Editing Grace Kelly

{{Short description|American actress, Princess of Monaco from 1956 to 1982}}
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{{About|the American actress and Princess of Monaco}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| consort      = yes
| image        = Grace Kelly30419.jpg
| caption      = Kelly in 1953
| succession   = [[Princess consort of Monaco]]
| reign        = {{daterangedash|18 April 1956|14 September 1982|mdy}}
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]]|1956}}
| issue        = {{plainlist|
* [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover]]
* [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]
* [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco|Princess Stéphanie]]
}}
| house        = [[House of Grimaldi|Grimaldi]] (by marriage)
| father       = [[Jack Kelly Sr. (rower)|Jack Kelly Sr.]]
| mother       = [[Margaret Majer]]
| birth_name   = Grace Patricia Kelly
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1929|11|12}}
| birth_place  = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1982|9|14|1929|11|12}}
| death_place  = [[La Colle, Monaco]]
| burial_date  = September 18, 1982
| burial_place = [[Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate]], Monaco-Ville, Monaco
| signature    = Grace Kelly Signature.svg
| module       = {{Infobox actor | embed=yes
  | occupation   = Actress
  | years_active = {{hlist|1949–1956}}
  | education    = [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]]
  | awards      = {{ubl
    | {{awards|[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]|1954|[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]}}
    | {{see below|{{slink||Awards and nominations}}}}
    }}
  | works       = [[Grace Kelly on screen and stage|Full list]]
  }}
}}
'''Grace Patricia Kelly''' (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982), also known as '''Grace of Monaco''', was an American actress and [[Princess of Monaco]] as the wife of [[Prince Rainier III]] from [[Wedding of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly|their marriage]] on April 18, 1956, until her death in 1982. Prior to her marriage, she achieved stardom in several significant [[Hollywood film]]s in the early to mid-1950s. She received an [[Academy Award]] and three [[Golden Globe Awards]], and was ranked 13th on the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|25 Greatest Female Stars]] list.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/stars50.pdf?docID=262 |title=America's Greatest Legends |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |date=2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707093027/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/stars50.pdf?docID=262 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kelly was born into a prominent [[Catholic]] family in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 1, 2008 |title=A Celebration of Grace Kelly |url=https://www.irishamerica.com/2008/01/a-celebration-of-grace-kelly/ |access-date=December 29, 2021 |magazine=[[Irish America (magazine)|Irish America]] |language=en-US |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229004622/https://www.irishamerica.com/2008/01/a-celebration-of-grace-kelly/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> After graduating from the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] in 1949, she began appearing in [[New York City theatrical productions]] and television broadcasts. Kelly made her film debut in ''[[Fourteen Hours]]'' (1951) and gained stardom from her roles in [[Fred Zinnemann]]'s [[western film]] ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952), and [[John Ford]]'s adventure-romance ''[[Mogambo]]'' (1953), the latter of which earned her the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] nomination. She won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her performance in the drama ''[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]'' (1954).<ref>{{cite web |title=1954 Academy Awards: Winners and History |url=http://www.filmsite.org/aa54.html |website=AMC Filmsite |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=May 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524040953/https://www.filmsite.org/aa54.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Other notable works include the [[war film]] ''[[The Bridges at Toko-Ri]]'' (1954), the [[romantic comedy]] ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'' (1956), and three [[Alfred Hitchcock]] suspense thrillers: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' (1954), ''[[Rear Window]]'' (1954), and ''[[To Catch a Thief]]'' (1955).

Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. Grace and Rainier had three children: [[Princess Caroline of Monaco|Princess Caroline]], [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert]], and [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco|Princess Stéphanie]]. Princess Grace's charity work focused on young children and the arts. In 1964, she established the [[Princess Grace Foundation]] to support local artisans. Her organization for [[children's rights]], [[AMADE Mondiale]], gained consultive status within [[UNICEF]] and [[UNESCO]]. Her final film role was narrating ''[[The Children of Theatre Street]]'' (1977), which was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]].

She died at the age of 52 at [[Princess Grace Hospital Centre|Monaco Hospital]], from injuries sustained in a car crash.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Jeffery |title=Princess Grace's Fatal Crash: Her Daughter's Account |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/10/23/princess-graces-fatal-crash-her-daughters-account/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 23, 1989 |access-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-date=July 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731080950/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-10-23/features/8901240679_1_chauffeur-prince-rainier-monaco |url-status=live }}</ref> Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the [[Princess Grace Awards]] in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance.

== Early life and family ==
[[File:The Kelly Family House in East Falls, Philadelphia.JPG|thumb|The Kelly family home, built by [[John B. Kelly Sr.]] in 1929, in [[East Falls, Philadelphia]]]]
Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, at [[Hahnemann University Hospital]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, to an affluent and influential family.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last=Kearns|first=Kevin C.|url=|title=Ireland 1963: A Year of Marvels, Mysteries, Merriment and Misfortune|date=September 21, 2018|publisher=Gill & Macmillan Ltd|isbn=978-0-7171-8076-9|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite book|last=Stein|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkhfappe2VUC&dq=grace+kelly+irish+american+family&pg=PA91|title=Media Power: Who Is Shaping Your Picture of the World?|date=2005|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-35825-0|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2021|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928223850/https://books.google.com/books?id=rkhfappe2VUC&dq=grace+kelly+irish+american+family&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q=grace%20kelly%20irish%20american%20family&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite book|last=Mallory|first=Mary|url=|title=Living with Grace: Life Lessons from America's Princess|date=June 30, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4930-3687-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/highsociety.htm|title=High Society (washingtonpost.com)|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=July 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710123617/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/highsociety.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=William E.|url=|title=Irish Americans: The History and Culture of a People: The History and Culture of a People|last2=Halus|first2=Eugene J. Jr.|date=November 25, 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-467-4|language=en}}</ref> Her father, [[John B. Kelly Sr.]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/05/grace-kelly-201005|title=Grace Kelly's Forever Look|first=Laura|last=Jacobs|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=September 7, 2020|archive-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121040727/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/05/grace-kelly-201005|url-status=live}}</ref> was born to [[Irish immigrants]];<ref>{{cite web|title=John B. Kelly Sr: a historic achievement in Antwerp, and a legendary dynasty|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/john-b-kelly-sr-a-historic-achievement-in-antwerp-and-a-legendary-dynasty|website=Olympics|access-date=January 13, 2021|quote=John B. Kelly was born in Philadelphia on 4 October 1889, one of a family of 10 children. His Irish parents had emigrated to the United States a few years earlier|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515020510/https://olympics.com/en/news/john-b-kelly-sr-a-historic-achievement-in-antwerp-and-a-legendary-dynasty|url-status=live}}</ref> he won three Olympic gold medals for [[sculling]]. He owned a successful [[brickwork]] contracting company that was well known on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. As the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nominee in the 1935 election for [[mayor of Philadelphia]], he lost by the closest margin in the city's history. In later years, he served on the [[Fairmount Park]] Commission and, during [[World War II]], was appointed by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] as National Director of Physical Fitness. His brother [[Walter C. Kelly]] was a [[vaudeville]] star, who also made films for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Paramount Pictures]], and another brother named [[George Kelly (playwright)|George]] was a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning dramatist, screenwriter, and director.<ref name="leigh">{{harvnb|Leigh|2007}}</ref> He built the family home at 3901 Henry Ave in the [[East Falls, Philadelphia]], neighborhood. The Kellys' former family home went up for sale for $1 million in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Lisa Kaplan |title=Philadelphia Childhood Home of Princess Grace Selling for $1M |url=https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/princess-grace-childhood-home-selling-in-philadelphia/ |website=Realtor.com News |date=June 24, 2016 |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> It wound up selling in September 2016 for $775,000.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tanenbaum |first1=Michael |title=Grace Kelly's childhood home finally sells in East Falls 'love story' |url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/grace-kellys-childhood-home-finally-sells-east-falls/ |website=Philly Voice |date=September 29, 2016 }}</ref>

Kelly's mother, [[Margaret Majer]], was of [[German ancestry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB1Z-7ZD|author1=Department of Records|title=Margarethe M. Majer, 13 Dec 1898; "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860–1906"|website=FamilySearch|page=378|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506194011/https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB1Z-7ZD|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=upenn>{{cite web|title=Margaret Majer Kelly (1899–1990)|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1800s/kelly_margaret_majer.html|work=[[University of Pennsylvania]]|access-date=April 4, 2016|archive-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427225505/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1800s/kelly_margaret_majer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Margaret had taught physical education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and had been the first woman to coach women's athletics at Penn.<ref name=upenn /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Tracey|title=Margaret Kelly, 91; Princess Grace's Mother, Head of Influential Family|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-08-mn-107-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 8, 1990|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116114047/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-01-08/news/mn-107_1_margaret-kelly|url-status=live}}</ref> She also modeled for a time in her youth.<ref name=upenn /> After marrying John Kelly in 1924, Margaret focused on being a homemaker until all her children were of school age, following which she began actively participating in various civic organizations.<ref name=upenn /> Patrilineally, Margaret descended from [[Prof.]] {{ill|Johann Christian von Majer|de}} (1741–1821) from [[Ludwigsburg]], who worked as a political scientist, jurist and theologian,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00009246&tree=LEO&parentset=0&display=standard&generations=8|title=Grace Kelly|work=Genealogics ~ [[Leo van de Pas]]|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> and was elected five times [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the [[University of Tübingen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/AL7S37WDZPZWDCMF532DDO4KSVVZZJEE?isThumbnailFiltered=false&rows=20&offset=0&viewType=list&lang=en&hitNumber=1|title=Majer, Johann Christian von * 1741|work=Archivportal-D – German Digital Library|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref> Through him, Grace was descended from the [[Stauffenberg family]] and many other minor German noble families, such as von Plieningen, von Münchingen, von Ow, von Bettendorf, von Nippenburg, and von Roth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00100429&tree=LEO&parentset=0&display=standard&generations=8|title=Prof. Johann Christoph von Maier|work=Genealogics ~ [[Leo van de Pas]]|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00338264&tree=LEO&parentset=0&display=standard&generations=8|title=Christine Sparn|work=Genealogics ~ [[Leo van de Pas]]|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}</ref>

