She was born in a prospers
Philadelphia family.
Though she was a shy child,
she will live her life in the public eye.
"Don't try to be a hero!
You don't have to be a hero,
not for me!"
"I'm not trying to be a hero..."
At the age of 23, her beauty and talent
took her to Hollywood.
She made eleven films in
three and a half years
and became one of the most
sought-after stars of her time.
She worked with Hollywood's
most important directors,
played opposite its top leading men.
"There's nothing quite so mysterious
and silent as a dark theater..."
Then, at 26, she turned her back
on make-believe.
But make-believe came true,
in a fairy tale shared
by the entire world.
Her name was Grace Kelly.
It became Her Serene Highness,
Princess Grace of Monaco.
I don't think Grace really believed that
she was going to give up acting when
she became Princess Grace from Monaco
I think that the reallity of that probably
struck her some place in the middle of
the Mediterranean after the honeymoon again
She took everything so much in her stride
nothing seemed to be too much for her
Of any name, Grace, could not have been
more fitting
and even her death, her tragic early death
made her enter even more into legend
Monaco, a principality of less than
five hundred acres on the French Riviera
For centuries, the monarchs had held on
to their distinctive character,
and their pride
But, to this world, this place was known
as a "playground for the wealthy"
and came to enjoy its beauty
and its gambling
Monaco became a home of young
American actress
who arrieved in 1956 to be its Princess
She brought it fame, her cool beauty
her intelligence, and she brought war
a sense of purpose
Well, this story about the Princess
was firmly anchored in reality
Reality had its origins
back in Philadelphia
Competition came easily to the Kelly's
here along Kelly Drive
named after Grace's father, John B. Kelly
they still race in the sport for which
Jack Kelly won an Olympic medal
A statue elected by the citizens
of Philadelphia
commemorates that achievement
Jack Kelly's father was a bricklayer from
Ireland
who went on to make a fortune
young Jack soon joined
the family business:
construction and brick making
He started his own business
and made his own fortune
But he always professed pride in
his family's humble origins
Jack Kelly belived that the world
was what you made of it
Margaret Majer, who married Jack, had been
a model as well as a champion
swimmer athlete
Margaret and Jack were determined
to raise their children in their own way
If you are good enough, you're sure
to reach the top
It was drilled into Kelly children
from their earliest years
As a family, we were always very close
four of us, Peggy, my sister, the oldest
our brother Jack, Grace and then myself
She was the baby for three and
a half years
and loved every minute of it
Grace, when she was young, she
was very shy
and a mama's baby
There were many times were we had
pictures taken
that our mother had to lean back
away from the camera so Grace
would not cry
and taken away from her mother
she was very sweet and soft, and
loved to held
and cuddled and kissed, and loved
I, on the other hand, and I think my
brother and older sister, were more
"don't let me" "don't get around me"
we wanted to do our own things
we always had a place at the shore,
when we were young
and, at that time, I think we had our best
times together
we just had a marvelous time
and Grace, all her life, loved
being by the ocean and the sea
Grace and all the family were
a competitive family
I htink we got that, I know we got that
from our mother and our father
They stilled into us a deep sense
of competition
and the love of sports
the will of winning, but also taught us
how to lose gracefully
But the Kelly's didn't intend to lose
and there never was a better
drillness during the Jack Kelly
It was fun, family fun, and it left a
special kind of determinaiton
This determination didn't matter Grace
as much in the sporting field
But her determination sooner took
another turn