Kelly was a vaudeville star, who also made films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures, and another named George was a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist, screenwriter, and director. In later years he served on the Fairmount Park Commission and, during World War II, was appointed by President Roosevelt as National Director of Physical Fitness. As Democratic nominee in the 1935 election for Mayor of Philadelphia, he lost by the closest margin in the city's history. He also owned a successful brickwork contracting company that was well known on the East Coast. Kelly Sr., was born to Irish immigrants and won three Olympic gold medals for sculling. Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an affluent and influential family. Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the Princess Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance. She is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. Kelly died at the age of 52 at Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Grace's final film contribution was to the documentary The Children of Theatre Street (1977) directed by Robert Dornhelm, where she served as the narrator. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. In 1964, she established the Princess Grace Foundation to support local artisans. Her charity work focused on young children and the arts. The couple had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stéphanie. Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. Other notable works include the western High Noon (1952), the romantic comedy High Society (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954). She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and television broadcasts. Kelly was born into a prominent Catholic family in Philadelphia. She held the role until her death on September 14, 1982.

After starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, she became Princess of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III on April 18, 1956. Grace Patricia Kelly (Novem– September 14, 1982) was the Princess of Monaco and an American actress.

That Girl of Pierre's by Robert Davis