Was her serene highness princess grace of monaco the most alarmingly glamorous creature who ever lived or, anyway, who was ever. Drawing on his unprecedented access to grace kelly, bestselling biographer donald spoto at last offers an intimate, honest, and authoritative portrait of one of. At the moment, the best grace kelly biography book is high society. The life of grace kelly donald spoto, author, george k. Now you has jazz bing cosby, louis armstrong from the movie high society. This book was a fine opportunity for spoto to introduce kelly and her work. The infant was baptized grace patricia, in memory of an aunt who had died young, and so grace kelly believed because i was tuesdays childwho, according to mother goose, was full. Grace kelly s beauty is the stuff of legends, but she had the talent to back it up and enjoyed a stellar film career before she dedicated her life to. I never really liked hollywood, grace kelly told author donald spoto, the author of her new biography, high society harmony books. Drawing on his unprecedented access to grace kelly, bestselling biogr. This is a shame because grace kelly lived a fascinating life. High society s screenplay was written by john patrick and involves a successful popular jazz musician crosby who tries to win back the affections of his exwife kelly, who is preparing to marry another man.
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