# Grace Kelly on screen and stage

American actress Grace Kelly (1929–1982) made her screen debut in the televised play "Old Lady Robbins" (1948) on the anthology series Kraft Television Theatre. The following year, Kelly made her Broadway debut playing Bertha in The Father. In 1950, she appeared on numerous television anthology series, including The Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, The Clock, The Web, and Danger. Kelly played Helen Pettigrew in the television play "Berkeley Square" on the Prudential Family Playhouse (1951). In 1952, she portrayed Dulcinea in the drama "Don Quixote" on the anthology series CBS Television Workshop, and also starred in a number of other anthology series, including Hallmark Hall of Fame, Lux Video Theatre, and Suspense.
Kelly's film debut was a minor role in the 1951 drama Fourteen Hours. She followed this with an appearance in the western High Noon with Gary Cooper. For her performance as Linda Nortley in John Ford's Mogambo, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1954, she starred in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed thrillers Dial M for Murder, with Ray Milland, and Rear Window, with James Stewart. In the same year, she portrayed the long-suffering wife of an alcoholic actor, played by Bing Crosby, in The Country Girl (1954), for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama in 1955. Kelly re-teamed with Hitchcock on the romantic thriller To Catch a Thief (1955), with Cary Grant.
In 1956, she appeared in the romantic comedy The Swan, and the musical comedy High Society. Later that year, the 26-year-old Kelly retired from acting, to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco, becoming the princess of Monaco. In this role, she made appearances in the documentaries A Look at Monaco (1963) and Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (1968). She was the narrator of the ballet documentary The Children of Theatre Street (1977), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Kelly died in 1982 after being involved in a car crash near Monte Carlo.
She was listed 13th in the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood cinema in 1999, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Film

List of film credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Louise Anne Fuller | | |
| 1952 | High Noon | Amy Fowler Kane | | |
| 1953 | Mogambo | Linda Nordley | | |
| 1954 | Dial M for Murder | Margot Mary Wendice | | |
| 1954 | Rear Window | Lisa Carol Fremont | | |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Nancy Brubaker | | |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin | | |
| 1954 | Green Fire | Catherine Knowland | | |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief | Frances Stevens | | |
| 1956 | The Swan | Princess Alexandra | | |
| 1956 | High Society | Tracy Lord | | |
| 1956 | The Wedding in Monaco | Herself | Documentary film | |
| 1959 | Glück und Liebe in Monaco | Herself | German language film English title: "Happiness and Love in Monaco" | |
| 1977 | The Children of Theatre Street | Narrator | Documentary film | [26] [27] |

## Television

List of television credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 1948 1952–1954 | Kraft Television Theatre | Various characters | Episode: "Old Lady Robbins" Episode: "The Cricket on the Hearth" Episode: "The Small Hours" Episode: "Boy of Mine" Episode: "The Thankful Heart" | [3] [28] [29] [30] [31] |
| 1950–1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Various characters | Episode: "Bethel Merriday" Episode: "Ann Rutledge" Episode: "Leaf Out of a Book" Episode: "The Sisters" Episode: "Rich Boy" Episode: "The Way of the Eagle" | [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] |
| 1950 | Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Unknown | Episode: "The Voice of Obsession" | |
| 1950 1952 | Studio One | Unknown | Episode: "The Rockingham Tea Set" Episode: "The Kill" | [40] [41] |
| 1950 | Actors Studio | Various characters | Episode: "The Apple Tree" Episode: "The Token" Episode: "The Swan" | |
| 1950 | Cads, Scoundrels and Ladies | Unknown | Segment: "The Lovesick Robber" | |
| 1950 | Comedy Theater | Unknown | Episode: "Summer Had Better Be Good" | |
| 1950 1952 | Lights Out | Unknown | Episode: "The Devil to Pay" Episode: "The Borgia Lamp" | [44] [45] |
| 1950 | Big Town | Unknown | Episode: "The Pay-Off" | |
| 1950 | The Clock | Unknown | Episode: "Vengeance" | |
| 1950 | The Web | Unknown | Episode: "Mirror of Delusion" | |
| 1950 | Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | Unknown | Episode: "Episode" | |
| 1950 1952 | Danger | Unknown | Episode: "The Sergeant and the Doll" Episode: "Prelude to Death" | |
| 1951 | Prudential Family Playhouse | Helen Pettigrew | Episode: "Berkeley Square" | |
| 1951 | The Nash Airflyte Theater | Unknown | Episode: "A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln" | |
| 1951–1952 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Various characters | Episode: "Lover's Leap" Episode: "Brand from the Burning" Episode: "City Editor" Episode: "Recapture" | [50] [51] [52] [53] |
| 1952 | CBS Television Workshop | Dulcinea | Episode: "Don Quixote" | |
| 1952 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Claire Conroy | Episode: "The Big Build Up" | |
| 1952–1953 | Lux Video Theatre | Various characters | Episode: "Life, Liberty, and Orrin Dooley" Episode: "A Message for Janice" Episode: "The Betrayers" | [54] [55] [56] |
| 1952 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | Episode: "Candles for Theresa" | |
| 1952 | Suspense | Unknown | Episode: "Fifty Beautiful Girls" | |
| 1952 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Unknown | Episode: "Leaf Out of a Book" | |
| 1953 | Toast of the Town | Sang duet with Ralph Meeker | Episode: "Teahouse of the August Moon" | [58] [59] |
| 1963 | A Look at Monaco | Herself | Documentary film | |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Narrator | Television film | |
| 1968 | Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose | Herself | Documentary film | |

## Stage

List of theater credits :
| Year(s) | Title | Role | Theater | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 1949–1950 | The Father | Bertha | Cort Theatre | November 16, 1949 – January 14, 1950 | |
| 1952 | To Be Continued | A Young Woman | Booth Theatre | April 23 – May 2 | |