Kelly had two older siblings, Margaret and [[John B. Kelly Jr.|John Jr.]], and a younger sister, Elizabeth. The children were raised in the Catholic faith, and Grace continued to practice the faith until her death, with [[Rita Gam]] describing her as a "deeply religious person".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5514352/High-Society-Grace-Kelly-and-Hollywood-by-Donald-Spoto-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5514352/High-Society-Grace-Kelly-and-Hollywood-by-Donald-Spoto-review.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Grace Kelly and Hollywood by Donald Spoto|work=[[The Times]] |location=UK |first1=Donald|last1=Spoto|date=May 28, 2009|quote = Born in 1929 and raised by stiff-necked Catholic parents in Philadelphia&nbsp;... Philadelphia convent girl (always remaining Roman Catholic)&nbsp;... |access-date=May 20, 2010|first2=Barry|last2=Forshaw}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="jacobs201005">{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/05/grace-kelly-201005|title=Grace Kelly's Forever Look|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=May 2010|access-date=December 30, 2010|first=Laura|last=Jacobs|archive-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121040727/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/05/grace-kelly-201005|url-status=live}}</ref> Kelly grew up in a small, close-knit Catholic community. She was baptized and received her elementary education in the parish of Saint Bridget's in [[East Falls]]. Founded in 1853 by [[Saint John Neumann]], the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia, Saint Bridget's was a relatively young parish, with families very familiar with one another. While attending [[Ravenhill Academy]], a Catholic girls' school, Kelly modeled fashions at local charity events with her mother and sisters. In 1942, at the age of 12, she played the lead in ''Don't Feed the Animals'', a play produced in East Falls by the Old Academy Players.<ref name="leigh" />

In May 1947, Kelly graduated from Stevens School, a private institution in nearby [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia|Chestnut Hill]], where she participated in drama and dance programs. Her graduation yearbook listed her favorite actress as [[Ingrid Bergman]] and her favorite actor as [[Joseph Cotten]].<ref name="highsociety">{{cite book| last = Spoto| first = Donald| title = High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly| publisher = Harmony| year = 2009| isbn = 978-0-307-39561-0| page = [https://archive.org/details/highsocietylifeo00spot/page/22 22]| url = https://archive.org/details/highsocietylifeo00spot/page/22}}</ref> Written in the "Stevens' Prophecy" section was "Miss Grace P. Kelly&nbsp;– a famous star of stage and screen". Owing to her low mathematics scores, Kelly was rejected by [[Bennington College]] in July 1947.<ref>{{harvnb|Leigh|2007|p=26}}</ref> Despite her parents' initial disapproval, Kelly decided to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress. Her father was particularly displeased with her decision, as he viewed acting as "a slim cut above streetwalker" at the time.{{r|jacobs201005}} In 1947, Kelly signed with the Walter Thornton Model Agency gracing the covers of magazines.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McKinnon |first=Gina |title=What would Grace do? : how to live life in style like the princess of Hollywood |publisher=New York : Gotham Books |year=2012 |pages=24}}</ref>

In 1954, Kelly dated and was engaged to [[Oleg Cassini]] after his divorce from [[Gene Tierney]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/05/grace-kelly-201005|title=Grace Kelly's Forever Look|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=May 2010|first=Laura|last=Jacobs|access-date=September 21, 2012|archive-date=September 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919070957/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/05/grace-kelly-201005|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== 1949–1950: Beginnings ===
To start her career, she auditioned for the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] in New York, using a scene from her uncle George Kelly's ''The Torch-Bearers'' (1923). Although the school had already met its semester quota, she obtained an interview with the admissions department, and was admitted through George's influence.{{r|jacobs201005}} Kelly worked diligently, and practiced her speech by using a tape recorder.<ref>{{harvnb|Bren|2021|p=124}}</ref> Her early acting pursuits led her to the stage, and she made her Broadway debut in [[Strindberg]]'s ''[[The Father (Strindberg)|The Father]]'', alongside [[Raymond Massey]]. At 19, her graduation performance was as Tracy Lord in ''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]''. Her uncle continued to advise and mentor Kelly throughout her acting career.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/grace-kelly-9362226|title=Grace Kelly biography|access-date=June 4, 2013|website=Biography.com|archive-date=May 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531225647/http://www.biography.com/people/grace-kelly-9362226|url-status=live}}</ref>

At her father's insistence, she lived at the [[Barbizon Hotel for Women]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bren|2021|p=121}}</ref> She was hired as a model by the [[John Robert Powers]] agency, where some of her first modeling jobs were doing commercials for bug spray and cigarettes.<ref>{{harvnb|Bren|2021|pp=132–33}}</ref> Kelly was reportedly "fond of dancing to Hawaiian music down the hallways of the Barbizon, and given to shocking her fellow residents by performing topless".<ref>{{harvnb|Bren|2021|p=134}}</ref> She later wrote that she had "wonderful memories of the three years I spent at the Barbizon".<ref>{{harvnb|Bren|2021|pp=272–73}}</ref>

Television producer [[Delbert Mann]] cast Kelly as the lead in an adaptation of the [[Sinclair Lewis]] novel ''Bethel Merriday''; this was her first of nearly sixty live television programs.{{r|jacobs201005}} She was mentioned in ''Theatre World'' magazine as "[a] most promising personality of the Broadway stage of 1950". Some of her well-known works as a theater actress were: ''The Father'', ''The Rockingham Tea Set'', ''The Apple Tree'', ''The Mirror of Delusion'', ''Episode'' (for [[Somerset Maugham]]'s tele-serial), among others.{{sfn|Spoto|2010|pages = 51–52}}

Impressed by her work in ''The Father'', [[Henry Hathaway]], director of the [[Twentieth Century-Fox]] film ''[[Fourteen Hours]]'' (1951), offered her a small role in the film. Kelly had a minor role opposite [[Paul Douglas (actor)|Paul Douglas]], [[Richard Basehart]], and [[Barbara Bel Geddes]], as a young woman contemplating divorce.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p = 954}} Douglas commented: "In two senses, she did not have a bad side – you could film her from any angle, and she was one of the most un-temperamental, cooperative people in the business."{{sfn|Spoto|2010|p = 56}} Following the release of the film, the "Grace Kelly Fan Club" was established, gaining popularity across the country with local chapters springing up and attracting many members. Kelly referred to her fan club as "terrifically amusing".{{sfn|Spoto|2010|p = 56}}

Kelly was noticed during a visit to the set of ''Fourteen Hours'' by [[Gary Cooper]]. However, Kelly's performance in ''Fourteen Hours'' went largely unnoticed by critics and did not contribute to her film career's momentum. She continued her work in the theater and on television,<ref name="leigh" /> although she lacked "vocal horsepower", and it was thought she would likely not have had a lengthy stage career.{{r|jacobs201005}}

=== 1951–1953: Early films and breakthrough ===
[[File:GraceKellyHighNoonTrailerScreenshot1952.jpg|thumb|left|Kelly in ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952), her first major film role]]
Kelly was performing at Colorado's [[Elitch Theatre]] when producer [[Stanley Kramer]] offered her a role co-starring opposite Cooper in [[Fred Zinnemann]]'s ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952), a Western filmed in [[Columbia, California]]. She accepted the role, and the film was shot in the late summer and early fall of 1951 over a 28-day shooting schedule in hot weather conditions. She was cast as a "young Quaker bride to Gary Cooper's stoic marshal", and wore a "suitably demure vaguely Victorian dress".{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=954}} ''High Noon'' garnered four [[Academy Awards]], and has since been ranked by some reviewers among the best films of all time.<ref name="Mcclure2012">{{cite book|last=Mcclure|first=Hal Hays|title=Adventuring: My Life as a Pilot, Foreign Correspondent and Travel Adventure Filmmaker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCjiD1gtW1EC&pg=PA91|access-date=June 3, 2013|date=July 30, 2012|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4685-9812-4|page=91}}</ref>

Biographer H. Haughland stated: "Miss Kelly's acting did not excite the critics, or live up to her own expectations."{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=954}} Some critics scoffed at the conclusion of the film in which Cooper's character has to be saved by Kelly's.<ref name="DiMare2011">{{cite book|last=DiMare|first=Philip C.|title=Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0qUJ-JuSPdQC&pg=PA411|access-date=June 3, 2013|date=June 17, 2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-297-5|page=411}}</ref> One critic argued that her pacifist character, killing a man who is about to shoot her husband, was cold and abstract. [[Alfred Hitchcock]] described her performance as "rather mousey", and stated that it lacked animation. He said that it was only in her later films that she "really blossomed" and showed her quality.<ref name="Mcclure2012" /><ref name="Fawell2004">{{cite book|last=Fawell|first=John|title=Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-made Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spGXHQUHmLUC&pg=PA142|access-date=June 3, 2013|year=2004|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-8970-4|page=142|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928223852/https://books.google.com/books?id=spGXHQUHmLUC&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Grace Kelly - Studio portrait (1953).png|thumb|upright|Studio portrait (1953)]]

After filming ''High Noon'', Kelly returned to New York City and took private acting lessons, wanting to be taken seriously as an actress.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p = 954}} She performed in a few dramas in the theater, and in TV serials.{{sfn|Spoto|2010|pages = 79–85}} She appeared in several television plays,<ref name="Bio" /> and screen-tested for the film ''[[Taxi (1953 film)|Taxi]]'' in the spring of 1952. Director [[John Ford]] noticed Kelly in the screen test, and his studio flew her out to Los Angeles to audition in September 1952. Ford said that Kelly showed "breeding, quality, and class". She was given the role, along with a seven-year contract at the relatively low salary of $850 a week ({{Inflation|US|850|1952|fmt=eq}}).{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p = 956}} Kelly signed the deal under two conditions: first, that one out of every two years, she had time off to work in the theatre; and second, that she be able to live in New York City at her residence in [[Manhattan House]], at 200 E. 66th Street, now a landmark.{{r|jacobs201005}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Barbanel |first=Josh |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/realestate/28deal1.html |title=The Kelly Connection |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 28, 2007 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123110253/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/realestate/28deal1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 1952, Kelly and the cast arrived in [[Nairobi]] to begin the production of the film ''[[Mogambo]]'', replacing [[Gene Tierney]], who dropped out at the last minute due to personal issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/267/Gene+Tierney/index.html |title=The Private Life and Times of Gene Tierney |publisher=Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com |access-date=June 3, 2013 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506214455/http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/267/Gene+Tierney/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Tierney|author2=Herskowitz|date=1978|publisher=Wyden Books|title=Self-Portrait|pages=150–151}}</ref> Kelly later told Hollywood columnist [[Hedda Hopper]], "''Mogambo'' had three things that interested me: John Ford, [[Clark Gable]], and a trip to [[Kenya|Africa]], with expenses paid. If ''Mogambo'' had been made in Arizona, I wouldn't have done it."<ref name="Hedda Hopper Collection">{{cite book |title= Hedda Hopper Collection|publisher=Maraget Herrick Library, Los Angeles}}</ref> Kelly played Linda Nordley, a contemplative English wife with a romantic interest in Clark Gable's character. Filming took place over the course of three months. The costumes were designed by [[Helen Rose]]. A break in the filming schedule afforded her and ''Mogambo'' co-star [[Ava Gardner]] a visit to Rome.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kaplan |first= James |title= Frank: The Voice|url= https://archive.org/details/frankvoice00kapla |url-access= registration |publisher=Doubleday|year= 2010 |isbn= 978-0-385-51804-8 |page= [https://archive.org/details/frankvoice00kapla/page/586 586]}}</ref> The film was released in 1953, and had a successful run at the box office.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=956}} Kelly won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress]], and received her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006}}

