FAMOUS MONEGASQUES
PRINCESS GRACE —
FROM HOLLYWOOD
TO MONACO
ПРИНЦЕССА
ГРЕЙС —
ИЗ ГОЛЛИВУДА
В МОНАКО
THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTRIGUED BY THE
QUESTION: W HO WAS THE «R EA L» GR ACE K ELLY?
PERHAPS HER IMAGE OF BEING A RESERVED PERSON
L E A DI NG A V E RY PR I VAT E L IFE FE D CU R IOSI T Y
AND WAS THE REASON FOR VARIOUS STORIES AND
LEGENDS. NOWADAYS ONE CANNOT TELL THE TRUE
FROM THE FALSE. TODAY WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW THE
SHY DAUGHTER OF A BUILDING TYCOON BECAME THE
QUEEN OF HOLLYWOOD AND ATTAINED THE TITLE
OF THE PR INCESS OF MONACO. LIGHTS, CA MER A,
ACTION!
ЖИЗНЬ ЭТОЙ УДИВИТЕЛЬНОЙ ЖЕНЩИНЫ ОКУТАНА
ИСТОРИЯМИ И ЛЕГЕНДАМИ. ИХ ТАК МНОГО, ЧТО УЖЕ
ТРУДНО ОТЛИЧИТЬ ПРАВДУ ОТ ВЫМЫСЛА. СЕГОДНЯ
МЫ РАССКАЖЕМ О ТОМ, КАК ПОДАЮЩАЯ НАДЕЖДЫ
МОЛОДАЯ АКТРИСА СТАЛА ЗВЕЗДОЙ ГОЛЛИВУДА,
А ЗАТЕМ И ПРИНЦЕССОЙ МОНАКО. ИТАК, КАМЕРА,
МОТОР, НАЧАЛИ!
«High Society» (1956) was Grace Kelly’s last feature film before retiring from acting.
FAMILY
On 12th November 1929, John and Margaret
Kelly had their third child — Grace Patricia.
At that time, John’s business was on the up.
Grace’s father, an Irish migrant, had come to
the United States in search of a better life. He
had started his brickwork company in Phila-
delphia, though he had already succeeded
in the field of sports. By 1920, he had won six
U.S. National Championships in rowing. John
had the life of a genuine Olympic athlete and
a wife to match. Grace’s mother Margaret was
a strong and wilful woman who taught physi-
cal education at the University of Pennsylva-
42 / Hello Monaco Winter 2019–2020
www.hellomonaco.com
nia. It’s no wonder sports held a very impor-
tant place in the Kelly family.
Grace spent her childhood surrounded by her
siblings. The family had four children. Peggy, the
eldest, was father’s favourite. John Jr., the only
son, was supposed to take over his father’s busi-
ness. Elizabeth (nicknamed Lizanne) received all
the parental love, as she was the youngest child.
Grace had always stayed in the background and
seemed to be a shy girl. «She was a sweet and
wonderful child. Sometimes I didn’t even want
her to grow up», Margaret said, «Peggy, John
and Lizanne were extroverts, while Grace re-
mained shy and prone to being alone».
Little Grace did not share her parents’ passion
for sports. She preferred playing with dolls.
But who could have guessed that this fragile,
shy girl would go on to become a Hollywood
icon and the beloved wife of Prince Rainier III?
Grace’s parents could afford to send their
daughter to prestigious educational estab-
lishments. In a solid Catholic private school
and free from parental care, Grace Kelly fi-
nally showed her real character at its finest.
For the sisters of the school, Grace was a qui-
et, religious girl. But her classmates remem-
bered her as a little devil in a skirt, smoking
cigarettes in the back of the school yard.