Some people say that no female star can be more like a fairy tale than Grace Kelly's life.
Born into a wealthy family, she has blonde hair, blue eyes, a delicate appearance, a tall figure, and elegance is synonymous with her. Grace has only been in the film for six years, and she has won the Oscar crown. In 1999, she was named the 13th "Greatest Actress of a Hundred Years" by the American Film Institute.
Grace's most beautiful youth is fixed on movies and newspaper headlines, leaving us with many classic movie looks. She died marrying the Prince of Monaco and had three lovely children. However, fairy tales are fairy tales after all. Grace's beauty is true, but her life is not as smooth as imagined, and she still needs to face the helplessness of life alone.
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Grace Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, to a wealthy Catholic family in Philadelphia. Her mother was a sports coach at the University of Pennsylvania, while her father won three Olympic rowing gold medals in the 1920s and later started a construction engineering company to become a millionaire. At home, Grace also has three siblings.
You must not think that when she was a child, Grace was not amazing, and was often called "the little dwarf in the garbage heap". She has never received the love and respect of her father, because in the eyes of her father, every member of her family is very good, but Grace, the daughter, is not very good.
However, Grace's uncle, George Kelly, is a pulitzer prize-winning playwright. Deeply influenced by her uncle, Grace began performing on stage at the age of 13. After graduating from high school in 1947, she was admitted to the famous American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Film Arts in New York.
At that time, Grace had become a tall and beautiful girl, and in her spare time, she would work as a fashion model to support herself. However, this was not supported by the father.
Father, 45 years old
Grace, don't make a fuss! You can't do anything, neither as beautiful as your sister and sister, nor as smart as your brother, who can't even pass the entrance examination in a serious college, and don't hurry up to study honestly, what model!?
Grace, 19 years old
No, I love acting, I want to be an actor. I can make money on amateur catwalks, $400 a week! They say, I'm one of the most expensive fashion models!
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Father
When an actor? It's too confusing in this circle. What's the difference between a girl going to be an actress and being a prostitute? I would never allow my daughter to do such a thing!
Grace
Father, growing up, I obeyed you, but you have always been dissatisfied with me. Now that I know, no matter how obedient I am, you will not give me a good face. This time, I couldn't back down. I want to act! And, I can earn money to support myself!
Grace's ideal is to become the best theatrical actor on the Broadway stage, but the road is not smooth for her.
After graduation, Grace interviewed many troupes, but she never got important roles, and was often disliked for various reasons. In order to get more opportunities, she turned to television as a new starting point, shooting nearly 60 different types of TV shows.
In 1951, at the age of 22, Grace got her first big-screen role in the movie 14 Hours. Although the little supporting role is only more than two minutes of footage, Grace's beauty is impressive, and she began to have her own fans.
The following year, Grace was given the opportunity to work with the big star of the day, Jaly Cooper, to play his wife in the movie "High Noon". But it is said that she was selected only because of the low salary. And after the partnership ended, the production company offered Grace only a job that cost $250 a week. She refused to accept such conditions.
In 1953, at the age of 24, Grace starred in "Red Dust," which made her overnight famous.
In this film, she plays a cold married woman. From the initial effort to resist temptation, to the irrepressible feelings in the back, to the heartbreak and anger, her performance is rich in layers and extremely delicate. Grace also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Her coldness, beauty, and madness in the film made Hollywood re-recognize the acting skills and potential of this beauty.
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Grace soon received an olive branch from the master of suspense, Hitchcock. Hitchcock wanted to invite her to appear in the movie "Telephone Murder.". For them, though, the production process of the film was not very pleasant.
Many people know that Hitchcock is very harsh on actresses, he often loses his temper on the set, and Grace often forgets how to move because of criticism, and does not know where to look. But this movie, it worked.
Next, Hitchcock invited Grace to star in the suspense film "Rear Window". Grace was hesitant because she was also approached by the director of the movie "Docks", who wanted to invite her to partner with the famous movie star Marlon Brando. However, the movie "Rear Window" is also very attractive to her. In the end, Grace chose Hitchcock.
Although the actress who replaced her in "Docks" won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Grace did not regret it, because "Rear Window" successfully won the Oscar for Best Director, Best Screenplay and many other awards, and she also won the American Critics Association Award for Best Actress. In this classic in the history of cinema, there is such a scene:
As the sun sets, a man with a plaster cast tied to one leg is sleeping, and the window next to him is open. A beautiful woman quietly stroked the man's chest and gave him a kiss. Trance, like a dream.