=== 1954–1956: Critical acclaim and final films ===

[[File:Grace Kelly Promotional Photograph Rear Window.jpg|thumb|190px|left|Kelly in a promotional photograph for ''[[Rear Window]]'' (1954)]]

After the success of ''Mogambo'', Kelly starred in the television play ''The Way of an Eagle'' with [[Jean-Pierre Aumont]], before being cast in the film adaptation of [[Frederick Knott]]'s Broadway play ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', opposite [[Ray Milland]] and [[Robert Cummings]]. Kelly played the role of the wealthy wife of a retired professional tennis player.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p = 956}}<ref name="Hölting2012">{{cite book|last=Hölting|first=Beatrice|title=The Destruction and Re-creation of the 'Hitchcock Blonde' in "The Birds and Marnie"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AExxHt83CEC&pg=PA5|access-date=June 7, 2013|date=June 14, 2012|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-656-21762-6|page=5}}</ref> Alfred Hitchcock became one of Kelly's mentors during the last years of her career.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nicholson |first1=Amy |title=How Grace Kelly overcame shyness to become Hollywood royalty |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171220-grace-kelly-was-the-family-failure |access-date=November 7, 2020 |agency=BBC |date=December 21, 2017 |archive-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822233108/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171220-grace-kelly-was-the-family-failure |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=Anthony |title=Hollywood Royalty |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/04/hollywood-royalty |access-date=November 7, 2020 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=December 29, 2009 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109020723/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/04/hollywood-royalty |url-status=live }}</ref> She was subsequently lent by MGM to work in several Hitchcock films, which would become some of her most critically acclaimed and recognized work.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=956}}<ref name="Gottlieb1997">{{cite book|last=Gottlieb|first=Sidney|title=Hitchcock on Hitchcock: selected writings and interviews|url=https://archive.org/details/hitchcockonhitch00alfr|url-access=registration|access-date=June 3, 2013|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-21222-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/hitchcockonhitch00alfr/page/71 71]}}</ref> Kelly began filming scenes for her next film, ''[[The Bridges at Toko-Ri]]'', in early 1954, with [[William Holden]], for [[Paramount Pictures]]. The story, based on the novel by [[James A. Michener|James Michener]], is about American Navy jet fighters stationed to fight in Asia. Kelly played the role of Holden's wife. [[Edith Head]], with whom she had established a friendly relationship, did her costumes.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p = 956}}

Kelly unhesitatingly turned down the opportunity to star alongside [[Marlon Brando]] in ''[[On the Waterfront]]'' (1954).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1645369/grace-kelly-biopic-fails-come-life |title=Grace Kelly Biopic Fails to Come to Life |publisher=scmp.com |date=November 22, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2017 |archive-date=March 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312065858/http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1645369/grace-kelly-biopic-fails-come-life |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Eva Marie Saint]], who replaced her, went on to win an Academy Award for the role. Instead, Kelly played the role of Lisa Fremont in ''[[Rear Window]]''. Kelly stated, "All through the making of ''Dial M for Murder'', he (Hitchcock) sat and talked to me about ''Rear Window'' all the time, even before we had discussed my being in it."<ref>{{cite book |last=Spoto |first=Donald |title=The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock |publisher=Boston: Little, Brown |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-306-80932-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/darksideofgenius00spot_0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Spoto |first=Donald |title= High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly |publisher=New York: Harmony Books |year=2009 |isbn= 978-0-307-39561-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/highsocietylifeo0000spot}}</ref> Kelly's co-star, [[James Stewart]], was highly enthusiastic about working with her.<ref>{{cite book |last=Eyles |first= Allen |title=James Stewart|publisher=Stein & Day|date=September 1987 |isbn=978-0-8128-8298-8}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=November 2021}} The role of Lisa Fremont, a wealthy Manhattan socialite and fashion model who "never wore the same dress twice,"{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=956}} was unlike any of the previous women she had played. This marked her first performance as an independent [[career woman]]. In line with their previous collaborations, Hitchcock provided the camera with a slow-sequenced silhouette of Kelly, along with close-ups of the two stars kissing, finally lingering closely on her profile. Hitchcock brought her elegance to the foreground by changing her dresses many times, including: "glamorous evening short dresses, a sheer negligee over a sleek nightgown, a full-skirted floral dress, and a casual pair of jeans".{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=956}} Upon the film's opening in October 1954, Kelly was again praised. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s film critic remarked on the casting, commenting on the "earthy quality to the relationship between Stewart and Miss Kelly", as "both do a fine job of the picture's acting demands".<ref>{{cite news|first=William|last=Brogdon|date=July 14, 1954|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117794347.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Rear Window|work=Variety|access-date=June 17, 2009|archive-date=May 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507063623/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117794347.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Grace Kelly & William Holden 1955.jpg |thumb|190px|right|Kelly with [[William Holden]] at the [[27th Academy Awards]] in 1955]]

Kelly played the role of [[Bing Crosby]]'s long-suffering wife, Georgie Elgin, in ''[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]'' (1954), after a pregnant [[Jennifer Jones]] bowed out. Already familiar with the play, Kelly was highly interested in the part. To do it, MGM once again would have to lend Kelly to Paramount Pictures. Kelly was adamant, and threatened the studio, saying that if they did not allow her to do the film she would pack her bags and leave for New York for good. MGM eventually relented. Kelly also negotiated a more lucrative contract in light of her recent success.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|pages = 956–958}} In the film, Kelly played the wife of a washed-up, alcoholic singer, played by Crosby. Her character becomes torn emotionally between her two lovers, played by Crosby and [[William Holden]]. She was again dressed by Edith Head to suit her role in the film, initially appearing in fashionable dresses, shifting to ordinary-looking cardigans toward the end of the film.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|pages = 956–958}}

As a result of her performance in ''The Country Girl'', Kelly won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. Her acceptance speech was brief: "The thrill of this moment keeps me from saying what I really feel. I can only say thank you with all my heart to all who made this possible for me. Thank you."<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Kelly Wins Best Actress: 1955 Oscars |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsE1P9-nZOk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/HsE1P9-nZOk| archive-date=October 28, 2021|website=YouTube | date=November 24, 2009 |access-date=November 7, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her main competitor was [[Judy Garland]] for her performance in ''[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star Is Born]]''. After receiving the Oscar nomination, Kelly won the [[New York Film Critics Circle]] Award for best actress for her performances in her three big movie roles of 1954: ''Rear Window'', ''Dial M For Murder'', and ''The Country Girl''. At the [[Golden Globe Awards]] in 1955, Kelly won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised her performance in ''The Country Girl'' as "excellent", and ''Rear Window'' got her [[Marquee (structure)|marquee]] credits on par with, and beyond, those of Stewart and Hitchcock.<ref name="Surcouf1992">{{cite book|author=Elizabeth Gillen Surcouf|title=Grace Kelly, American princess|url=https://archive.org/details/gracekellyameric0000surc|url-access=registration|access-date=June 4, 2013|date=November 1, 1992|publisher=Lerner|isbn=978-0-8225-0548-8}}</ref>

In April 1954, Kelly flew to [[Colombia]] for a 10-day shoot on her next project, ''[[Green Fire]]'', with [[Stewart Granger]]. She played Catherine Knowland, a coffee plantation owner. Kelly told Hedda Hopper, "It wasn't pleasant. We worked at a pathetic village&nbsp;– miserable huts and dirty. Part of the crew got shipwrecked&nbsp;... It was awful."<ref name="Hedda Hopper Collection" /> After the consecutive filming of ''Rear Window'', ''Toko-Ri'', ''Country Girl'', and ''Green Fire'', Kelly flew to the [[French Riviera]] to work on her third, and last, film for Hitchcock, ''[[To Catch a Thief]]''. Loaned to Paramount for the fifth time, Kelly played the role of a temptress who wears "luxurious and alluring clothes", while [[Cary Grant]] played the role of a former cat burglar, then looking to catch a thief who is imitating him.{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=957}} Kelly and Grant developed a mutual bond and admiration for each other. Years later, when asked to name his all-time favorite actress, Grant replied: "Well, with all due respect to dear [[Ingrid Bergman]], I much preferred Grace. She had serenity."<ref>{{cite book |last= Nelson |first= Nancy|title= Evenings With Cary Grant|publisher=Citadel|date=December 2002 |isbn= 978-0-8065-2412-2}}</ref>

In 1956, Kelly resided in a home rented from [[Bill Lear]] in the [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles|Pacific Palisades]], California for the duration of her filming.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Kelly home sold! Palisades Today – February, 13, 2020 |url=https://palisadesnews.com/grace-kelly-home-sold-palisades-today-february-13-2020/ |website=Palisades News |date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215143659/https://www.palisadesnews.com/grace-kelly-home-sold-palisades-today-february-13-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Celebrity Homes: Grace Kelly's Rental Hideaway in the Huntington |url=https://www.palipost.com/grace-kellys-rental-hideaway-in-the-huntington/ |website=Palisadian-Post |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127022523/https://www.palipost.com/grace-kellys-rental-hideaway-in-the-huntington/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She portrayed Princess Alexandra in the film ''[[The Swan (1956 film)|The Swan]]'', directed by [[Charles Vidor]], opposite [[Alec Guinness]] and [[Louis Jourdan]]. Her final role was in [[Charles Walters]]'s musical film ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'', a re-make of MGM's ''[[The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story]]'' (1940). She portrayed Tracy Lord, opposite [[Bing Crosby]], [[Frank Sinatra]], and [[Celeste Holm]] in the other leads.<ref>{{cite book|last=Curtis|first=Jenny|title=Grace Kelly: a life in pictures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkTo5qQ0x9cC|access-date=June 7, 2013|year=2002|publisher=Barnes & Noble Books|isbn=978-0-7607-3571-8}}</ref> When it was released in July 1956. ''Variety'' stated, "Miss Kelly impresses as the femme lead with pleasantly comedienne overtones," and that it was "possibly her most relaxed performance."<ref>{{citation|title=Variety|date=July 18, 1956}}.</ref>

