THE COUNTRY GIRL

I wanted to share a part from The Counrty Girl which is a film of Grace Kelly. Kelly, the Philadelphia girl who became a glamorous fashion model in New York, played her natural image in every respect in "Rear Window" and "To Catch a Thief". However, Kelly's character is the opposite of what she appears to be in the early stages of the film. She plays the wife of hard luck Broadway actor-singer Bing Crosby, who has never been able to assuage the guilt he felt over not being able to save their son and only child from death in a New York traffic accident.

                                                                  GRACE KELLY

This is a story of life lying from actress to princess. Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had a deep interest in performing at a young age. She performed in school plays. In addition to participating in school plays and community productions, she occasionally modeled with her mother and sister. After she graduated from high school, she decided to pursue her career in New York despite the fact that her parents objected to her. Despite this, Kelly enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As a student, she modeled part-time and appeared in ads for Old Gold cigarettes and on the covers of magazines like Cosmopolitan and Redbook.After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York at age 19, Kelly sought a career on Broadway, but she found it tough going. Don Richardson, one of her directors and teachers later said, "She would never have had a career in the theater," because she had "great looks and style, yes, but no vocal horsepower." Kelly soon found that films that was more amenable to her talents. Then Kelly soon moved to Hollywood. She would eventually feature in 11 films and star in over 60 television productions. Some of her most famous roles include The Country Girl for which she won her Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief. 

1955, she was asked to join the United States Delegation Committee at the Cannes Film Festival in France. During a photo shoot, she met Prince Rainier III of Monaco, who happened to be seeking a bride. After marrying Prince Rainier on April 19, 1956, in a very public and ornate ceremony, Kelly abandoned her acting career in order to become Princess Consort of Monaco. She was also required to give up her American citizenship, and Prince Rainier banned her films in Monaco.Grace Kelly remained in the public eye for most of her life. Her on-screen beauty, self-confidence, and mystery enchanted the world, and her serenity and poise as Princess Consort piqued the media's attention. Of this attention, she remarked with typical humor and grace, "The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it."