Founded in 1853 by Saint John Neumann, the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia, Saint Bridget's was a relatively young parish, with families very familiar with one another. She was baptized and received her elementary education in the parish of Saint Bridget's in East Falls. Kelly grew up in a small, close-knit Catholic community. The children were raised in the Catholic faith. Kelly had two older siblings, Margaret and John Jr., and a younger sister, Elizabeth. Kelly in 1924, Margaret focused on being a homemaker until all her children were of school age, following which she began actively participating in various civic organizations. She also modeled for a time in her youth. Margaret had taught physical education at the University of Pennsylvania and had been the first woman to coach women's athletics at Penn. Kelly's mother, Margaret Majer, had German parents. Kelly was a vaudeville star, who also made films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures, and another named George was a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist, screenwriter, and director. In later years he served on the Fairmount Park Commission and, during World War II, was appointed by President Roosevelt as National Director of Physical Fitness. As Democratic nominee in the 1935 election for Mayor of Philadelphia, he lost by the closest margin in the city's history. He also owned a successful brickwork contracting company that was well known on the East Coast. Kelly Sr., was born to Irish immigrants and won three Olympic gold medals for sculling. Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an affluent and influential family. Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the Princess Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance. She is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood Cinema. Grace died at the age of 52 at Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day. The documentary was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Her final film contribution was in 1977 to the documentary The Children of Theatre Street directed by Robert Dornhelm, where she served as the narrator. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. Her charity work focused on young children and the arts, establishing the Princess Grace Foundation to support local artisans in 1964. Grace retained her link to America by her dual U.S. Grace and Rainier had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stéphanie.
Hitchcock hoped that Princess Grace would appear in more of his films that required an "icy blonde" lead actress, but he was unable to coax her out of retirement. Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier, and began her duties as Princess of Monaco.
Kelly worked with some of the most prominent leading men of the era, including Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Ray Milland, James Stewart, Bing Crosby, William Holden, Cary Grant, Alec Guinness, and Frank Sinatra. Other notable works include the western High Noon (1952), the romantic comedy High Society (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954). She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and over 40 live drama productions broadcast in early 1950s Golden Age of Television. Kelly was born into a well-known Catholic family of Irish and German origin in the U.S. Grace Patricia Kelly (Novem– September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.