(1928 – 1982) American princess. Kelly born into a wealthy Irish Catholic Philadelphia family passed through a striking albeit brief screen career (1951–6) into legend. Her roles sometimes played off her model’s beauty and patrician heritage (Rear Window, 1954; High Society, 1956), although her Academy Award came for going against the grain in The Country Girl (1954). In 1956 Kelly abandoned films to marry Monaco’s Prince Rainier, whom she met while filming with Hitchcock. After this “fairy-tale ending,” she assumed new roles as mother, monarch and elegant cosmopolitan icon until her death in an automobile accident.