American actress Grace Kelly (1929–1982) made her screen debut in the televised play "Old Lady Robbins" (1948) on the anthology series Kraft Television Theatre. The following year, Kelly made her Broadway debut playing Bertha in The Father. 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. 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. 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), 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. 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. 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. Kelly died in 1982 after being involved in a car crash near Monte Carlo.
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.
Film
+ List of film credits Year Title Role Notes 1951Fourteen Hours1952High Noon 1953Mogambo 1954Dial M for Murder Rear Window Green Fire 1955To Catch a Thief 1956 High SocietyHerselfDocumentary film1959Glück und Liebe in MonacoHerselfGerman language filmEnglish title: "Happiness and Love in Monaco"1977NarratorDocumentary film
Television + List of television creditsYearTitleRole Notes 1948; 1952–1954Kraft Television TheatreVarious charactersEpisode: "Old Lady Robbins"Episode: "The Cricket on the Hearth"Episode: "The Small Hours"Episode: "Boy of Mine"Episode: "The Thankful Heart" 1950–1953Various charactersEpisode: "Bethel Merriday" Episode: "Ann Rutledge"Episode: "Leaf Out of a Book"Episode: "The Sisters"Episode: "Rich Boy"Episode: "The Way of the Eagle" 1950Ripley's Believe It or Not!UnknownEpisode: "The Voice of Obsession" 1950; 1952Studio OneUnknownEpisode: "The Rockingham Tea Set"Episode: "The Kill" 1950Actors StudioVarious charactersEpisode: "The Apple Tree"Episode: "The Token"Episode: "The Swan"Cads, Scoundrels and LadiesUnknownSegment: "The Lovesick Robber"Comedy TheaterUnknownEpisode: "Summer Had Better Be Good" Lights OutUnknownEpisode: "The Devil to Pay"Episode: "The Borgia Lamp" Big TownUnknownEpisode: "The Pay-Off"UnknownEpisode: "Vengeance" UnknownEpisode: "Mirror of Delusion"Somerset Maugham TV TheatreUnknownEpisode: "Episode"1950; 1952DangerUnknownEpisode: "The Sergeant and the Doll"Episode: "Prelude to Death" 1951Prudential Family PlayhouseEpisode: "Berkeley Square"UnknownEpisode: "A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln" 1951–1952Armstrong Circle TheatreVarious characters Episode: "Lover's Leap"Episode: "Brand from the Burning"Episode: "City Editor"Episode: "Recapture" 1952CBS Television WorkshopDulcineaEpisode: "Don Quixote"Hallmark Hall of FameEpisode: "The Big Build Up"1952–1953Lux Video TheatreVarious charactersEpisode: "Life, Liberty, and Orrin Dooley"Episode: "A Message for Janice"Episode: "The Betrayers" 1952Robert Montgomery PresentsUnknownEpisode: "Candles for Theresa"SuspenseUnknownEpisode: "Fifty Beautiful Girls" Goodyear Television PlayhouseUnknownEpisode: "Leaf Out of a Book"1953Toast of the TownSang duet with Ralph MeekerEpisode: "Teahouse of the August Moon"1963HerselfDocumentary film1966NarratorTelevision film1968Monte Carlo: C'est La RoseHerselfDocumentary film
Stage + List of theater creditsYear(s)TitleRoleTheater Notes 1949–1950The FatherBertha Cort TheatreNovember 16, 1949 – January 14, 19501952To Be ContinuedA Young Woman Booth TheatreApril 23 – May 2 References
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