Monaco - Princess Grace issue 1957 FDI postcard - Monte Carlo pmk on back

• Postcard

   

• Picture / Image:  Design of the Princess Grace stamp with 3 issues and first day of issue cancellations on front
• Publisher: Philatelie Pechitch, Palais de la Scala, Monte Carlo
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  3 issues of the newer stamp on front + regular renier issue 20f on back (see scans)
• Postmark(s): Monaco 11/5/57 Jour d'emission cds on front - on reverse Monte Carlo slogan pmk
• Sent to:  Mowbray, CP,  South Africa
• Notes / condition: minor edge wear due to normal postal use

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American film actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.

After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and over 40 live drama productions broadcast in early 1950s Golden Age of Television. She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954).[1] Other notable works include the western High Noon (1952), the romance-comedy High Society (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). Kelly worked with some of the most prominent leading men of the era, including Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Ray Milland, James Stewart, Bing Crosby, William Holden, Cary Grant, Alec Guinness, and Frank Sinatra.

Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier, and she began her duties as Princess of Monaco. Hitchcock hoped that she would appear in more of his films which required an "icy blonde" lead actress, but he was unable to coax her out of retirement. The Prince and Princess had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stéphanie. Princess Grace retained her link to America by her dual U.S. and Monégasque citizenship.[2] Her charity work focused on young children and the arts, establishing the Princess Grace Foundation to support local artisans in 1964. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. She died aged 52 at Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.[3] She is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood Cinema.[4] Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the Princess Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance.

Her final film contribution was in 1977 to documentary, The Children of Theatre Street directed by Robert Dornhelm where she serves as the narrator. The documentary was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.