High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly - Hardcover

Spoto, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307395618 ISBN 13: 9780307395610

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2009

Synopsis

Documents the life and whirlwind career of the iconic Hollywood actress-turned-European princess, drawing on previously unpublished interviews to cover such topics as her conservative education, Oscar-winning film achievements and role as a mother to royal children.

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Review:

"She was a great lady, and also great fun."
--Ava Gardner
"She was anything but cold. Everything about Grace was appealing. She had those big warm eyes, and if you ever played a love scene with her, you knew she wasn't cold."
--James Stewart
"In two senses, she didn't have a bad side-you could film her from any angle, and she was one of the most untemperamental, cooperative people in the business."
--Cary Grant
"The subtlety of Grace's sexuality-her elegant sexiness-appealed to me. . . . With Grace, you had to find it out-you had to discover it."
--Alfred Hitchcock
"You couldn't work with Grace Kelly without falling a little in love with her."
--Fred Coe
"I thought she was the most gorgeous creature I ever met. . . . She was so entirely unaffected, completely without vanity."
--Rita Gam
"She was a delight to have in the company-a rare kind of young person who had a hunger to learn and to improve herself."
--Raymond Massey
"I saw the utter perfection of her nose . . . the long, elegant neck . . . the silky, diaphanous blond hair. . . . A very aristocratic-looking girl . . . not the sort you simply called for a date."
--Oleg Cassini

"From the Hardcover edition."

She was a great lady, and also great fun.
Ava Gardner
She was anything but cold. Everything about Grace was appealing. She had those big warm eyes, and if you ever played a love scene with her, you knew she wasn t cold.
James Stewart
In two senses, she didn t have a bad side you could film her from any angle, and she was one of the most untemperamental, cooperative people in the business.
Cary Grant
The subtlety of Grace s sexuality her elegant sexiness appealed to me. . . . With Grace, you had to find it out you had to discover it.
Alfred Hitchcock
You couldn t work with Grace Kelly without falling a little in love with her.
Fred Coe
I thought she was the most gorgeous creature I ever met. . . . She was so entirely unaffected, completely without vanity.
Rita Gam
She was a delight to have in the company a rare kind of young person who had a hunger to learn and to improve herself.
Raymond Massey
I saw the utter perfection of her nose . . . the long, elegant neck . . . the silky, diaphanous blond hair. . . . A very aristocratic-looking girl . . . not the sort you simply called for a date.
Oleg Cassini

"From the Hardcover edition.""

She was a great lady, and also great fun.
Ava Gardner
She was anything but cold. Everything about Grace was appealing. She had those big warm eyes, and if you ever played a love scene with her, you knew she wasn t cold.
James Stewart
In two senses, she didn t have a bad side you could film her from any angle, and she was one of the most untemperamental, cooperative people in the business.
Cary Grant
The subtlety of Grace s sexuality her elegant sexiness appealed to me. . . . With Grace, you had to find it out you had to discover it.
Alfred Hitchcock
You couldn t work with Grace Kelly without falling a little in love with her.
Fred Coe
I thought she was the most gorgeous creature I ever met. . . . She was so entirely unaffected, completely without vanity.
Rita Gam
She was a delight to have in the company a rare kind of young person who had a hunger to learn and to improve herself.
Raymond Massey
I saw the utter perfection of her nose . . . the long, elegant neck . . . the silky, diaphanous blond hair. . . . A very aristocratic-looking girl . . . not the sort you simply called for a date.
Oleg Cassini

From the Hardcover edition."

"She was a great lady, and also great fun."
--Ava Gardner

"She was anything but cold. Everything about Grace was appealing. She had those big warm eyes, and if you ever played a love scene with her, you knew she wasn't cold."
--James Stewart

"In two senses, she didn't have a bad side-you could film her from any angle, and she was one of the most untemperamental, cooperative people in the business."
--Cary Grant

"The subtlety of Grace's sexuality-her elegant sexiness-appealed to me. . . . With Grace, you had to find it out-you had to discover it."
--Alfred Hitchcock

"You couldn't work with Grace Kelly without falling a little in love with her."
--Fred Coe

"I thought she was the most gorgeous creature I ever met. . . . She was so entirely unaffected, completely without vanity."
--Rita Gam

"She was a delight to have in the company-a rare kind of young person who had a hunger to learn and to improve herself."
--Raymond Massey

"I saw the utter perfection of her nose . . . the long, elegant neck . . . the silky, diaphanous blond hair. . . . A very aristocratic-looking girl . . . not the sort you simply called for a date."
--Oleg Cassini

From the Hardcover edition.

Book Description:

This new biography draws on a series of unpublished interviews and offers a startling and intitmate portrait of one of the most glamourous icons of the 20th century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0307395618
• ISBN 13: 9780307395610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 303