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Both literally and metaphorically, Grace Kelly was the cinema's fairy-tale princess; beautiful, elegant, and impossibly glamorous, she transcended the limits of Hollywood aristocracy to attain the power and glory of true royalty. Born November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, PA, her father was a wealthy industrialist while her mother was a onetime cover girl. Her uncle, George Kelly, was the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist behind the plays The Show-Off and Craig's Wife. At the age of ten, she made her own theatrical debut in a Philadelphia-area production, and in her late teens she moved to New York, where she worked as a model while attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After turning down a Hollywood contract for fear of being typecast as a starlet, Kelly began to work in television, and in 1949 she made her Broadway debut in a revival of August Strindberg's The Father. When Hollywood again came calling, she accepted and was soon cast in a bit part in 1951's Fourteen Hours.
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Grace Kelly, the high-society beauty who became an Oscar-winning actress and then a European princess, is the subject of this TV biopic. Cheryl Ladd has the looks and poise of the original Grace, though she isn't quite as charismatic. The early portion of the film retraces the stormy relationship between Grace and her gruff Philadelphia millionaire dad, Jack Kelly. The script suggests that Grace went through life looking for a strong father figure, finally finding one in Prince Rainier of Monaco (Ian McShane), whom she weds. Several "celebrity look-alikes" parade through the film, pretending to be the film personalities with whom Ms. Kelly worked during her brief Hollywood career. Grace Kelly tones down the darker aspects of its subject, and the film is infinitely more tasteful than most other TV biographies of the same period, even when dealing with Princess Grace's untimely death.
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Known for her beauty and style, it is only fitting that Grace Kelly had a fairytale engagement and wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco. Grace met Prince Rainier in 1955 at the Cannes Film festival where she agreed to be photographed with the prince. She was 26 at the time and the prince was 32. Six month later, their engagement was announced to the world. Prince Rainer proposed with a 12 carat emerald cut diamond ring with two baguettes, mounted in platinum. The ring can be seen in the movie “High Society” which Grace starred in that year.
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On a Friday at 7:30p.m, in the beginning of March 1976, Grace Kelly attended a black tie event benefit for the library’s theater collection, which at the time was the second largest non-circulating collection in the country. The princess was there to present her deceased famous Uncle George’s plays and memorabilia to the theater collection. Many attended the event, run by theater collection librarian Geri Duclow. The attendees wanted a glimpse of "their princess" and to get a chance to greet her in the receiving line.39
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After her engagement to Prince Rainier in 1956, Grace Kelly's influence on fashion reached new heights, spreading from the United States to Europe. Before leaving for Monaco in April, she spend two weeks in New York to complete her trousseau, a who's who of America's designers. Accessories, a major part of a ladylike look, included silk chiffon scarves, shoes, hats and gloves.
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One of the most admired women in the world, Grace Kelly (1929–1982) is remembered for her beauty, poise, and style. Her “fairy-tale” wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956 was one of the most celebrated of the century. To commemorate its 50th anniversary, this lovely book tells the story behind her wedding gown, cap, veil, shoes, and prayer book—all given by the new princess to the Philadelphia Museum of Art shortly after the ceremony.
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