Grace: A Biography
Thirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco. She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcock’s favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual torn between illusion and reality, simultaneously idolized by millions.

This comprehensive biography draws from previously unreleased photographs and documents from the Grimaldi family archive and, for the first time, access to the letters between Kelly and Hitchcock. It is also based on interviews with Kelly’s companions and relatives, including an exclusive interview with Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Grace: A Biography
Thirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco. She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcock’s favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual torn between illusion and reality, simultaneously idolized by millions.

This comprehensive biography draws from previously unreleased photographs and documents from the Grimaldi family archive and, for the first time, access to the letters between Kelly and Hitchcock. It is also based on interviews with Kelly’s companions and relatives, including an exclusive interview with Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Grace: A Biography

Grace: A Biography

by Thilo Wydra
Grace: A Biography

Grace: A Biography

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Overview

Thirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco. She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcock’s favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual torn between illusion and reality, simultaneously idolized by millions.

This comprehensive biography draws from previously unreleased photographs and documents from the Grimaldi family archive and, for the first time, access to the letters between Kelly and Hitchcock. It is also based on interviews with Kelly’s companions and relatives, including an exclusive interview with Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781629145419
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 11/18/2014
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Thilo Wydra was born in 1968 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He studied literature, art history, and film in Mainz, Germany, and Dijon, France. He works as a freelance publicist and author concentrating on French- and German-language cinema. He is a German correspondent for the Cannes Film Festival. He resides in Germany. He resides in Germany.

Table of Contents

Foreword Reflections: The Two Lives of Grace Kelly 9

Life and Work

1870 A German-Irish (Pre-)History 15

I The Early Years

1929-1947 The Years at Home; Childhood and Youth in Philadelphia 33

1947-1951 New York-Freedom: Theater, Television, and Fashion 49

1951-1956 Hitchcock and Hollywood: The Eleven Films of Grace Kelly 63

Fourteen Hours (1951) 67

High Noon (1952) 73

Mogambo (1953) 91

-"A lot of people think I'm a monster." Alfred Hitchcock 103

Dial M for Murder (1954) 109

Rear Window (1954) 121

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) 137

The Country Girl (1954) 143

-"The Award for Best Actress: Grace Kelly, for The Country Girl" 153

Green Fire (1954) 159

To Catch a Thief (1955) 165

- The First Meeting: Friday, May 6, 4:00 p.m. 185

- Famous, Blonde, American: Marilyn or Grace? 195

The Swan (1956) 201

High Society (1956) 211

II The Later Years

1956-1976 Monaco: A Prince, Three Children, and a Completely Different Life 223

1962 The Case of Mamie- and a Crisis of State 241

1976-1982 The Final Years: Future Plans 257

1979 An Attempted Comeback- Rearranged (1982) 267

1980 The Master Departs: Farewell to Hitch 275

-Faith, Love, Hope: Catholicism, Astrology, Scorpio Parties 283

1982 Annus horribilis 291

Afterword: Conversation with Prince Albert II of Monaco 309

Appendix

Endnotes 317

Chronology 334

Filmography 337

Bibliography 364

Discography 369

Index of Personal Names 370

Acknowledgments 378

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