== Marriage ==
{{main|Wedding of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly}}
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 with [[Prince Rainier III]], the sovereign of the Principality of [[Monaco]], at the [[Prince's Palace of Monaco]]. After a series of delays and complications, she met him at the palace on May 6, 1955.<ref>{{cite news |editor-last=Annenberg |editor-first=Walter H. |date=May 7, 1955 |title=Grance Kelly Visits Monaco Prince |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/170770173/ |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, PA |volume=252 |issue=127 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=April 23, 2018 }}</ref>  
After a year-long courtship described as containing "a good deal of rational appraisal on both sides,"<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Rainier III of Monaco |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/prince-rainier-iii-of-monaco-qljng2mdtm5 |work=[[The Times]] |date=April 7, 2005 |pages=59 |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630173744/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-rainier-iii-of-monaco-qljng2mdtm5 |url-status=live }}</ref> they married on April 19, 1956.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2720000/2720723.stm 1956: Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219033431/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2720000/2720723.stm |date=February 19, 2012 }}, ''BBC: On This Day''. Accessed May 31, 2008.</ref>

The [[Napoleonic Code]] of Monaco and the laws of the Catholic Church necessitated two ceremonies, civil and religious.<ref name="life1956">{{cite magazine|title=The Big Week in Monaco: Movies' Pretty Princess Assumes a Real Life Title|magazine=Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R08EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37|volume=40|issue=18|date=April 30, 1956|page=37|issn=0024-3019|quote= 'I'm halfway married,' she exclaimed after the first wedding, a 16-minute civil ceremony in his crimson-damasked throne.}}</ref> The 16-minute civil ceremony took place in the Palace Throne Room of Monaco on April 18, 1956,<ref name="life1956" /> and a reception later in the day was attended by 3,000 Monégasque citizens.<ref name="Hintz2004">{{cite book|last=Hintz|first=Martin|title=Monaco|url=https://archive.org/details/monaco00hint|url-access=registration|year=2004|publisher=Children's Press|isbn=978-0-516-24251-4}}</ref><ref name="ChoronChoron2010">{{cite book|last1=Choron|first1=Sandra|last2=Choron|first2=Harry|title=Planet Wedding: A Nuptial-pedia|url=https://archive.org/details/planetweddingnup0000chor|url-access=registration|year=2010|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-618-74658-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/planetweddingnup0000chor/page/103 103]}}</ref> The 142 official titles that she acquired in the union (counterparts of her husband's) were formally recited. The church ceremony took place the following day at Monaco's [[Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco|Saint Nicholas Cathedral]], presided over by Bishop Gilles Barthe.<ref name="life1956" /> The wedding was estimated to have been watched by over 30 million viewers on television, and was described by biographer [[Robert Lacey]] in 2010 as "the first modern event to generate media overkill".<ref name="ChoronChoron2010" /> [[Wedding dress of Grace Kelly|Her wedding dress]], designed by MGM's [[Helen Rose]],<ref name="ChoronChoron2010" /> was worked on for 6 weeks by three dozen dress makers.<ref name=sfgate2004>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Memorial-scheduled-for-designer-Joe-Allen-Hong-2801500.php|work=SFGate|publisher=Hearst Communications|date=March 29, 2004|title=Memorial scheduled for designer Joe Allen Hong|first=Demian|last=Bulwa|access-date=June 30, 2014|archive-date=July 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708150033/http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-03-29/bay-area/17416165_1_high-fashion-north-beach-merced-county|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple left that night for their seven-week [[Mediterranean]] honeymoon cruise on the prince's yacht.<ref name="ChoronChoron2010" /><ref>{{harvnb|Taraborrelli|2003|p=149}}</ref>

== Princess of Monaco ==
[[File:Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace.jpg|thumb|The Prince and Princess of Monaco arrive at the [[White House]] for a luncheon, 1961]]

Princess Grace gave birth to the couple's first child, [[Princess Caroline of Monaco|Princess Caroline]], on January 23, 1957. Their next child and the heir to the throne, [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert]], was born on March 14, 1958. Their youngest, [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco|Princess Stéphanie]], was born on February 1, 1965.

During her marriage, Grace discontinued her acting career. Instead, she performed her daily duties as princess and became involved in philanthropic work.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roe|first1=Dorothy|title=Grace Kelly Finds Being a Princess Almost as Hard as Making Movies|issue=April 14, 1957|newspaper=Washington Post|id={{ProQuest|149019564}}}}</ref> As princess consort, she became the President of the [[Red Cross of Monaco]] (with her sister Peggy Davis and sister-in-law Princess Antoinette as the Vice-Presidents) and the Patron of Rainbow Coalition Children, an orphanage that was run by former  dancer, singer and actress [[Josephine Baker]]. She hosted an annual Christmas celebration with presents for orphaned children in Monaco.<ref>{{cite web |title=20th Century Princess Turns 21st Century Influencer |url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/20th-century-princess-turns-21st-century-influencer |website=Grace Influential |date=August 25, 2020 |publisher=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124143839/https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/20th-century-princess-turns-21st-century-influencer|url-status=live}}</ref> The Princess also served as president of the [[Garden Club of Monaco]], and president of the organizing committee of the International Arts Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://biography.yourdictionary.com/grace-kelly|title=Grace Kelly|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124144203/https://biography.yourdictionary.com/grace-kelly|url-status=live}}</ref> Grace retained her link to America by her dual U.S. and Monégasque citizenship.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buchwald |first1=Art |title=Grace Kelly Can Retain American Citizenship: Status of Pat Poodle Oliver Not So Clear; His Marriage Could Start Monaco Squabble |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 17, 1956|id={{ProQuest|166920188}}}}</ref>

Grace and her husband visited Ireland on three occasions, and in 1976 she purchased [[Kelly homestead|her family's ancestral homestead]] in Drumilra, near [[Newport, County Mayo]].<ref name="JSTOR2003">{{cite journal
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Grace founded [[AMADE Mondiale]], a Monaco-based, non-profit organization which is recognized by the UN, after she witnessed the plight of Vietnamese children in 1963.<ref>{{cite web |title=Word from the President |url=https://www.amade-mondiale.org/en/word-from-the-president-103.html |website=The World Association of Children's Friends |access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145101/https://www.amade.org/en/word-from-the-president-103.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[UNESCO]]'s website, AMADE promotes and protects the "moral and physical integrity" and the "spiritual well-being of children throughout the world, without distinction of race, nationality or religion, and in a spirit of complete political independence."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Commitment |url=https://www.amade-mondiale.org/ |website=The World Association of Children's Friends |access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145215/https://www.amade.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> The organization currently has cooperative branches across Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. They retain consultive status with [[UNICEF]], UNESCO, and [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|U.N. Economic & Social Council]], alongside participative status with [[The Council of Europe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Partners |url=https://www.amade-mondiale.org/en/our-partners.html |website=The World Association of Children's Friends |access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145524/https://www.amade.org/en/our-partners.html |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Prince Albert and Grace Kelly 1972.jpg|thumb|left|Princess Grace with her son, Prince Albert, at the [[Floriade (Netherlands)|Floriade]] garden exhibit, 1972]]
Princess Grace was active in improving the arts institutions of Monaco, forming the [[Princess Grace Foundation]] in 1964 to support local artisans.<ref>[http://www.palais.mc/wwwpal.nsf/c3241c4782f528bdc1256d52004f970b/8a1843f4fb454d97c1256ba60045b973?OpenDocument Princess Grace Foundation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503010748/http://www.palais.mc/wwwpal.nsf/c3241c4782f528bdc1256d52004f970b/8a1843f4fb454d97c1256ba60045b973?OpenDocument |date=May 3, 2008}}</ref> In 1965, she accepted the invitation to be an honorary member of [[La Leche League]], a worldwide mother-to-mother support group which focuses on mothering through breastfeeding. She was a speaker at their 1971 conference in Chicago, addressing 1,400 mothers, 1,600 fathers and babies. Grace was a known advocate of breastfeeding, and successfully fed her three children.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The revolutionaries wore pearls |last=Lowman |first=Kaye |date=2007 |publisher=La Leche League|isbn=978-0-9768969-8-2 |location=Schaumburg |oclc=226876677}}</ref> In 1975, Grace helped found the Princess Grace Academy, the resident school of the [[Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo|Monte Carlo Ballet]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Academy |url=https://www.balletsdemontecarlo.com/en/princess-grace-academy/history |website=Ballets de Monte Carlo |access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145651/https://www.balletsdemontecarlo.com/en/princess-grace-academy/history|url-status=live|archive-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> She later advocated to preserve the [[Belle Époque]]-era architecture of the principality. Grace hosted a yearly American Week in Monaco, where guests would play baseball and eat ice cream. The palace also celebrated American [[Thanksgiving]] annually.<ref name="graceinfluential22">{{cite web |title=What Grace Kelly Taught the World About Being a Royal |url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/how-to-be-a-royal |website=Grace Influential |date=September 3, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145745/https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/how-to-be-a-royal|url-status=live|archive-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>

Alfred Hitchcock offered Princess Grace the lead in his film ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]'' in 1962. She was eager, but public outcry in Monaco against her involvement in a film where she would play a [[kleptomania]]c made her reconsider and ultimately reject the project. Director [[Herbert Ross]] tried to interest her in a part in his film ''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' (1977), but Rainier dismissed the idea.<ref name=Orb>{{cite web |title=Prince Rainier Stifled a Plan of wife Grace Kelly to Manufacture Chachkas in Monte Carlo, says New Book |url=http://www.orbmagazine.com/the-orbiter/prince-rainier-stifled-a-plan-of-wife-grace-kelly-to-manufacture-chachkas-in-monte-carlo-says-new-book/ |website=www.orbmagazine.com |access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145914/https://restaurantenavaja.com/|archive-date=January 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, she returned to the arts in a series of poetry readings on stage and narration of the documentary ''[[The Children of Theatre Street]]''. She also narrated [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] made-for-television film ''[[The Poppy Is Also a Flower]]'' (1966).

