The Philadelphia-born star, who was the epitome of class and beauty, also appeared in many movies between 1952 and 1956, including adventure romance Mogambo alongside Clark Gable and Ava Gardner, which earned her a Golden Globe for best supporting actress.
The following year she appeared in The Country Girl with Bing Crosby and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Among the 11 movies she starred in over the course of just five years, the most notable were the comedy musical High Society starring alongside Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and three Alfred Hitchcock movies Dial M for Murder; Rear Window; and To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant.
Retired from the big screen at just 26 years old
But the successful actress retired from the big screen at just 26 years old to marry Prince Rainier III and become Princess of Monaco.
In just 6 years, this much-loved starlet had made 11 successful movies, won two Golden Globes and Academy Award, and married a prince.
Her marriage to such a high-profile member of royalty meant she couldn’t continue her acting career. In her capacity as a royal figure, she devoted herself to charitable and cultural endeavors instead.
Grace Kelly also went on to have three children Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Princess Stéphanie.
Sadly, Grace Kelly was killed in a car accident after suffering a stroke and losing control of her vehicle. On September 13, 1982, she lost control of her 10-year-old Rover 3500 sedan, which tumbled 120 feet off a winding mountain road near Monte Carlo.
Her daughter, Stéphanie, who was in the passenger seat, tried in vain to regain control of the car. She was 17 at the time, and thankfully survived.
Tragically, Princess Grace passed away from her injuries the following day, on September 14, 1982. Princess Grace’s family made the difficult decision to remove her from life support several hours after her brain ceased to function.
Her heart stopped beating, and her breathing ceased about 15 minutes after the life support system was disconnected. Kelly was just 52 when she died.
Grace Kelly grandchildren
Her three children went on to have 11 children who all seem to have inherited their grandmother’s style and elegance.
One of her youngest grandchildren, Camille Gottlieb, is the 27-year-old daughter of Grace Kelly’s youngest child Princess Stephanie of Monaco and Jean-Raymond Gottlieb.
The Monaco resident has two older half-siblings, her half-sister Pauline Ducruet also looks like her beautiful grandmother.
But Camille has inherited her grandmother’s blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, and there is no doubt who she is related to when she wears red lipstick.
She’s not eligible for the Monegasque throne as her parents weren’t married when she was born, in fact, her father’s identity was kept secret for a while, according to Town & Country magazine.
Her Instagram account, followed by almost 115,000 people, is full of images of Camille looking like her iconic grandmother.
Such a shame that Grace Kelly couldn’t have lived on to see her beautiful family grow, she would have been so proud of them all.
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