Grace Kelly Death:Grace Kelly Biography-Kelly was an American film,stage actress and fashion icon who later became Princess Grace of Monaco.
Kelly became a famous actress in the 1950s, starring in such memorable films as Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, High Society, and The Country Girl, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She retired from acting at age 26.
Grace Kelly became “Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco” upon marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, in 1956. They later had three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stephanie. Kelly maintained dual American and Monegasque citizenship after her marriage.
Kelly died after being critically injured in a car accident with her daughter Stephanie in the fall of 1982 and later appeared on the debut cover of USA Today. The American Film Institute ranked her #13 amongst the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.
Kelly’s wedding was a 40-minute civil ceremony that took place in the Palace Throne Room of Monaco on April 18, 1956, and was broadcast across Europe. To cap the ceremony, the 142 official titles (counterparts of Rainier’s) that Kelly acquired in the union were formally recited. The event concluded the following day with the church ceremony at Monaco’s Saint Nicholas Cathedral.
Kelly’s wedding dress, designed by MGM’s Academy Award-winning Helen Rose, was worked on for six weeks by three dozen seamstresses. The 600 guests included Hollywood stars David Niven and his wife Hjördis, Gloria Swanson, Ava Gardner, the crowned head Aga Khan, and Conrad Hilton. Frank Sinatra initially accepted an invitation but at the last minute decided otherwise, afraid of upstaging the bride on her wedding day. The ceremony was watched by an estimated 30 million people on television.