Audiobook9 hours
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly
Written by Donald Spoto
Narrated by George K Wilson
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
In just seven years-from 1950 through 1956-Grace Kelly embarked on a whirlwind career that included roles in eleven movies. From the principled Amy Fowler Kane in High Noon to the thrill-seeking Frances Stevens of To Catch a Thief, Grace established herself as one of Hollywood's most talented actresses and iconic beauties. Her astonishing career lasted until her retirement at age twenty-six, when she withdrew from stage and screen to marry a European monarch and became a modern, working princess and mother.
Based on never-before-published or quoted interviews with Grace and those conducted over many years with her friends and colleagues-from costars James Stewart and Cary Grant to director Alfred Hitchcock-as well as many documents disclosed by her children for the first time, acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto explores the transformation of a convent schoolgirl to New York model, successful television actress, Oscar-winning movie star, and beloved royal.
As the princess requested, Spoto waited twenty-five years after her death to write this biography. Now, with honesty and insight, High Society reveals the truth of Grace Kelly's personal life, the men she loved, the men she didn't, and what lay behind the facade of her fairy-tale life.
Based on never-before-published or quoted interviews with Grace and those conducted over many years with her friends and colleagues-from costars James Stewart and Cary Grant to director Alfred Hitchcock-as well as many documents disclosed by her children for the first time, acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto explores the transformation of a convent schoolgirl to New York model, successful television actress, Oscar-winning movie star, and beloved royal.
As the princess requested, Spoto waited twenty-five years after her death to write this biography. Now, with honesty and insight, High Society reveals the truth of Grace Kelly's personal life, the men she loved, the men she didn't, and what lay behind the facade of her fairy-tale life.
Author
Donald Spoto
Donald Spoto has written two dozen bestselling biographies of film and theater stars—among them Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, and Marilyn Monroe. Born in Westchester County, near New York City, he now lives in Denmark.
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Reviews for High Society
Rating: 3.59374996875 out of 5 stars
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48 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Very nice, and very loving, but not necessarily incisive bio of Grace Kelly.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I admire Grace Kelly and like learning about her personal life, but all the details of everything she has ever acted in is a real bore. This is a lightweight biography.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Well written and factual account of the life of Grace Kelly and the movies she starred in. Unlike True Grace, High Society leads one to believe that Grace did marry for love, but that she did suffer from bouts of melancholy at times. Donald Spoto was a personal friend of the princess and treats her with respect.