Grace Kelly (film)

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Grace Kelly (disambiguation).

Grace Kelly (also known as The Grace Kelly Story)^[1] is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film starring Cheryl Ladd as Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco.^[2] The film originally aired on ABC on February 21, 1983.^[3]

Grace Kelly
Spanish VHS cover
Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Cynthia Mandelberg
Directed by	Anthony Page
Starring	Cheryl Ladd Lloyd Bridges Diane Ladd Alejandro Rey Ian McShane
Music by	John Andrew Tartaglia
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Brian Russell Michael Weisbarth
Producer	Stanley Chase
Production locations	Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France Monaco Long Beach, California
Cinematography	Woody Omens
Editors	Gene Foster Jack Horger
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Kota Company Productions Embassy Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 21, 1983 (1983-02-21)

The producers claimed that Princess Grace assisted for several weeks with the films preproduction before her unexpected death in 1982.^[4]

Cast

• Cheryl Ladd as Grace Kelly
  • Christina Applegate as Young Grace Kelly
• Lloyd Bridges as Jack Kelly
• Diane Ladd as Margaret Kelly
• Alejandro Rey as Oleg Cassini
• Ian McShane as Prince Rainier of Monaco
• Marta DuBois as Rita Gam

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that Cheryl Ladd "comes reasonably close to being as beautiful as the original," but regretted "the sense of stately awe and suffocating propriety that seeps through the project. Grace Kelly will offend nobody. Unfortunately, it's not likely to interest too many people, either";^[4] Allmovie agreed that the film "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";^[5]  whereas the Radio Times wrote "There's much that this TV movie glosses over, particularly with regard to her love life, but director Anthony Page successfully conveys the pressures placed on Kelly by her privileged background and her international fame."^[6]

References

1. "The Grace Kelly Story". The Movie Scene. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
2. "Grace Kelly". CJOnline. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
3. Wydra, Thilo (November 18, 2014). Grace: A Biography. Skyhorse. ISBN 9781629149677 – via Google Books.
4. O'Connor, John J. (February 21, 1983). "Tv Movie: Grace Kelly". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
5. "Grace Kelly (1983) - Anthony Page | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
6. "The Grace Kelly Story – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20.

External links

• Grace Kelly at IMDb