Grace Kelly on screen and stage

A black-and-white photograph of Grace Kelly in 1955
Grace Kelly in 1955

American actress Grace Kelly (1929–1982)[1][2] made her screen debut in the televised play "Old Lady Robbins" (1948) on the anthology series Kraft Television Theatre.[3] The following year, Kelly made her Broadway debut playing Bertha in The Father.[4] In 1950, she appeared on numerous television anthology series, including The Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, The Clock, The Web, and Danger. Kelly played Helen Pettigrew in the television play "Berkeley Square" on the Prudential Family Playhouse (1951). In 1952, she portrayed Dulcinea in the drama "Don Quixote" on the anthology series CBS Television Workshop, and also starred in a number of other anthology series, including Hallmark Hall of Fame, Lux Video Theatre, and Suspense.

Kelly's film debut was a minor role in the 1951 drama Fourteen Hours.[5] She followed this with an appearance in the western High Noon with Gary Cooper. For her performance as Linda Nortley in John Ford's Mogambo, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[6][7] In 1954, she starred in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed thrillers Dial M for Murder, with Ray Milland, and Rear Window, with James Stewart. In the same year, she portrayed the long-suffering wife of an alcoholic actor, played by Bing Crosby, in The Country Girl (1954),[8] for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama in 1955.[6][9] Kelly re-teamed with Hitchcock on the romantic thriller To Catch a Thief (1955), with Cary Grant.

In 1956, she appeared in the romantic comedy The Swan, and the musical comedy High Society. Later that year, the 26-year-old Kelly retired from acting, to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco, becoming the princess of Monaco.[1][10] In this role, she made appearances in the documentaries A Look at Monaco (1963) and Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (1968). She was the narrator of the ballet documentary The Children of Theatre Street (1977), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.[11] Kelly died in 1982 after being involved in a car crash near Monte Carlo.[2]

She was listed 13th in the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood cinema in 1999, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[12][13]

Film

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A black and white publicity photo of Grace Kelly and James Stewart for Rear Window
Grace Kelly and James Stewart in a publicity photo for Rear Window (1954)
List of film credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1951 Fourteen Hours Louise Anne Fuller [14]
1952 High Noon Amy Fowler Kane [15]
1953 Mogambo Linda Nordley [16]
1954 Dial M for Murder Margot Mary Wendice [17]
1954 Rear Window Lisa Carol Fremont [18]
1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri Nancy Brubaker [19]
1954 The Country Girl Georgie Elgin [8]
1954 Green Fire Catherine Knowland [20]
1955 To Catch a Thief Frances Stevens [21]
1956 The Swan Princess Alexandra [22]
1956 High Society Tracy Lord [23]
1956 The Wedding in Monaco Herself Documentary film [24]
1959 Glück und Liebe in Monaco Herself German language film
English title: "Happiness and Love in Monaco" 		[25]
1977 The Children of Theatre Street Narrator Documentary film [26]
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Television

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List of television credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1948
1952–1954 		Kraft Television Theatre Various characters Episode: "Old Lady Robbins"
Episode: "The Cricket on the Hearth"
Episode: "The Small Hours"
Episode: "Boy of Mine"
Episode: "The Thankful Heart" 		[3]
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[29]
[30]
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1950 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Unknown Episode: "The Voice of Obsession" [32]
1950
1952 		Studio One Unknown Episode: "The Rockingham Tea Set"
Episode: "The Kill" 		[33]
[34]
1950 Actors Studio Various characters Episode: "The Apple Tree"
Episode: "The Token"
Episode: "The Swan" 		[35]
1950 Cads, Scoundrels and Ladies Unknown Segment: "The Lovesick Robber" [35]
1950 Comedy Theater Unknown Episode: "Summer Had Better Be Good" [36]
1950
1952 		Lights Out Unknown Episode: "The Devil to Pay"
Episode: "The Borgia Lamp" 		[37]
[38]
1950 Big Town Unknown Episode: "The Pay-Off" [35]
1950 The Clock Unknown Episode: "Vengeance" [39]
1950 The Web Unknown Episode: "Mirror of Delusion" [35]
1950 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre Unknown Episode: "Episode" [35]
1950
1952 		Danger Unknown Episode: "The Sergeant and the Doll"
Episode: "Prelude to Death" 		[40]
1951 Prudential Family Playhouse Helen Pettigrew Episode: "Berkeley Square" [41]
1951 The Nash Airflyte Theater Unknown Episode: "A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln" [42]
1951–1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre Various characters Episode: "Lover's Leap"
Episode: "Brand from the Burning"
Episode: "City Editor"
Episode: "Recapture" 		[43]
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[45]
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1952 CBS Television Workshop Dulcinea Episode: "Don Quixote" [45]
1952 Hallmark Hall of Fame Claire Conroy Episode: "The Big Build Up" [45]
1952–1953 Lux Video Theatre Various characters Episode: "Life, Liberty, and Orrin Dooley"
Episode: "A Message for Janice"
Episode: "The Betrayers" 		[47]
[48]
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1952 Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown Episode: "Candles for Theresa" [45]
1952 Suspense Unknown Episode: "Fifty Beautiful Girls" [50]
1952 Goodyear Television Playhouse Unknown Episode: "Leaf Out of a Book" [51]
1953 Toast of the Town Sang duet with Ralph Meeker Episode: "Teahouse of the August Moon" [52]
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1963 A Look at Monaco Herself Documentary film [54]
1966 The Poppy Is Also a Flower Narrator Television film [55]
1968 Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose Herself Documentary film [56]

Stage

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List of theater credits
Year(s) Title Role Theater Notes Ref(s)
1949–1950 The Father Bertha Cort Theatre November 16, 1949 – January 14, 1950 [57]
1952 To Be Continued A Young Woman Booth Theatre April 23 – May 2 [58]

References

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