Who Was Grace Kelly?

Grace Kelly, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (November 12, 1929) and died in Monaco (September 14, 1982)

In 1950, the Theatre World publication awarded Kelly with a plaque as recognition for being one of the 12 most promising Broadway personalities for that year.

She received her first Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for her work in Mogambo and received her Oscar for her titular role in The Country Girl.

A year later, the increasingly popular actress became involved in a racial controversy. When the establishment she was in denied entry to a Black American expatriate performer Josephine Baker, Kelly rushed to the other woman’s aid, whom she did not even know at that time.

When the actress married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in April 1954, she gained the title of Princess Consort and was addresses as Her Serene Highness.