It should come as no surprise that one royal has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California. No, it is not the Hollywood royal who is part of the British Royal Family.
Instead, it is the late American Academy Award winner, Grace Kelly, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1929, who became the Princess of Monaco upon her marriage to Prince Rainier III in 1956.
Grace Kelly retired at 26 from acting when she wed Prince Rainier and turned from Hollywood royalty to real royalty. She was given the huge Hollywood honour of her own star on 8 February 1960 – four years after becoming the Princess of Monaco. While most celebrities attend the unveiling of the honour, Grace did not return to Hollywood for the reveal; her duties as Princess of Monaco came first.
Grace’s star on the Walk of Fame is located at 6329 Hollywood Blvd, and it is unsurprisingly in the motion picture category. Her star is surrounded by other Hollywood A-list actors and actresses like Humphrey Bogart, Dorothy Lamour, and Elizabeth Taylor.
Grace was a big name in Hollywood and had starred in several motion pictures – including The Country Girl, which gave Grace her Academy Award for Best Actress.
Although her duties as Princess of Monaco were most important, she still kept Hollywood close to her heart. She established the Princess Grace Foundation to support young people and those in the arts. Grace also narrated the 1966 television film The Poppy Is Also a Flower and became one of the first female members of the 20th C.-Fox Film Corporation in 1976.
Her son, Prince Albert, has established the Princess Grace Awards to honour dance, film and theatre performers in her memory.
Princess Grace died on 14 September 1982 – a day after suffering a stroke while driving that caused her to wreck her vehicle. She was 52.
