Johann Christian von Majer (1741–1821) from Ludwigsburg, who worked as a political scientist, jurist and theologian, and was elected five times Rector of the University of Tübingen. Patrilineally, Margaret descended from Prof. Kelly in 1924, Margaret focused on being a homemaker until all her children were of school age, following which she began actively participating in various civic organizations. She also modeled for a time in her youth. Margaret had taught physical education at the University of Pennsylvania and had been the first woman to coach women's athletics at Penn. Kelly's mother, Margaret Majer, was of German ancestry. Kelly was a vaudeville star, who also made films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures, and another named George was a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist, screenwriter, and director. In later years he served on the Fairmount Park Commission and, during World War II, was appointed by President Roosevelt as National Director of Physical Fitness. As Democratic nominee in the 1935 election for Mayor of Philadelphia, he lost by the closest margin in the city's history. He owned a successful brickwork contracting company that was well known on the East Coast. Kelly Sr., was born to Irish immigrants and won three Olympic gold medals for sculling. Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an affluent and influential family. Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the Princess Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance.Įarly life and family The Kelly family home, built by John B. Grace died at the age of 52 at Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day. Her final film role was narrating The Children of Theatre Street (1977), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. In 1964, she established the Princess Grace Foundation to support local artisans. Princess Grace's charity work focused on young children and the arts. Grace and Rainier had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stéphanie. Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. Other notable works include the war film The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), the romantic comedy High Society (1956), and three Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954). She made her film debut in Fourteen Hours (1951) and gained stardom from her roles in Fred Zinnemann's western film High Noon (1952), and John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), the latter of which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and television broadcasts. Kelly was born into a prominent Catholic family in Philadelphia. She received an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. Kelly is known as an iconic actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood. After starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on April 18, 1956. I was never in the far northeast, had no reason to go there.Grace Patricia Kelly (Novem– September 14, 1982) was an American actress who became the princess of Monaco. Northeast around the Gimbles on Cottman seemed very new in spite of the row houses. West Philly was also white and a reasonably nice area. I also remember North Philly was mostly white but still as shabby as it is today. I mostly remember a place that was old, dirty and run down but someplace we would come from the suburbs to eat in a fancy resturant and see a 1st run movie. Market East was very old and shabby although the street was lined with department stores and was very crowded. There were a lot of movie theaters there. The skyline consisted of the PSFS building and City Hall looming over the midrise office buildings on Walnut and Chestnut while west Market looked like a skid row. Society hill was just starting to be cleaned up and there were large tracts of empty land where buildings had been demolihed. Broad and Chestnut was the center of the CBD but most of CC looked the way the area north of the convention center looks today. I can somewhat remember Center City in the late 50's/early 60's as being pretty grim except for the area right around Rittenhouse square.
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