Grace joined the board of the [[20th Century-Fox Film Corporation]] in 1976, becoming one of its first female members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Kelly |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Kelly |website=Britannica |access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124150201/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Kelly|archive-date=January 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1980, she published ''My Book of Flowers'' with Gwen Robyns, detailing her sense of floral aesthetics, symbolism, and flower pressing.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Book of Flowers |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2175855.My_Book_of_Flowers |website=Goodreads |access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124150740/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2175855.My_Book_of_Flowers|archive-date=January 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Grace and Rainier worked together on a 33-minute independent film titled ''Rearranged'' in 1979, which received interest from ABC TV executives in 1982 after its premiere in Monaco, on the condition that it be extended to an hour. Before more scenes could be shot, Grace died and the film was never released, nor was it publicly shown again.<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/15/lkl.01.html Transcript of ''Larry King Live'' episode "Remembering Prince Rainer of Monaco", aired April 15, 2005 on CNN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005183424/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/15/lkl.01.html |date=October 5, 2016 }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20220124151159/https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2005-04-15/segment/01 Archived] on January 24, 2022</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/gracebiography0000wydr|url-access=registration|title=Grace: A Biography|first=Thilo|last=Wydra|date=November 18, 2014|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.|via=Internet Archive|page=[https://archive.org/details/gracebiography0000wydr/page/246 246]|isbn=978-1-62914-967-7}}</ref>

In the early 1980s, Grace collaborated with Springmaid Company, the now-defunct bed linen brand.<ref name="gpk">{{cite web |first=Annette|last=Anderson|title=Queen-Sized for a Princess |url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/queen-sized-for-a-princess |website=Grace Influential |date=September 1, 2021|access-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124151523/https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/queen-sized-for-a-princess|archive-date=January 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The collaboration was titled ''GPK'' after the initials of her maiden name<ref name="gpk"/> and features bed linens, tablecloths, napkins, placemats, and others.<ref name="gpk"/> Both collaborated after Neil Mandell, a newly hired Springmaid stylist, found the designs Grace made in a ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine article on the exhibition in a Paris Gallery.<ref name="gpk"/> Princess Grace received more than $1 million in royalties, which she donated to her favorite charities.<ref name="gpk"/>

==Death and funeral==
{{See also|Funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco}}
[[File:H9711 Monaco - Gracen hauta C.JPG|thumb|The tomb of Grace, Princess of Monaco at the [[Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate]]]]
On September 13, 1982, Grace suffered a mild [[cerebral hemorrhage]] while driving back to Monaco from her country home in [[Mont Agel|Roc Agel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-23-8901240679-story.html |title=Princess Grace's Fatal Crash: Her Daughter's Account |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 23, 1989 |access-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428002808/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-23-8901240679-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Foussianes|first=Chloe|date=March 31, 2019|title=The True Story of Grace Kelly's Death, and Why Rumors Surrounding It Have Been So Persistent|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26860987/grace-kelly-death-true-story/|url-status=live|website=Town & Country Magazine: Luxury Style, Travel, and Leisure|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805133904/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26860987/grace-kelly-death-true-story/}}</ref> As a result, she lost control of her 1972 [[Rover P6]] 3500<ref>References:
* ''Establishing the age and marque of the car'': {{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/14/newsid_2516000/2516601.stm | work=BBC News | title=1982: Hollywood princess dead | date=September 14, 1982 | quote=After leaving the road her 10-year-old Rover tumbled 100 ft (30.5 m) down a ravine... | access-date=September 14, 2007 | archive-date=February 19, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219033437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/14/newsid_2516000/2516601.stm | url-status=live }}
* ''Establishing the model'': {{cite book|last= Parish|first= James Robert|year= 2002|title= The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols|url= {{Google books|kxFCz6qClSoC|The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols|page=23|plainurl=yes}}|publisher= McGraw Hill|edition= eBook|page= 23|isbn= 978-0-07-178476-4|access-date= October 18, 2014|quote= After loading her Rover 3500 with luggage and dresses to be altered, she informed her chauffeur that there was now no room for him in the car, and that she would drive instead.}}
* ''Establishing the platform'': {{cite news|last= Gerard|first= Jasper|date= January 24, 2011|title= Classic Rover P6 review|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/8259679/Classic-Rover-P6-review.html|url-status= live|newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|location= London, UK|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121226204047/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/8259679/Classic-Rover-P6-review.html|archive-date= December 26, 2012|access-date= October 18, 2014|quote= It's always a little ominous when a car is best remembered for a tragic mishap, but such, alas, is the fate of the P6; this is what Grace Kelly was driving when she careered off the Corniche in Monaco.}}</ref> and drove off the steep, winding road and the car tumbled {{convert|30.5|m|foot|adj=off}} down the mountainside. Her daughter [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco|Stéphanie]], who was in the passenger seat, unsuccessfully tried to regain control of the car.<ref name="BookCaps Study Guides">{{cite book|last1=Werner|first1=Jennifer|title=Grace Kelly of Monaco: The Inspiring Story of How An American Film Star Became a Princess|date=2014|publisher=BookCaps Study Guides|isbn= 978-1-62917-248-4|pages=40–44}}</ref>

The Princess was taken to the Monaco Hospital (later named the [[Princess Grace Hospital Centre]]) with injuries to the brain and [[thorax]] and a fractured [[femur]]. Initially that afternoon, she was officially diagnosed with a cerebral hemorrhage and was said to be able to make a full recovery before a second, more severe, hemorrhage struck while at the hospital.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://readelysian.com/how-princess-grace-of-monaco-ruled-the-world-2/#:~:text=Then%2C%20abruptly%20came%20news%20of,beloved%20wife%20from%20life%20support | title=Princess Grace of Monaco - A Biography | date=May 2021 }}</ref> With no reasonable chance of recovery, she died the following night at 10:55&nbsp;p.m. after Rainier decided to turn off her life support.<ref>{{harvnb|Leigh|2007|p=245}}</ref>

In the immediate aftermath of the crash, the palace press office issued a statement claiming that it had been caused by brake failure. However, police investigators found no evidence to suggest this, and when [[Rover (marque)|Rover]] sent engineers from Britain to inspect the car they reached the same conclusion, prompting the company to demand that the palace retract its claim, which it did on September 20.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lacey |first1=Robert |title=Grace |date=1995 |publisher=Chivers Press |location=Bath, England |isbn=0-7838-1199-3 |pages=509-10}}</ref> The motor engineers did find, however, that the Princess had kept the car in 'Standard' drive mode while descending, rather than setting it to the 'Mountain' position; this was a special safety gear installed by Rover to allow the driver to navigate twisting turns and sharp gradients, which, as Robert Lacey argues, would have "slowed her descent significantly" had it been used.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lacey |title=Grace |page=513}}</ref>

[[Funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco|Princess Grace's funeral]] was held at the [[Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate]] in Monaco-Ville,<ref name="British Council">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-history-princess-grace.htm |title=Death of Princess Grace&nbsp;– history&nbsp;– central |publisher=British Council |access-date=March 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308112924/http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-history-princess-grace.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> on September 18, 1982. After a Requiem Mass, she was buried in the Grimaldi family vault. Over 400 people attended, including [[Cary Grant]], [[Nancy Reagan]], [[Danielle Mitterrand]], [[Empress Farah of Iran]], and [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Anne Edwards|title=The Grimaldis of Monaco: Centuries of Scandal, Years of Grace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNJKDwAAQBAJ|date=September 1, 2017|publisher=Lyons Press|isbn=978-1-4930-2922-8|page=302|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928223852/https://books.google.com/books?id=WNJKDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Princess Stéphanie, who had suffered a light concussion and a [[hairline fracture]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/14/newsid_2516000/2516601.stm |title=BBC On This Day 1982: Hollywood princess dead |work=BBC News |date=September 14, 1985 |access-date=March 13, 2010 |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219033437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/14/newsid_2516000/2516601.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> of a [[cervical vertebra]] in the accident, was unable to attend her mother's funeral.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-23-8901240679-story.html |title=Princess Grace's Fatal Crash: Her Daughter's Account |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 23, 1989 |access-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212204/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-23-8901240679-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rainier, who did not remarry, was buried alongside her after his death in 2005.<ref name="Monaco Cathedral">{{cite web|url=http://www.gouv.mc/devwww/wwwnew.nsf/1909$/b1c5425907fc1876c125706d0042ab74gb?OpenDocument&2Gb |title=Monaco Cathedral |date=July 28, 2008 |publisher=Service Informatique du Ministère d'Etat (Monaco Minister of State Information Service) |access-date=October 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623235650/http://www.gouv.mc/devwww/wwwnew.nsf/1909%24/b1c5425907fc1876c125706d0042ab74gb?OpenDocument&2Gb |archive-date=June 23, 2008}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:Walk of Fame Grace Kelly.jpg|thumb|left|Kelly's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
{{Blockquote|"I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. I would like to leave the memory of a human being with a correct attitude and who did her best to help others."|author=Princess Grace<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/grace-kelly-legacy |title=Legacy |publisher=graceinfluential.com |access-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202084417/https://www.graceinfluential.com/grace-kelly-legacy|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Kelly left a lasting legacy as a theater artist, television actress, and iconic Hollywood film star.{{sfn|Spoto|2010|p=5}} Kelly has been cited as one of the "classic Hitchcock blondes", and as one of the most elegant women in cinematic and world history.<ref name="D'LugoVernon2013">{{cite book|editor-last1=D'Lugo|editor-first1=Marvin|editor-last2=Vernon|editor-first2=Kathleen M.|title=A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oey8RyTfX3sC&pg=PT86|access-date=June 7, 2013|date=February 22, 2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-32538-4|page=86|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928223852/https://books.google.com/books?id=Oey8RyTfX3sC&pg=PT86#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Curtis2002">{{cite book|last=Curtis|first=Jenny|title=Grace Kelly: A Life in Pictures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkTo5qQ0x9cC|access-date=June 3, 2013|year=2002|publisher=Barnes & Noble Books|isbn=978-0-7607-3571-8}}</ref> One author describes her as the "elegant glamour girl of the screen".<ref>{{cite book|last=Peterson|first=Amy T|title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History 1900 to the Present: 1900–1949|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQCEF-tG77AC&pg=RA1-PA15|access-date=June 3, 2013|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-04334-5|page=15}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1999, Kelly was listed by Joan McIver as one of "30 Irish-American Women Who Changed Our World."<ref>{{cite book|last=McIver|first=Joan|url=|title=30 Irish-American Women Who Changed Our World: From Mother Jones to Grace Kelly|publisher=Carol Publishing Group|year=1999|isbn=978-1-55972-515-6|language=en}}</ref> In a 2019 edition of the ''American Journal of Irish Studies'', she was described as "Irish America's poster girl" and "an understated Irish-American icon."<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Grace Kelly: An Understudied Irish-American Icon {{!}} H-Announce {{!}} H-Net|url=https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6262108/grace-kelly-understudied-irish-american-icon|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=networks.h-net.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202084127/https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6262108/grace-kelly-understudied-irish-american-icon|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Burke|first=Mary|date=2019|title=Grace Kelly, Philadelphia, and the Politics of Irish Lace|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26859680|journal=American Journal of Irish Studies|volume=15|pages=31–46|jstor=26859680|issn=2165-3224|access-date=March 10, 2021|archive-date=September 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911100827/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26859680|url-status=live}}</ref> Katherine Boyle of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' claimed that Kelly "had dramatic effects on views of Irish Catholic immigrants in the 1950s. Indeed, America seemed to pardon her tainted blood, tuning into her televised nuptial Mass in droves despite aversion to the religious spectacle."<ref>{{cite web|last=Boyle|first=Katherine|title=Exhibit shows how Grace Kelly changed image of immigrants, religion|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/style/1/01/01/exhibit-shows-how-grace-kelly-changed-image-of-immigrants-religion/3772469/|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=The News Journal|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202084628/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/style/1/01/01/exhibit-shows-how-grace-kelly-changed-image-of-immigrants-religion/3772469/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kelly appeared on the cover of the January 31, 1955, issue of the weekly magazine ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. The magazine hailed her as the top movie star who brought about "a startling change from the run of smoky film sirens and bumptious cuties". She was described as the "Girl in White Gloves" because she wore "prim and noticeable white gloves", and journalists often called her the "lady" or "Miss Kelly" for this reason. In appreciation of her work with Hitchcock in three of his films, Kelly later wrote a foreword to the book ''The Art of Alfred Hitchcock'' by [[Donald Spoto]]. Spoto also has written ''High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly'', a biography published 25 years after her death.{{sfn|Spoto|2010|p=4}}

