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Grace Kelly has been cited as one of the most elegant and influential iconic film stars in American cinematic history. Her relatively short career of seven years occurred between 1950 and 1956, during which she appeared in just 11 films. She was a model, a theater artist, a television actress, and also a Hollywood film star. In June 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her number 13 in their list of top female stars of American cinema. After a successful stint on stage, Kelly was approached by Hollywood producer Stanley Kramer, offering her a co-starring role opposite Gary Cooper in ''High Noon'' (1952). In October 1953, with the release of ''Mogambo'', she became a movie star, a status confirmed in 1954 with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination as well as leading roles in five films, including ''The Country Girl'', in which she gave a deglamorized, Academy Award-winning performance. She retired from acting at the age of 26 to begin her duties as princess consort of Monaco to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. ==Transition from Theatre in Film 1950-1951== Grace Kelly's uncle George Kelly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, advised and mentored Kelly during her Hollywood film career. Her film career lasted from September 1951 to March 1956. As a theatre personality, she was mentioned in the ''Theatre World'' magazine as a "most promising personality of the Broadway stage of 1950". Some of her well-known works as a theater actress were ''The Father'', ''The Rockingham Tea Set'', ''The Apple Tree'', ''The Mirror of Delusion'', ''Episode'' (for Somerset Maugham's tele-serial), among others. Impressed by her work in ''The Father'', the director of the Twentieth Century-Fox film ''Fourteen Hours'', Henry Hathaway, offered her a small role in the film. Kelly had a minor role as a young woman contemplating divorce opposite Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The film, which was released in March 1951, was re-released 50 years later when it became more popular. Her co-artist Paul Douglas commented of her acting in this film, "In two senses she did not have a bad side – you could film her from any angle and she was one of the most un-temperamental cooperative people in the business."Following the release of this film, the "Grace Kelly Fan Club" was established. This fan club became popular all over the US with local chapters springing up and attracting many members. Kelly referred to her fan club as "terrifically amusing". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Film career of Grace Kelly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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