![]() ![]() At heart a self-conscious, short-sighted overweight young woman who lacked confidence, she nevertheless radiated the image of a beauty queen to her adoring public. Born into a Catholic American family of Irish and German descent in Philadelphia in 1929, she was a successful film and TV actress who won one award and was nominated for another by the age of 25. ![]() Robert Lacey has written an incisive life of Grace Kelly, the film star who at the height of her acting career became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace. The ceremony in 1956 was hailed as the wedding of the year, but like the later and similar event, it was not the happiest of unions. Twenty-five years before another so-called fairytale royal romance which turned out to be anything but, one of America’s most beloved screen goddesses crossed the Atlantic and married into the principality of Monaco. First published in 1994, this volume has a new author's note although the text does not appear to have been updated. Summary: An unauthorised, frank and penetrating biography of Princess Grace of Monaco, the former American movie star Grace Kelly, dealing with her movie career and her subsequent royal life. ![]()
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