Darla Hood

Darla Hood is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. Nicholas Cathedral, (Monaco Cathedral) Monte Carlo, Monaco. At forty-seven, Hood died in North Hollywood, California, of acute hepatitis contracted while in the hospital for a minor surgery. Princess Grace is interred in the St. During the 1960s and 1970s, she went to many Our Gang/Little Rascals festivals and conventions, meeting and greeting the various generations of fans. Princess Stephanie, who was alleged by some sources to have been the actual driver of the car, suffered only minor injuries. And she appeared in her own nightclub act at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, the Copacabana in New York and the Sahara in Las Vegas. It resulted in an accident, and she died the next day without regaining consciousness.

She did singing and voice-over on TV commercials, which included Campbell Soup and Chicken of the Sea Tuna. It had been rumored that she was driving on the same stretch of highway in Monaco that had been featured in To Catch a Thief, although her son, Prince Albert of Monaco, says it was not the same road. Hood was a guest on such TV shows of the early 1960s as Tell It to Groucho starring Groucho Marx and The Jack Benny Show, where she appeared as "Darla" in a spoof of the old Our Gang shows with Jack Benny. At the age of 52, Princess Grace suffered a stroke while driving. She played a secretary in the suspense drama The Bat (1959) with Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. Presently, the line of succession is: Prince Albert, Princess Caroline, then her children by second husband Stefano Casiraghi and third husband Prince Ernst August of Hanover. Joe Rivkin, who discovered her as a child, saw the cover and cast her in her first adult role in a movie. In 2002, a new treaty between France and Monaco clarifies that even if there are no heirs to carry on the dynasty, the Principality will remain an independent nation rather than revert to France.

In January 1959, she released a new record, Quiet Village. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace had three children:. She and Granson had three children. Gisèle and Rainier supposedly parted when a physical examination reportedly found her to be infertile (she later married and had children). Decker (married 1955-divorced 1957) and record company head Jose Granson (married 1957). Before Grace Kelly drew Rainier's attention, French film star Gisèle Pascal had been his love interest for six years (she was born Gisèle Tallone in Cannes, France). Hood had two marriages, insurance salesman Robert W. Prince Rainier's paternal grandfather, Prince Louis II of Monaco had done just that in 1919 when he adopted his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet, who would become Rainier's mother, and made her his heir Princess Charlotte of Monaco. Nonetheless, survival of the nation was a different matter than the survival of the dynasty, and here there was a history of concern about fertility.

She had a hit record in 1957, I Just Wanna Be Free, and appeared in the movie Calypso Heat Wave singing a duet with Johnny Desmond. In fact, there was really little actual danger that Monaco would revert to France as, since 1882, a childless prince of Monaco has been able to adopt an unrelated heir, thereby ensuring Monaco's survival as a principality. In 1955, she was a leading lady in the act of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Tales were circulated that Monaco would revert to France in the absence of an heir; and though there is no requirement for a Catholic marriage, it was thought unlikely that a Catholic prince would divorce and remarry if his chosen wife was barren. She was a regular on The Ken Murray Show from 1950 to 1951. Her Catholicism and ability to bear children were key factors in her being chosen to marry Prince Rainier, as dynasties always make great import of their survival. Hood then went out on her own with singing engagements in nightclubs and guest appearances on TV. She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her film career entirely, but followed his wishes.

The group remained with Murray's Blackouts during its long run in New York and Hollywood. The musical comedy High Society (1956) was her last film, as her marriage to Prince Rainier III of Monaco marked her retirement from acting. Before her marriage, she was previously involved with Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Ray Milland, William Holden, Oleg Cassini, and Jean-Pierre Aumont. Shortly after graduation, the quartet was booked by producer and star Ken Murray for his famous "Blackouts," a stage variety show. While it was being filmed, she had engaged in a brief affair with co-star Bing Crosby which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations. While at Fairfax High School, she organized a vocal group called the Enchanters with four boys. In 1955 she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Country Girl. When she outgrew her role in Our Gang, she appeared in a couple of other movies and attended school in Los Angeles. Kelly made three films with Alfred Hitchcock: Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief.

The comedy movie shorts were later syndicated for television, in the mid-1950s, under the title The Little Rascals. It earned Kelly an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but the award went to Donna Reed for her role in From Here to Eternity. From 1935 to 1941, she played Darla in Our Gang. The film Mogambo (1953), a drama set in the Kenyan jungle, centers on the love triangle portrayed by Kelly, Clark Gable, and Ava Gardner. She was then taken to Culver City, California, to appear in the Our Gang movies. The following year she "starred" with a minor role in High Noon (1952), a generally praised but somewhat controversial western starring Gary Cooper. Just after her third birthday, she was taken to New York City where she was seen by Joe Rivkin, a casting director for Hal Roach Studios, who arranged a screen test. Though her family had opposed her becoming an actress, Kelly became a fashion model and appeared in her first film, Fourteen Hours (1951), when she was 22.

Her mother started her in singing and dancing at an early age, taking her to lessons in Oklahoma City. Kelly Drive in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city councilman there. Her father worked in a bank and her mother was a music teacher. Her father was a self-made millionaire and a gold-medal-winning Olympic sculler, and her brother "Jack" followed in that tradition. She was born Darla Jean Hood in Leedey, Oklahoma, the only child of James Claude Hood and Elizabeth Davner. (October 4, 1889 - June 20, 1960) and Margaret Majer; her Irish Catholic family were new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. Darla Hood (November 4, 1931 – June 13, 1979) was an American child actress. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John Brendan Kelly, Sr.

Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 - September 14, 1982), later known as Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco, was an Oscar-winning American film actress who became the wife of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. High Society (1956). The Swan (1956). To Catch a Thief (1955).

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954). The Country Girl (1954). Rear Window (1954). Green Fire (1954).

Dial M for Murder (1954). Mogambo (1953). High Noon (1952). Fourteen Hours (1951).

Princess, Stephanie Marie Elisabeth, born February 1, 1965. Prince, Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, heir to the throne, and Marquis des Baux, born March 14, 1958. Princess, Caroline Louise Marguerite, born January 23, 1957.