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High society : the life of Grace Kelly / Donald Spoto.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307395610 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982. Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography. Princesses > Monaco > Biography. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 944.949 Grace -S | 31681002046324 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Documents the life and whirlwind career of the iconic Hollywood actress-turned-European princess, drawing on previously unpublished interviews to cover such topics as her conservative education, Oscar-winning film achievements and role as a mother to royal children. - Baker & Taylor
Documents the life and whirlwind career of the iconic Hollywood actress-turned-European princess, drawing on previously unpublished interviews to discuss her conservative education, Oscar-winning film achievements, and role as a mother to royal children. - Random House, Inc.
Drawing on his unprecedented access to Grace Kelly, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto at last offers an intimate, honest, and authoritative portrait of one of Hollywoodâs legendary actresses.
In just seven yearsâfrom 1950 through 1956âGrace Kelly embarked on a whirlwind career that included roles in eleven movies. From the principled Amy Fowler Kane in High Noon to the thrill-seeking Frances Stevens of To Catch a Thief, Grace established herself as one of Hollywoodâs most talented actresses and iconic beauties. Her astonishing career lasted until her retirement at age twenty-six, when she withdrew from stage and screen to marry a European monarch and became a modern, working princess and mother.
Based on never-before-published or quoted interviews with Grace and those conducted over many years with her friends and colleaguesâfrom costars James Stewart and Cary Grant to director Alfred Hitchcockâas well as many documents disclosed by her children for the first time, acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto explores the transformation of a convent schoolgirl to New York model, successful television actress, Oscar-winning movie star, and beloved royal.
As the princess requested, Spoto waited twenty-five years after her death to write this biography. Now, with honesty and insight, High Society reveals the truth of Grace Kellyâs personal life, the men she loved, the men she didnât, and what lay behind the façade of her fairy-tale life.