Grace Kelly, 23, whispered.
"How are your legs?"
James Stewart, 26,
"It hurts a bit."
Grace leaned over and gave James Stewart a kiss.
Grace
So now, is there anything else that upsets you?
James Stewart
Well. Who are you?
Facing such a beautiful, elegant, and noble woman, the male protagonist of "Rear Window" has no reason not to be confused. To this day, Grace's shape in the film is still talked about in the fashion industry, and there are many Barbie dolls that imitate and pay tribute to Grace. Hitchcock also always told the media:
Hitchcock, 55, director
Grace's beauty is very subtle. For me, it was more of an airy sensuality. On the outside, Grace seems cold, but her heart contains a volcano of sensitivity, lust and love. No one would believe this before watching my film... I'm always looking for real ladies, and they tend to explode with passions that people can't imagine.
Later, Grace starred in Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief. Inviting the same actress to three films in a row is rare for Hitchcock, a picky master of suspense. After Grace's disappearance, every female lead under Hitchcock's lens seems to have a bit of Grace's shadow.
Not only co-directors, but also every male star who has worked with Grace has irrepressibly fallen in love with her. Although Grace has not been in the film for a long time, her scandalous history is quite long.
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A Hollywood actor once exaggerated: "The Hollywood actor you can think of, Grace Kelly, has almost slept." Another female star also complained about Grace Kelly, saying: "Grace has found more boyfriends in a month than I have in my life." Inside and outside of this, there is a lot of jealousy.
You know, Grace's gossip objects are too many to calculate, including not only actors and stars, but also hotel managers, strange princes and so on. And her most vigorous love affair is with the famous actor Clark Gable.
The two collaborated on the movie "Red Dust", and when the scandal broke, the media was full of photos of them. The reporter asked Grace whether her scandal with Gable was true. Grace replied, "What else can you do by throwing you alone in Africa and staying in a tent with Gable?" This sentence leaves a lot of room for imagination, but Gable denies it.
Sounds awkward isn't it? Interestingly, Hitchcock's first reaction after hearing about Grace's gossip was: "Amazing Grace!" She sleeps with everyone! This joke is probably why Hitchcock admired her: "Grace is a blonde with a cold appearance, but a burning desire in her heart." "This contrast is really fascinating.
And under Grace's cold and calm appearance, she is still a very assertive woman.
When Grace signed to MGM and refused to lend her to Paramount for the film "Country Girl," Grace struggled to win the role. Later, at the age of 26, she became the youngest actress in the history of the Oscars at the age of 26.
In 1955, Grace attended the Cannes Film Festival, and with the help and arrangement of the editor of the Paris Competition magazine, she met With Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Afterwards, she went to the Royal Palace of Monaco as promised, and took a walk with Rainier III in the back garden. Although it was only 30 minutes long, the magazine's editors took the photos they wanted, which became a popular entertainment event for a while.
Grace and Rainier III then began a polite and friendly correspondence, but within a few months the two had a crush on each other.
At that time, Rainier III was in desperate need of a wife. Because Monaco is a small principality, famous for its luxury hotels and casinos, it can be said to be a haven for criminals. France, on the other hand, as a protectorate of Monaco, stipulates between them that Monaco will be incorporated into France once there are no male descendants after the death of the Head of State of Monaco. That is to say, if there is no son to succeed to the throne after the death of Rainier III, then the principality of Monaco will cease to exist.
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Fortunately, Rainier III met Grace, who he believed was the right wife and soon proposed to her in a letter. At the end of 1956, Rainier III took the opportunity of a regular visit to New York to personally visit Grace's parents.
In the end, he proposed successfully. The news of the marriage caused a sensation all over the world and appeared on the front page of all media.
On April 19, 1956, Grace and Rainier III held the "Wedding of the Century" at the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Monaco. On the same day, Monaco was crowded with people, many Hollywood superstars came in person, and MGM reported live.
Years later, a writer and producer of the film Princess of Monaco said of the wedding: "One of the reasons Grace has an enduring appeal is that she is the world's first princess to be widely reported by the media." Her wedding was created by mgm, the company she signed, and they tried to portray Grace as a fairy tale princess. Ordinary people just like to watch civilian girls fly up the branches into phoenixes, so that dreams come true. ”
But the truth is that Grace's father paid $2 million in dowry for his daughter to marry into the royal family. Grace also said goodbye to the film world completely at the request of her husband Rainier III.
