Trivia

In 1993, the United States and Monaco simultaneously released a commemorative postage stamp honoring her. However, United States federal law forbids postage stamps depicting foreign heads of state, so the United States stamp listed her as "Grace Kelly", while the Monaco stamp listed her as "Princess Grace".

She was the very first actress to appear on a postage stamp. (1993)

Cary Grant named her as his favorite co-star. His friends and family said Kelly's death hit him much harder than the deaths of Louis Mountbatten, Alfred Hitchcock and even Ingrid Bergman.

Had three children with Prince Rainier of Monaco: Princess Caroline of Monaco (1957), Prince Albert of Monaco (1958) and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (1965).

She graduated from Stevens School in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 5, 1947; her classmates predicted, in her senior yearbook, that she was certain "to become a stage and screen star".

Her favorite flowers were roses. After her death, Prince Rainier of Monaco opened a public rose garden in Monaco.

Bought a silver frame as a wedding gift to King Charles III and Princess Diana in 1981.

The road accident which led to her death was apparently caused by a stroke she suffered while driving.

Hoped to return to acting in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), but the people of Monaco did not want their princess playing a thief and romancing Sean Connery.

Assisted in the pre-production status of Grace Kelly (1983) starring Cheryl Ladd as Grace Kelly.

Hedda Hopper reported that Judy Garland's loss of the Academy Award to Grace for The Country Girl (1954) was the result of the closest Oscar vote up till that time that did not end in a tie, with just six votes separating the two. In any event, it was such a heartbreak from which Judy Garland never recovered from, mentally. Judy Garland was nominated for her role in A Star Is Born (1954) and which has remained a matter of some controversy.

Kelly's wedding gown was the most expensive garment that MGM designer Helen Rose had ever made. It used twenty-five yards of silk taffeta and one hundred yards of silk net. Its 125-year-old rose point lace was purchased from a museum and thousands of tiny pearls were sewn on the veil.

Her movies were banned in Monaco by order of Prince Rainier of Monaco.

Part of Prince Rainier of Monaco's attraction to marrying a movie star was to increase tourism in his tiny, cash-poor principality, and the Kelly family was turned off by his demands that a substantial dowry accompany Grace to Monaco. A figure of $2,000,000 was finally agreed upon, which was diverted from Grace's inheritance so that her brother and two sisters would not be shortchanged.

While pregnant with Princess Caroline of Monaco, Grace often used her Hermès bag to shield her belly from prying paparazzi. The company nicknamed that purse "the Kelly bag".

She turned down the female lead in Trên Bến Cảng (1954) in order to make Vụ Án Mạng Nhà Bên (1954) instead. The role went to Eva Marie Saint.

Broke off her engagement to Oleg Cassini to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco.

In 1995 was chosen by "Empire" magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#5).

Is portrayed by Christina Applegate and Cheryl Ladd in Grace Kelly (1983).

Her father built a beach house at the corner of 26th and Wesley in Ocean City, New Jersey in 1929. It became a popular family vacation destination, and hosted celebrity guests such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Grace's sister, Lizanne, lived in the house until it was sold in 2001.

In January 1959, the Austrian government awarded her a medal of merit for aid to Hungarian refugees escaping Russian invasion, given through Monaco's Red Cross.

(April 19, 1956) Her wedding's church ceremony at Monaco's Saint Nicholas Cathedral was exclusively filmed by MGM and made into the documentary Le Mariage de Monaco (1956). The 600 guests included David Niven, Gloria Swanson, Ava Gardner and Conrad Hilton.

She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Trưa Hè Nóng Bỏng (1952) and Vụ Án Mạng Nhà Bên (1954).

Attended and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, New York City.

On 14 September 1982, Grace Kelly was killed in an automobile accident in Monaco, supposedly on the Moyenne Corniche which was the same road as her famous chase scene in the film Bắt Một Tên Trộm (1955) and not far from where she had a picnic scene with Cary Grant.

She was one of many famous tenants of the Barbizon Hotel for Women when she lived in New York. Other tenants included Kim Basinger, Candice Bergen, Liza Minnelli, Cloris Leachman, Ali MacGraw, and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale.

The inscription at her burial site in Monaco's cathedral does not refer to her as a princess. It uses the title "uxor principis" (prince's wife), which is traditional in the House of Grimaldi.

Her first date, Harper Davis, died in 1953 after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when he returned from World War II and whose funeral was attended by Grace Kelly.

In October 1997 was ranked #51 in "Empire" (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

She was a registered Democrat and her family was close friends with Franklin D. Roosevelt during his administration.

Following her untimely death, she was interred at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Monaco.

Was named #13 Actress on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends

Had appeared in three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock: Vụ Án Mạng Nhà Bên (1954), Cuộc Gọi Chết Người (1954) and Bắt Một Tên Trộm (1955).

Referenced in the songs "Grace Kelly" by Die Ärzte; "Grace Kelly Blues" by Eels (Mark Oliver Everett),"Grace Kelly with Wings" by Piebald; and "Grace Kelly" by Mika.

The Country Girl (1954), the film that won Kelly an Oscar, was first offered to Jennifer Jones, who had to turn It down because of pregnancy.

When she left Hollywood, several roles she was slated to play were eventually filled by Lauren Bacall (Designing Woman (1957) and The Cobweb (1955)). Director George Stevens also wanted her for Giant (1956).

The so-called "wealthy" family Grace was born into was actually an immigrant family of bricklayers who had barely a generation of newfound business success. Grace's father and brother were both Olympic gold-medal scullers. Grace's cousin, former US Secy of Navy John Lehman, Jr. now chairs the Princess Grace Foundation, which supports young performing talent.

Was offered to do a role in 11-time Oscar-nominated The Turning Point (1977).

Summoned Sydney Guilaroff, the chief hairstylist at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, to style her hair for her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.

She was considered for the role of Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls (1955), however Jean Simmons was cast instead.

She was voted the 12th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere magazine.

Kelly was the daughter of John Brendan Kelly, Sr. (1889-1960), the son of Irish immigrants, and his wife Margaret Katherine (Majer), whose parents were German. She had three siblings: Peggy, John Jr. and Lizzane.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6329 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. (February 8, 1960)

Niece of playwright George Kelly.

She was considered for the role of Maggie the Cat in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), which eventually went to Elizabeth Taylor.

Cecil B. DeMille wanted to cast her in the role of Sephora, Moses' wife, in Mười Điều Răn Của Chúa (1956). MGM wouldn't loan her out to Paramount, and DeMille gave the role to Yvonne De Carlo. Kelly did, however, visit the set during the filming of Nefretiri's first scene; a publicity photograph shows Kelly shaking hands with Anne Baxter.

On the day she perished in an automobile accident, she was allegedly driving a British Rover 3500.

She was voted the 27th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

Portrayed by Nicole Kidman in the fictionalized and critically ravished Grace of Monaco (2014). However, Kidman was nominated for a SAG Award for her performance.

Had an abortion in 1955 (confirmed by then-boyfriend Oleg Cassini decades after the fact) and two miscarriages in 1962.