To fulfill the requirements of French law, and Roman Catholic rules on marriage, Kelly and Rainier had both civil and religious weddings. The 40-minute civil ceremony took place in the Palace Throne Room of Monaco on April 18, 1956, and was broadcast across Europe. To cap the ceremony, the 142 official titles (counterparts of Rainier's) that Kelly acquired in the union were formally recited. The following day the church ceremony took place at Monaco's Saint Nicholas Cathedral. Kelly's wedding dress, designed by MGM's Academy Award–winning Helen Rose, was worked on for six weeks by three dozen seamstresses. The bridesmaid's gowns were designed by Joe Allen Hong at Neiman Marcus after Lawrence Marcus visited Monaco.
Children
Princess Grace gave birth to the couple's first child, Princess Caroline, nine months and four days after the wedding. Twenty-one guns announced the event, a national holiday was called, gambling ceased, and free champagne flowed throughout the principality. A little over a year later, 101 guns announced the birth of their second child, Prince Albert. Their third child was born February 1, 1965. In all Prince Rainier and Princess Grace had three children.
Death
On September 13, 1982, while driving with her daughter, Stephine, to Monaco from their country home, Roc Agel, on the French side of the border, Princess Grace suffered a stroke, which caused her to drive her Rover off the serpentine road down a mountainside.Grace was pulled alive from the wreckage, but had suffered serious injuries and was unconscious . She died the following day at the Monaco Hospital.Grace was buried in the Grimaldi family vault on September 18, 1982, after a requiem mass in Saint Nicholas Cathadral . The 400 guests at the service included representatives of foreign governments and of present and past European royal houses. Diana, Princess of whales represented the British Royal Family. Cary Grant was among the members of the film community in attendance. Prince Rainer, who did not remarry, was buried alongside her following his death in 2005.