After marriage, she gave birth to two daughters and a man, and her son Albert II is today's Prince of Monaco. This solved the biggest problem of the Monegasque royal family, who did not have to worry about being annexed by France.
Without worries, Rainier III derailed, and Grace could do nothing about it. Worse than that, Grace, as a princess, was not free. Many of her activities were restricted, and she was not allowed to meet strangers, to interact with people in Hollywood, and to make movies. According to the biography of the BBC, in order to control the princess, Rainier III also arranged for a maid to stare at her words and deeds, always reminding her of the identity of the princess.
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In the sixth year of marriage, Grace received an invitation from Hitchcock to play a beautiful woman with a theft fetish due to childhood trauma in the suspense film "The Thief", and the film was paid nearly $800,000.
Rainier III did not object to Grace's appearance at first, but Monaco was in the midst of friction with France and had to pay taxes to France. The people of Monaco have a strong opinion of the incompetence of the royal family and disapprove of the princess playing the role of a female thief. Influenced by the political situation and public opinion, Rainier III also expressed a strong opposition to Grace's going to shoot "The Thief".
Rainier III
Shut up! You shouldn't be thinking about a comeback at all, and you have to announce to the outside world that you're going to retire from the movie industry permanently. Public opinion is against you playing a "thief", do you want to be the enemy of the people of Monaco?
Grace
Public opinion is not against me, but against the royal family, against the incompetence of the royal family in this matter of France. Maybe you should not ask who wants to be the enemy of Monaco, but should first look in the mirror and think about why people are enemies of Monaco?
Rainier III
In short, the matter of making a movie, you don't want to think about it, you don't have to think about it for a lifetime!
Grace had no choice but to reject Hitchcock. Grace's sister said: "This is a sacrifice, but Grace also knows that fish and bear paws can not be both, she can not have the perfection of the family children, the dignity of a country, and want to continue to develop her acting career." ”
In order to take care of the overall situation, Grace chose to aggrieved herself. She is far away from her homeland, speaks French that she is not familiar with, and is unable to communicate with people at will because of her identity. Later, she experienced two miscarriages, and gradually suffered from depression, insomnia, emotional instability, and often felt isolated and helpless.
There is a biography of Grace who asked an American lawyer about the divorce, but the lawyer told her that once she divorced, she would lose custody of her children. Grace couldn't accept the consequences and had to give up.
Even so, Grace, as a princess, has really done a lot for Monaco.
This small mini country quickly became known to the world because of the wedding of the century. After her marriage, monaco's tourist population surged and the economic situation improved year by year. Rainier III issued decrees to weaken his power and disband the guards to win the hearts and minds of the people. At the same time, Grace vigorously developed social and cultural undertakings. As a patron of the National Red Cross and president of the Monaco International Endowment for the Arts, she has done a lot of philanthropic work, creating the "Association of Friends of the Children of the World", recognized by the United Nations, making this pocket country a cultural conference center in Europe.
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On September 13, 1982, Grace took her young daughter and drove from the holiday home to Monaco. While passing a bend in the sea, the car unfortunately fell off a 40-meter-high cliff. Her youngest daughter was lucky to survive, but Grace delayed the best rescue time due to insufficient hospital equipment. Finally, it was her husband, Rainier III, who personally removed his wife's oxygen tube.
After Grace's death, the world sighed. Someone had produced a commemorative book of the Princess and brought it to Rainier III. Rainier III wrote on the title page: "As wife and mother, she did perfect. ”
As Hitchcock commented, beneath Grace's iceberg-like exterior, there was a passion like fire. Perhaps it is this contrast that has prompted her to successfully perform a number of classic roles in her short acting career. If Grace had not married into the royal family, presumably her film path would not only stop at the youngest Oscar queen, but would continue to create better film works and leave more classic images for the world.
Of course, no one can determine whether Grace's decision to marry into the royal family is right or wrong. Although the identity of the princess suppressed her personality and made her spend a silent and helpless half of her life, this protracted marriage also gave her more opportunities to contribute to charity and make more efforts to change the living environment of women and children.
In the chapters of the years that belonged to Grace Kelly, her rare beauty, her path to the shadow, and her career as a princess have long been recorded. The sudden car accident was the end of her life, but it also made her an eternal symbol of grace in this world.
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