Synopses & Reviews
Thirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco. She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcocks favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including
Rear Window and
To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual torn between illusion and reality, simultaneously idolized by millions.
This comprehensive biography draws from previously unreleased photographs and documents from the Grimaldi family archive and, for the first time, access to the letters between Kelly and Hitchcock. It is also based on interviews with Kellys companions and relatives, including an exclusive interview with Prince Albert II of Monaco.
About the Author
Thilo Wydra was born in 1968 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He studied literature, art history, and film in Mainz, Germany, and Dijon, France. He works as a freelance publicist and author concentrating on French- and German-language cinema. He is a German correspondent for the Cannes Film Festival. He resides in Germany. He resides in Germany.