Grace Kelly

Nicholas Cathedral, (Monaco Cathedral) Monte Carlo, Monaco.
. Princess Grace is interred in the St. Leigh has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6773 Hollywood Blvd. Princess Stephanie, who was alleged by some sources to have been the actual driver of the car, suffered only minor injuries. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered on the lake at Tickerage Mill, near Blackboys, Sussex, London, England. It resulted in an accident, and she died the next day without regaining consciousness. The actress died of chronic tuberculosis in her London home.

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. Joan Plowright, third wife and widow of Olivier, later claimed that during much of Olivier's marriage to Leigh he was having a longterm homosexual relationship with the American actor Danny Kaye. At the age of 52, Princess Grace suffered a stroke while driving. Leigh continued to keep a framed photograph of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, actor John Merivale. 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. In 1960, she and Olivier divorced on supposedly friendly terms. 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. She had also been plagued by manic-depression for some time, which was believed to be a factor in the failure to cure her ailment.

Prince Rainier and Princess Grace had three children:. By the early 1960s Leigh had suffered two miscarriages, and the severity of the tuberculosis was incapacitating. Gisèle and Rainier supposedly parted when a physical examination reportedly found her to be infertile (she later married and had children). In 1951, however, Leigh won a second Academy Award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. 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). Though she continued her career with such plays as Thornton Wilder's Skin of Our Teeth, and the 1946 film Caesar and Cleopatra, her illness was getting worse. 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. In 1944, the actress was diagnosed as having a tuberculosis patch on her left lung.

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. At the time, both were married (Olivier to actress Jill Esmond who was pregnant when the affair began). 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. The pair had met in 1935 and had begun a rather public love affair. 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. In 1940, Leigh arranged for a divorce from Holman and married British theatre star Laurence Olivier. She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her film career entirely, but followed his wishes. Leigh is best known, however, for her role of Scarlett O'Hara in the American film Gone With the Wind (1939), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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. In 1935, she began her film career with such movies as The Village Squire, Things are Looking Up, and Look Up and Laugh. 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. Her first play was The Green Sash, though it was Mask of Virtue that really brought her to stardom. In 1955 she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Country Girl. Leigh's career began on the stage. Kelly made three films with Alfred Hitchcock: Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief. She was married in 1932 to Herbert Leigh Holman, and they had a daughter, Suzanne, in 1933.

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. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Roehampton, England, along with fellow actress-to-be Maureen O'Sullivan. 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 and her parents later moved to England, where young Leigh grew up. The following year she "starred" with a minor role in High Noon (1952), a generally praised but somewhat controversial western starring Gary Cooper. Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913–July 7, 1967) was an English actress who was born Vivian Mary Hartley in Darjeeling, India. 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. Ship of Fools (1965).

Kelly Drive in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city councilman there. Stone (1961). Her father was a self-made millionaire and a gold-medal-winning Olympic sculler, and her brother "Jack" followed in that tradition. The Roman Spring of Mrs. (October 4, 1889 - June 20, 1960) and Margaret Majer; her Irish Catholic family were new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. The Deep Blue Sea (1955). She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John Brendan Kelly, Sr. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954). Gone With the Wind (1939). The Country Girl (1954). Martins Lane (1938). Rear Window (1954). St. Green Fire (1954). A Yank At Oxford (1938).