In 1982, the [[Princess Grace Foundation-USA]] was established by her husband to continue the work she had done anonymously during her lifetime, assisting emerging theater, dance and film artists in America. Incorporated in 1982, PGF-USA is headquartered in New York City and is a tax-exempt, non-profit, publicly supported organization. The Princess Grace Awards, a program of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, has awarded nearly 800 artists at more than 100 institutions in the U.S. with more than $15&nbsp;million to date. The foundation also says it "holds the exclusive rights and facilitates the licensing of her name and likeness throughout the world."<ref name="pgfusa">{{cite web | url=http://www.pgfusa.org/licensing | title=Licensing | publisher=Princess Grace Foundation-USA |access-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202084756/https://pgfusa.org/licensing/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Her daughter Princess Caroline took over as president for both the Foundation and [[AMADE Mondiale]] after her death, with Prince Albert as vice president. The original Monaco branch of her foundation, named Fondation Princesse Grace, remains active and continues to provide direct aid to students and children within the Monaco and France regions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Humanitarian work|url=https://www.fondation-psse-grace.mc/fr/humanitaire.html|website=La Fondation Princesse Grace|access-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919152930/https://www.fondation-psse-grace.mc/fr/humanitaire.html|archive-date=September 19, 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
[[File:GILL, James, 591 Grace Kelly in Sun (2013).jpg|190px|thumb|[[James Gill (artist)|James Gill]]: "Grace Kelly in Sun" (2013)]]
In 1955, Kelly was photographed by [[Howell Conant]] in Jamaica. He photographed her without makeup in a naturalistic setting, a departure from the traditional portrayal of actresses.<ref name="Spoto2010">{{cite book|last=Spoto|first=Donald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xw7za6UOGv0C&pg=PA151|title=High Society: Grace Kelly and Hollywood|date=June 1, 2010|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-09-951537-1|pages=151–|ref=none|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref> The resulting photographs were published in ''Collier's'', with a celebrated photo of her rising from the water with wet hair making the cover.<ref name="Spoto2010" /><ref name="Col1955">{{cite journal|journal=[[Collier's Weekly]]|date=June 24, 1955|title=The Key to Kelly|first=Evelyn |last=Harvey|pages=36–41}}</ref> Following Grace's marriage, Conant was the unofficial photographer to the [[House of Grimaldi]] and extensively photographed her, Rainier, and their three children.<ref name="LAObit">{{cite web| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-27-mn-21540-story.html|title=Howell Conant|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 30, 2012|date=March 27, 1999|last=Thurber|first=Jon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202090252/https://www.latimes.com/archives|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, Conant published ''Grace'', a book of photographs that he took during her 26-year tenure as Princess of Monaco.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vz-JAAAACAAJ |title=Grace: An Intimate Portrait by Her Friend and Favorite Photographer |publisher=[[Random House]] |year=1992 |first=Howell |last=Conant |isbn=978-0-679-41803-0 |access-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928224353/https://books.google.com/books?id=vz-JAAAACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> Princess Grace has been depicted by many [[pop art]]ists, including [[Andy Warhol]] and [[James Gill (artist)|James Gill]]. Warhol made a portrait of her for the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia]] as a limited edition silkscreen in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warholprints.com/andy-warhol-grace-kelly/|title=Andy Warhol&nbsp;– Grace Kelly|access-date=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202090435/http://warholprints.com/andy-warhol-grace-kelly/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Grace's childhood home was made a Pennsylvania historic landmark, and a [[Pennsylvania historical markers|historical marker]] was placed on the site. The house, located at 3901 Henry Avenue in the [[East Falls]] section of Philadelphia, was built by her father [[John B. Kelly Sr.]] in 1929. Grace lived in the house until 1950, and Prince Rainier III proposed to her there in 1955. The Kelly family sold the property in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/roxborough-weekly-newsletter/46295-pennsylvania-historical-marker-placed-at-kelly-familys-former-home-in-east-falls-|title=Pennsylvania historical marker unveiled at Kelly family's former home in East Falls|last=Frankowski|first=Meg|date=October 31, 2012|website=www.newsworks.org|access-date=October 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204700/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/roxborough-weekly-newsletter/46295-pennsylvania-historical-marker-placed-at-kelly-familys-former-home-in-east-falls-|archive-date=October 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/residential/Monaco-reportedly-buys-Grace-Kellys-East-Falls-birthplace.html|title=Monaco reportedly buys Grace Kelly's East Falls birthplace|last=Heavens|first=Alan J.|date=October 14, 2017|website=www.philly.com|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202093639/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/business/real_estate/residential/Monaco-reportedly-buys-Grace-Kellys-East-Falls-birthplace.html|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Prince Albert of Monaco]] purchased the property, speculating that the home would be used either as museum space or as offices for the [[Princess Grace Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mikelbank|first1=Peter|title=Prince Albert Buys Mom Princess Grace's Childhood Home in Philadelphia|url=http://people.com/royals/prince-albert-buys-mom-princess-graces-childhood-home-in-philadelphia/|website=PEOPLE|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202093804/https://people.com/royals/prince-albert-buys-mom-princess-graces-childhood-home-in-philadelphia/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/royals/american-princess-in-philadelphia-prince-albert-opens-mom-princess-graces-childhood-home/|title=American Princess in Philadelphia! Prince Albert Opens Mom Princess Grace's Childhood Home|newspaper=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202094102/https://people.com/royals/american-princess-in-philadelphia-prince-albert-opens-mom-princess-graces-childhood-home/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Fashion and style ===
[[File:Grace Kelly 1954.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Kelly featured in a spread for ''Modern Screen'' magazine in 1954]]
While pregnant with her daughter Caroline in 1956, Princess Grace was frequently photographed clutching a distinctive leather handbag manufactured by [[Hermès]]. The purse, or [[Sac à dépêches]], was likely a shield to prevent her pregnant abdomen from being exposed to the prying eyes of the paparazzi. The photographs, however, popularized the purse and became so closely associated with the fashion icon that it would thereafter be known as the [[Kelly bag]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pursuitist.com/style/hermes-kelly-bag/ |title=History of the Hermes Kelly Bag |publisher=pursuitist.com |date=August 13, 2011 |access-date=August 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202094250/https://pursuitist.com/hermes-kelly-bag/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grace was inaugurated into the [[International Best Dressed List]] Hall of Fame in 1960 and in 1955, the Custom Tailored Guild of America listed her as the "Best-Tailored Woman".{{Sfn|Haugland|2006|p=960}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/07/best-dressed-hall-of-fame-reminder |title=The International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame|magazine=Vanity Fair |date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202094401/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2012/07/best-dressed-hall-of-fame-reminder|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Numerous exhibitions have been held of Kelly's life and clothing. The [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] presented her wedding dress in a 2006 exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of her marriage,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philamuseum.org/press/releases/2006/492.html |title=Press Releases : 2006 |website=Philadelphia Museum of Art |access-date=March 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330115103/http://www.philamuseum.org/press/releases/2006/492.html |archive-date=March 30, 2011}}</ref> and a retrospective of her wardrobe was held at London's [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/6622755/Grace-Kellys-wardrobe-to-go-on-display-at-VandA-museum-in-London.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/6622755/Grace-Kellys-wardrobe-to-go-on-display-at-VandA-museum-in-London.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Roya |last=Nikkhah |title=Grace Kelly's wardrobe to go on display at V&A museum in London |date=November 22, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The V&A exhibition continued in Australia at the [[Bendigo Art Gallery]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/Exhibitions/Past_Exhibitions/2012_Exhibition_Archive/Grace_Kelly_Style_Icon|title=Grace Kelly: Style Icon|publisher=bendigoartgallery.com.au|access-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202094617/https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/exhibitions/grace-kelly-style-icon|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> This famous dress, seen around the world, took thirty five tailors six weeks to complete.<ref name="No Wonder They Called Her Grace">{{cite magazine|last1=Ball|first1=Sara|title=No Wonder They Called Her Grace|magazine=Newsweek|id={{ProQuest|214245137}}}}</ref> An exhibition of her life as Princess of Monaco was held at the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation in Moscow in 2008 in conjunction with Monaco's Grimaldi Forum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekaterina-fondation.ru/eng/publications/2008/grace/|title=Catalogue of "The Grace Kelly Years, Princess of Monaco" exhibition|publisher=The Ekaterina Cultural Foundation|access-date=May 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202094746/http://www.ekaterina-fondation.ru/eng/publications/2008/grace/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, a plaque was placed on the "[[Rodeo Drive]] Walk of Style" in recognition of her contributions to style and fashion.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 5, 2009|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/08/princess-grace-cartier-rodeo-drive-walk-of-style-beverly-hills-grace-kelly-honored-with-star.html |title=Princess Grace, Cartier to get the royal treatment on Rodeo's Walk of Style|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202094947/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/08/princess-grace-cartier-rodeo-drive-walk-of-style-beverly-hills-grace-kelly-honored-with-star.html|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

