later Princess Grace of Monaco
born Nov. 12, 1929, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.
died Sept. 14, 1982, Monte Carlo, Monaco
U.S. film actress.
She studied acting and made her Broadway debut in 1949. Her movie debut came in Fourteen Hours (1951). She gained critical and popular praise with her performances in High Noon (1952), Mogambo (1953), and The Country Girl (1954, Academy Award).
Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). She made her last movie, High Society (1956), before marrying Prince {{link=Rainier">Rainier III of Monaco. She died in a car accident after suffering a stroke on a winding mountain road in the Côte d'Azur.