Grace Patricia (Kelly) de Monaco (1929 - 1982)

Born 12 Nov 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi — married 18 Apr 1956 in Monaco-Ville, Principauté de Monaco

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1982 at age 52 in Principality of Monaco

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Biography

Grace (Kelly) de Monaco is Notable.

Grace Patricia Kelly (Princesse consort de Monaco) * Philadelphia 12.11.1929, + Monaco 14.9.1982 oo Monaco 19.4.1956 Rainier III. Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand, prince souverain de Monaco, * Monaco 31.5.1923

Princess of Monaco.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on November 12, 1929, Grace Kelly became a popular actress in the 1950s, starring in movies such as Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" (1954), "To Catch a Thief" (1955) and "The Swan" (1956). She gained even greater fame after having starred in the film "The Country Girl" (1954), for which she won an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actress.

After something of a whirlwind romance, she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in April 1956, becoming Princess Grace of Monaco. She became the first American citizen to marry a reigning European monarch. The couple had three children, all still living, including their son, Albert II Grimaldi, currently the reigning Prince of Monaco.

Grace (Kelly) Grimaldi, Princess of Monaco, died in Monaco after having been in a car accident on September 14, 1982. She was 52 years old.

Her father, John Brendan "Jack" Kelly, was a champion sculler who won three Olympic gold medals as part of the U.S. rowing team. A self-made millionaire, he owned one of the most successful brick businesses on the East Coast. Her mother, Margaret Katherine Majer, was the first coach of women's athletic teams at the University of Pennsylvania. Grace Kelly was the third of their four children and was named after her father's sister, who died at a very young age.

The arts held a prominent place in the Kelly family. Her uncles Walter C. Kelly, a vaudevillian performer, and George Kelly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, both had a huge effect on her. It was George who later encouraged his niece to pursue a full-time acting career, mentoring her through her rise in Hollywood.

Sources

• Grace Patricia Kelly. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 08:23, Jul 29, 2014, from [1]
• 1930 census
• 1940 census
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Kelly
• Heinz-Jürgen Mannhardt: Sind die Mannhardts mit der Fürstin Gracia Patricia von Monaco verwandt?. In:Mannhardtscher Familienbrief, Heft 13, 2004 unter Berufung auf C.F. Kaufholz: Die deutschen Ahnen der Fürstin von Monaco, Grace Patricia geb. Kelly. Genealogie 13.Jgg. (Bd. 7), S. 1, (1964); Ahnenliste Helena Linnich, In: Mannhardtscher Familienbrief Nr. 6 (1997), S. 25
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• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 January 2021), memorial page for Grace Kelly (12 Nov 1929–14 Sep 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #571, citing Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Monaco-Ville, Monaco ; Maintained by Find A Grave .