The Philadelphia-born star, who was the epitome of class and beauty, also appeared in many movies between 1952 and 1956, including adventure romance Mogambo alongside Clark Gable and Ava Gardner, which earned her a Golden Globe for best supporting actress.

The following year she appeared in The Country Girl with Bing Crosby and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Among the 11 movies she starred in over just five years, the most notable were the comedy musical High Society starring alongside Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, and three Alfred Hitchcock movies Dial M for Murder;  Rear Window; and To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant.

But the successful actress retired from the big screen at just 26 years old to marry Prince Rainier III and become Princess of Monaco.

In just 6 years, this much-loved starlet had made 11 successful movies, won two Golden Globes and Academy Awards, and married a prince.

Her marriage to such a high-profile member of royalty meant she couldn’t continue her acting career. Instead, she went on to have three children Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Princess Stéphanie, and focused on her philanthropic work.

Sadly, Grace Kelly was killed in a car accident after suffering a stroke and losing control of her vehicle.

Her youngest daughter Stephanie, who was 17 at the time, was in the car with her and thankfully survived. Kelly was just 52 when she died.

Her three children went on to have 11 children who all seem to have inherited their grandmother’s style and elegance.

One of her youngest grandchildren, Camille Gottlieb, is the 24-year-old daughter of Grace Kelly’s youngest child Princess Stephanie of Monaco and Jean-Raymond Gottlieb.

The Monaco resident has two older half-siblings, her half-sister Pauline Ducruet also looks like her beautiful grandmother.