Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)

A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

Directors:

Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter

Writers:

Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter

Stars:

Grace Kelly, Richard Kiley, Jean Dalrymple

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Grace Kelly	...	Herself (plays baseball) (archive footage)
Richard Kiley	...	Narrator (voice)
Jean Dalrymple	...	Herself
Rita Gam	...	Herself (roommate)
Louis Jourdan	...	Himself (co-star)
Katy Jurado	...	Herself (co-star)
Jay Kanter	...	Himself (agent)
Stanley Kramer	...	Himself (producer)
Nadia LaCoste	...	Herself
Lizanne Le Vine	...	Herself (sister)
Earl Ma	...	Himself
Delbert Mann	...	Himself (director)
Judy Balaban	...	Herself (as Judy Balaban Quine)
James Stewart	...	Himself
John Strauss	...	Himself

Storyline

An affectionately nostalgic look at the life and career of American icon Grace Kelly, the product of a Philadelphia family who became a film actress in the early 50s. Her meteoric rise resulted in roles opposite Hollywood's elite leading men and culminated in a 1954 Oscar for "The Country Girl." Whole filming Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "To Catch a Thief" with Cary grant on the Riviera, she met and fell in love with Prince Ranier of Monaco and worldwide icon until her tragic death in 1982.

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Plot Keywords:

actress | monaco | riviera | princess | 1950s | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Details

Official Sites:

Janson Media

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grace Kelly: The American Princess - An Intimate Portrait

Filming Locations:

The Royal Palace, Monaco

Company Credits

Production Co:

DeVillier Donegan Enterprizes, Wombat Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 44 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

James Stewart: She made as good a princess as she was a movie actress... even better.

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Connections

Features The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (1948)

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Soundtracks

"Yankee Doodle Dandy"
(uncredited)
Written by George M. Cohan
Heard as theme under Kelly home movies

User Reviews

becoming a real princess

This Hollywood Legends documentary features home movies, stills, film clips, modeling ads and commercials, and lots of newsreels of Grace Kelly's engagement, marriage, and life and death in Monaco after she left Hollywood.

The possibility of her return to make Marnie is mentioned, as is footage from the 1954 Academy Awards where she was given the Best Actress Oscar, though not the controversy over her being chosen over Judy Garland that year. We see footage from a live TV show The Rich Boy, a clip from the documentary The Children of Theater Street, hear her speaking French, and are told of a running practical joke she had over a tomahawk with Alec Guinness. The coverage of her death is relatively brief.

What is pointed out is how short her Hollywood career was, how the poise she had from her wealthy background helped her cope with the demands made on her playing The Princess, and it is claimed that the playfulness she exhibited in High Society, her last film, was due to the fact that she knew it was her last because she was engaged.