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The daughter of a model and a wealthy industrialist, and the niece of a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Grace Kelly was born in Philadelphia in 1928. After modelling in New York and appearing on Broadway, Kelly debuted in a bit part in Fourteen Hours (1951) before starring opposite Gary Cooper in High Noon. She was a favourite of Alfred Hitchcock, making three films with him - on the set of the last, To Catch A Thief, she met Prince Rainier of Monaco. She married him in 1956 and became - fittingly for someone with her regal, icy beauty - Princess Grace of Monaco, retiring from the screen at the height of her fame. She famously died in a car crash in 1982.