After her death, Grace's legacy as a fashion icon lived on. Modern designers, such as [[Tommy Hilfiger]] and [[Zac Posen]], have cited her as a fashion inspiration.<ref name="jacobs201005" /> During her lifetime, she was known for introducing the "fresh faced" look, one that involved bright skin and natural beauty with little makeup.<ref name="Grace Kelly is 1955 Beauty Ideal">{{citation|last1=Dahl|first1=Arlene|title=Grace Kelly is 1955 Beauty Ideal|publisher=Chicago Daily Tribune|id={{ProQuest|179677900}}}}.</ref> Her fashion legacy was even commemorated at the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, where an exhibit titled, "Grace Kelly: Style Icon" paid tribute to her impact on the world of fashion.<ref name="jacobs201005" /> The exhibit included 50 of her legendary ensembles.<ref name="No Wonder They Called Her Grace" /> She is remembered for her "college-girl" everyday fashion, defined by her pulled-together yet simple look.<ref name="No Wonder They Called Her Grace" /> In 2016, ''[[Forbes]]'' included her on the list ''10 Fashion Icons and the Trends They Made Famous''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sboyd/2016/03/14/10-fashion-icons-and-the-trends-they-made-famous/|title=10 Fashion Icons and the Trends They Made Famous|first=Sara|last=Boyd|magazine=Forbes|date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202095256/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sboyd/2016/03/14/10-fashion-icons-and-the-trends-they-made-famous/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

The look and style of TV series ''[[Mad Men]]''{{'}}s Betty Draper is influenced by Grace Kelly, and she is frequently complimented in the show by other characters for resembling her.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2012/04/betty-draper-style-1960s-grace-kelly-jackie-o|title=Betty Draper Style: From Grace Kelly to Jackie O|magazine=Vanity Fair|first=Sarah|last=Ball|date=April 2, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202095552/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2012/04/betty-draper-style-1960s-grace-kelly-jackie-o|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> American actress [[Elle Fanning]] attended [[78th Golden Globe Awards]] with mint-green [[Gucci]] gown designed by [[Alessandro Michele]] that was inspired by Grace Kelly's gown worn at the [[27th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/elle-fanning-the-great-gucci-golden-globes-2021-diary|title=How Elle Fanning Brought Grace Kelly Glamour to the Golden Globes|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|first=Janelle|last=Okwondu|date=February 28, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319024928/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/elle-fanning-the-great-gucci-golden-globes-2021-diary|archive-date=March 19, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', American singer-songwriter [[Billie Eilish]], who attended 2021 [[Met Gala]], wore a red [[Oscar de la Renta]] gown inspired by Kelly's gown worn in the 1955 film ''[[To Catch a Thief]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/no-time-to-die-and-its-bond-to-the-princess-grace-foundation|title=No Time to Die and its Bond to the Princess Grace Foundation|website=Grace Influential|date=September 24, 2021|access-date=March 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330120932/https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/no-time-to-die-and-its-bond-to-the-princess-grace-foundation|archive-date=March 30, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The gown was designed by Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/billie-eilish-met-gala-red-dress|title=A Moment For Billie Eilish's Other, Grace Kelly-Inspired Met Gala Gown|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|first=Kerry|last=McDermott|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=March 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330120559/https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/billie-eilish-met-gala-red-dress|archive-date=March 30, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 15, 2021, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA launched ''Grace de Monaco'', a luxury brand.<ref name="graceluxury">{{cite web|url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/luxury-for-good-the-world-of-grace-de-monaco|title=Luxury for Good: The World of Grace de Monaco|website=Grace Influential|date=July 15, 2021|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202095811/https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/luxury-for-good-the-world-of-grace-de-monaco|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The brand had been planned since 2019.<ref name="graceluxury"/> On the same day, ''Grace de Monaco'' launched their first fragrance named ''Promenade sur le Rocher''.<ref name="graceluxury"/> The product was named after the official residence of the princely family for over seven centuries.<ref name="graceluxury"/>

=== Monaco and elsewhere ===
[[File:北播磨余暇村公園のバラ「プリンセス・ドモナコ」P6022992プリンセス・ドモナコ.JPG|240px|thumb|right|Rosa 'Princesse de Monaco'
]]
A [[Fontvieille Park and Princess Grace Rose Garden|rose garden in Monaco's Fontvieille district]] is dedicated to the memory of Kelly. It was opened in 1984 by Rainier.<ref name="Mon">{{cite web|title=Fontvieille Park and the Princess Grace Rose Garden|url=http://www.visitmonaco.com/en/Places-to-visit/Gardens/Fontvieille-Park-and-the-Princess-Grace-Rose-Garden|website=Visit Monaco|access-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202100017/https://www.visitmonaco.com/en/place/the-gardens/218/princess-grace-rose-garden|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[hybrid tea rose]], named Rosa 'Princesse de Monaco', was named after her.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rose (Rosa 'Princesse de Monaco') |url=https://garden.org/plants/view/2549/Rose-Rosa-Princesse-de-Monaco/ |website=Plants Database |access-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202100242/https://garden.org/plants/view/2549/Rose-Rosa-Princesse-de-Monaco/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> She is commemorated in a statue by [[Kees Verkade]] in the garden, which features 4,000 roses.<ref name="Sale1999">{{cite book|last=Richard|first=Sale|title=Provence & Côte D'Azur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rf75jAuoaYAC&pg=PA207|access-date=May 26, 2013|date=June 1, 1999|publisher=Landmark|isbn=978-1-901522-45-7|page=207}}</ref> Prince Rainier also established the [[Princess Grace Irish Library]] in her memory, containing her personal collection of over 9,000 books and sheet music.<ref name="graceinfluential22"/> [[Avenue Princesse Grace]] in Monaco, "the most expensive street in the world", is named for her, as is Boulevard Princesse Grâce de Monaco in [[Nice]], France.<ref name="monacomatin">[http://www.monacomatin.mc/article/monaco/princesse-grace-%C2%AB-rue-la-plus-chere-du-monde-%C2%BB.234118.html Princesse-Grace, « rue la plus chère du monde »] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721204547/http://www.monacomatin.mc/article/monaco/princesse-grace-%C2%AB-rue-la-plus-chere-du-monde-%C2%BB.234118.html |date=July 21, 2015 }}, ''[[Monaco-Matin]]'', July 12, 2010 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220202100802/https://www.monacomatin.mc/faits-divers/retro-en-aout-1997-diana-passait-ses-derniers-jours-heureux-a-saint-tropez-312552 Archived] on February 2, 2022</ref><ref name="robertfrank">Robert Frank, [https://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/08/05/the-10-most-expensive-streets-in-the-world/ The 10 Most Expensive Streets in the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016121616/http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/08/05/the-10-most-expensive-streets-in-the-world/ |date=October 16, 2016 }}, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', August 5, 2008 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220202100950/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WHB-423 Archived] on February 2, 2022.</ref>

In 2007, Monaco hosted an international-scale exhibition in honor of Princess Grace, named "The Grace Kelly Years, Princess of Monaco", containing letters, personal belongings, fashion accessories, and sound recordings on display.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Grace Kelly Years, Princess Of Monaco |url=https://www.grimaldiforum.com/en/exhibition-summer-monaco/the-grace-kelly-years-princess-of-monaco#.X7_ho6pKhN1 |website=Grimaldi Forum |access-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202101332/https://www.grimaldiforum.com/en/exhibition-summer-monaco/the-grace-kelly-years-princess-of-monaco|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo]] was established in 1985, in accordance to the wishes of Princess Grace, with its first performance taking place on December 21. In 1993, Kelly appeared on a U.S. postage stamp, released in conjunction with a Monaco postage stamp featuring her image on the same day.<ref>{{cite news | title = U.S. and Monaco Honor Grace Kelly | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/21/style/stamps-us-and-monaco-honor-grace-kelly.html |work=[[The New York Times]] | first = Barth | last = Healey | date = March 21, 1993|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202101515/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/21/style/stamps-us-and-monaco-honor-grace-kelly.html|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Kelly's death, [[€2 commemorative coins]] were issued on July 1, 2007, with the "national" side bearing the image of her. In 2019, the government of Monaco released three designs of commemorative postage stamps, each depicting a different phase of her life, to mark the 90th anniversary of her birth.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coles |first1=Lauren |title=Elegance Engraved on a Historic Postage Stamp |url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/grace-kelly-stamp |website=Grace Influential |date=September 17, 2020 |access-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202101642/https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/grace-kelly-stamp|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003, the [[Henley Royal Regatta]] renamed the Women's Quadruple Sculls the "[[Princess Grace Challenge Cup]]". The Henley Stewards invited her to present the prizes at the 1981 regatta, expiating the ill will from her father's falling foul of its amateurism rules in 1920. Prince Albert presented the prizes at the 2004 regatta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrr.co.uk/2021/08/12/ones-to-watch/|title=Ones To Watch|publisher=[[Henley Royal Regatta]]|access-date=October 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202102330/https://www.hrr.co.uk/2021/08/12/ones-to-watch/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Various hotels, including [[Hotel Bel-Air]], the [[The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company|Ritz-Carlton Hotel de la Paix]], the [[InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel]], and the [[Shelbourne Hotel]] established suites inspired by her life and likeness.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Flanagan |first1=Keith |title=6 Stunning Hotel Suites Inspired by Princess Grace Kelly |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/grace-kelly-hotel-suites |website=Architectural Digest |date=November 10, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202102427/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/grace-kelly-hotel-suites|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> A yacht in Monaco, ''M/Y Grace'', was named after her.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Boat with Many Names|url=https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/a-boat-with-many-names |website=Grace Influential|date=November 23, 2021 |access-date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202102857/https://www.graceinfluential.com/post/a-boat-with-many-names|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Cheryl Ladd]] portrayed Kelly in the [[made-for-TV film]] ''[[Grace Kelly (film)|Grace Kelly]]'' in 1983. The film received mixed reviews.<ref>allmovie.com [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/grace-kelly-v125944 Grace Kelly (1983)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220202103001/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/grace-kelly-v125944 Archived] on February 2, 2022</ref> [[Nicole Kidman]] portrayed Kelly in ''[[Grace of Monaco (film)|Grace of Monaco]]'' (2014), directed by [[Olivier Dahan]]. Reaction to the film was largely negative; many people, including the princely family of Monaco, felt it was overly dramatic, had historical errors, and lacked depth.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Foundas|first1=Scott|title=No Saving 'Grace' in Contrived Melodrama|journal=Variety|date=May 19, 2014|volume=324|issue=2|pages=90–91|id={{ProQuest|1544414294}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=McFaron|first1=Emma|title=Historian at the Movies: Grace of Monaco reviewed|url=http://www.historyextra.com/feature/culture/historian-movies-grace-monaco-reviewed|publisher=BBC History Extra|access-date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202103102/https://www.historyextra.com/period/historian-at-the-movies-grace-of-monaco-reviewed/|archive-date=February 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2022, the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) issued silver and gold coins to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Grace Kelly's death, with the consent of Prince Albert II.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WOMEN OF WORLD - GRACE KELLY |url=https://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en/10041368060000 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=www.monnaiedeparis.fr |language=en |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118222829/https://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en/10041368060000 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Works ==
=== Filmography ===
{{Main|Grace Kelly on screen and stage}}

