Grace Patricia Kelly (later Princess Grace of Monaco; November 12, 1929 September 14, 1982) was an American film and stage actress and fashion icon. <br /><br />Kelly became a famous actress in the 1950s, starring in such memorable films as Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, High Society, and The Country Girl, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She retired from acting at age 26. <br /><br />She became "Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco" upon marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956. They later had three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stephanie. Kelly maintained dual American and Monegasque citizenship after her marriage. <br /><br />Kelly died after being critically injured in a car accident with her daughter Stephanie in the fall of 1982. The American Film Institute ranked her #13 amongst the Greatest Female Stars of All Time
