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High Society by Donald Spoto5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Though she admitted to missing acting, Kelly settled into her life as a royal, raising three children until her death in a car crash. ![]() Spoto, as an expert in the films of Alfred Hitchcock and one of the late director's few confidantes, spends considerable time revisiting the trio of films Kelly made with the master of suspense: Dial M for Murder Though she spent less than seven years in Hollywood, Kelly became an icon of the era. Kelly attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, where she developed a love of theater, nurtured by her uncle, the actor and playwright George Kelly. Drawing on hours of personal interviews with Kelly as well as with her numerous co-stars including Cary Grant and James Stewart, Spoto traces the star's life from her childhood in a wealthy Philadelphia neighborhood through her brief but noteworthy career in Hollywood to her years as the wife of Monaco's Prince Rainer. ) gives readers a previously unseen glimpse into the life of Grace Kelly (1929–1982), who went from Academy Award–winning actress to princess of Monaco. ![]() Noted film biographer Spoto ( Spellbound by Beauty ![]()
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