=== Discography ===
* "[[True Love (Cole Porter song)|True Love]]", a duet with Bing Crosby from ''High Society'' (1956)
* ''L'Oiseau du Nord et L'Oiseau du Soleil'', in French and in English (1978)
* ''Birds, Beasts & Flowers: A Programme of Poetry, Prose and Music'' (1980)

== Awards and nominations ==
[[File:Kelly Stewart Publicity.jpg|thumb|right|Kelly and [[James Stewart]] in a publicity picture for ''[[Rear Window]]'' (1954)]]
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Awards
! Category
! Project
! Award
|-
|1950 || [[Theatre World Award]] || {{n/a}} || ''[[The Father (Strindberg play)|The Father]]'' || {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1953 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] || rowspan=2|''[[Mogambo]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress]] || rowspan=5 {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5"|1954 || [[Academy Award]] || [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || rowspan=5|''[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]'' 
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]] 
|-
|[[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] 
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] 
|-
|[[British Academy Film Awards]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]] || {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1954 || [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || rowspan=2|''[[Rear Window]]'' ||rowspan=4 {{won}}
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|[[New York Film Critics Circle]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] 
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|rowspan=4|1954 || [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || rowspan=4|''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' 
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| [[New York Film Critics Circle]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] 
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| [[British Academy Film Awards]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]] ||rowspan=2 {{nom}}
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| [[Bambi Award]] || Best International Actress 
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| [[13th Golden Globe Awards|1956]] || [[Golden Globe Awards]] || [[13th Golden Globe Awards|World Favorite Film Female]] || {{n/a}} || {{won}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/grace-kelly |title=Grace Kelly |website=Golden Globes |access-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406061713/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/grace-kelly |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|}

'''Other honors'''
* [[Hollywood Walk of Fame|Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]] (1960)
* [[American Film Institute]]'s 13th Greatest Female Star of Classic American Cinema (1999)
* [[Rosa 'Princesse de Monaco']] (1981)

==Titles, styles, and honors==
Upon her marriage to [[Prince Rainier III]] in 1956, as the consort of the reigning sovereign prince of Monaco, she was styled "''[[Her Serene Highness]]'' Princess Grace of Monaco"<!-- do not change this to "The Princess of Monaco" or "Grace, Princess of Monaco", per sources !--->. She also bore all historical titles of her husband, in the feminine.<ref>{{cite web |title=ABOUT US |url=https://pgfusa.org/about/ |website=Princess Grace Foundation-USA |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106222739/https://pgfusa.org/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=H.S.H. Prince Albert II |url=https://www.palais.mc/en/princely-family/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/biography-1-5.html |website=Palais Princier de Monaco |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609083738/https://www.palais.mc/en/princely-family/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/biography-1-5.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===National honors===
* {{flag|Monaco}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saint-Charles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/1956/Journal-5143/Ordonnance-Souveraine-n-1.324-conferant-l-honorariat-la-Grand-Croix-de-l-Ordre-de-Saint-Charles|title=Ordonnance Souveraine n° 1.324 conférant l'honorariat la Grand'Croix de l'Ordre de Saint-Charles&nbsp;– Journal 5143|year=1956|publisher=Principauté de Monaco|website=Journal de Monaco|access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021323/http://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/1956/Journal-5143/Ordonnance-Souveraine-n-1.324-conferant-l-honorariat-la-Grand-Croix-de-l-Ordre-de-Saint-Charles|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="register">Jack Jones, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19820915&id=kBBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=POIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6456,3312210 "Princess Grace"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312092746/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19820915&id=kBBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=POIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6456,3312210 |date=March 12, 2016 }} ''The Register-Guard'', September 15, 1982.</ref>

===Foreign honors===
* {{flag|Austria}}: Recipient of the [[Austrian Red Cross|Red Cross Medal]]<ref name="register" />
* {{flag|Belgium}}: Recipient of the [[Belgian Red Cross|Red Cross Medal]]<ref name="Cloud">{{Cite web |url=http://cloud.gouv.mc/webweb/Annuoff.nsf/(ListCh)/B7433860E52C08F9C12567C20033DFD7!OpenDocument |title=Cloud |access-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219183424/http://cloud.gouv.mc/webweb/Annuoff.nsf/(ListCh)/B7433860E52C08F9C12567C20033DFD7!OpenDocument |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|France}}: Recipient of the [[French Red Cross|Red Cross Medal]]<ref name="Cloud"/>
* {{flag|Kingdom of Greece}} : Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Beneficence (Greece)|Royal Order of Beneficence]]<ref name="register" />
* {{flagicon|Iran|1964}} [[Imperial State of Iran]]: Recipient of the [[2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire|Commemorative Medal of the 2,500 year Celebration of the Persian Empire]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://badraie.com/guests.htm |website=Badraie |title=Iran: Host to the World |access-date=September 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043732/http://badraie.com/guests.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>
* {{flag|Italy}}: Grand Officer of the [[Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity|Order of the Star of Solidarity]]<ref name="register" />
* {{flag|Vatican}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre]]<ref name="register" />
* {{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order pro merito Melitensi|Order of Merit, Special Class]]<ref name="register" />
* {{flag|Nicaragua}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Rubén Darío]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cloud.gouv.mc/webweb/Annuoff.nsf/(ListCh)/B7433860E52C08F9C12567C20033DFD7!OpenDocument|title=Cloud|website=gouv.mc|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-date=December 19, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219183424/http://cloud.gouv.mc/webweb/Annuoff.nsf/(ListCh)/B7433860E52C08F9C12567C20033DFD7!OpenDocument|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Spain}}: Recipient of the [[Spanish Red Cross|Red Cross Plaque of Honor and Merit]]<ref name="Cloud"/>

===Arms and emblems===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Grace, Princess of Monaco.svg|253px]]<br />Coat of arms of Grace<br />as Princess of Monaco
| [[File:Royal Monogram of Princess Grace of Monaco.svg|140px]]<br />Royal monogram of Princess Grace<br />
|}

== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book |last=Bren |first=Paulina |title=[[The Barbizon (book)|The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location=New York |author-link=Paulina Bren |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-9821-2389-5}}
* {{cite book|first=H. Kristina|last=Haugland|title=Grace Kelly: Icon of Style to Royal Bride (Philadelphia Museum of Art)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JE5ITOBYBJUC|year=2006|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-11644-1|access-date=October 16, 2015|archive-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829185657/http://books.google.com/books?id=JE5ITOBYBJUC|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book |last=Lacey |first=Robert |title=Grace |date=1995 |publisher=Chivers Press |location=Bath, England |isbn=0-7838-1199-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/grace0000lace_a7a0/page/n7/mode/2up}}
* {{cite book| last = Leigh| first = Wendy| title = True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess| publisher = [[Thomas Dunne Books]]| location = New York| year = 2007| isbn = 978-0-312-34236-4| url = https://archive.org/details/truegracelifetim00wend}}
* {{cite book|year=1994|first=Donald|last=Spoto|title=High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_09VcLrGoAIC|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-39562-7}}
* {{cite book|first=Donald|last=Spoto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xw7za6UOGv0C|title=High Society: Grace Kelly and Hollywood|date=2010|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-09-951537-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Taraborrelli|first=J. Randy|title=Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izc50wQn9RoC|year=2003|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=978-0-7595-2790-4}}
* {{cite book|last = Wydra|first = Thilo|title = Grace. A Biography|publisher=[[Skyhorse Publishing]]|location=New York|year=2014|isbn = 978-1-62914-541-9}}

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb name}}
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* {{rotten-tomatoes-person|grace_kelly}}
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* [http://www.pgfusa.org/ Princess Grace Foundation&nbsp;– USA]
* [https://vault.fbi.gov/Grace%20Kelly FBI Records: The Vault&nbsp;– Grace Kelly] at fbi.gov
* [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Kelly Biography of Grace Kelly] at Encyclopedia Britannica
* [http://www.itnsource.com/compilations/people/celebrity/?lr=S31070701 Grace Kelly Footage]
* {{cite news|title=High Society&nbsp;– The Life of Grace Kelly|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/highsociety.htm|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 15, 2009}}
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mv7w Princess Grace Of Monaco] interview on BBC Radio 4 ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', April 24, 1981
* [https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/items/show/884 Princess Grace of Monaco interviewed by Vera Maxwell and John Touhey on December 19, 1978] for the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]]

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