Grace Kelly

• Director: Anthony Page
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Biopic, Docudrama
• Themes: Fathers and Daughters, Actor's Life
• Main Cast: Cheryl Ladd, Ian McShane
• Release Year: 1983
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

Grace Kelly, the high-society beauty who became an Oscar-winning actress and then a European princess, is the subject of this TV biopic. Cheryl Ladd has the looks and poise of the original Grace, though she isn't quite as charismatic. The early portion of the film retraces the stormy relationship between Grace and her gruff Philadelphia millionaire dad, Jack Kelly. The script suggests that Grace went through life looking for a strong father figure, finally finding one in Prince Rainier of Monaco (Ian McShane), whom she weds. Several "celebrity look-alikes" parade through the film, pretending to be the film personalities with whom Ms. Kelly worked during her brief Hollywood career. Grace Kelly tones down the darker aspects of its subject, and the film is infinitely more tasteful than most other TV biographies of the same period, even when dealing with Princess Grace's untimely death. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Christina Applegate - Grace as a Child; Lloyd Bridges; Brian Patrick Clarke; Marta Du Bois; Edith Fellows - Edith Head; Salome Jens; Cheryl Ladd - Grace Kelly; Diane Ladd; Paul Lambert - Raymond Massey; Kaaren Lee; Paul Lieber - Mr.Stern; Ryan MacDonald - Mr. Austin; Donna Martell - Mrs. Austin; Ian McShane - Prince Rainier of Monaco; David Paymer - Jay Kanter; Ben Piazza; Alejandro Rey; William Schallert; Janet Wood - Elaine; Heidi Bohay; Scott Edmund Lane - Tom; Walker Edmiston - Fred Zimmerman; Gisele Grimm - Countess De Segonzac

Credit

Noel Taylor - Costume Designer, Anthony Page - Director, John C. Horger - Editor, John Andrew Tartaglia - Composer (Music Score), Woody Omens - Cinematographer, Stanley Chase - Producer

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