Drawing on his unprecedented access to Grace Kelly, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto at last offers an intimate, honest, and authoritative portrait of one of Hollywood’s legendary actresses.
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 th...
Drawing on his unprecedented access to Grace Kelly, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto at last offers an intimate, honest, and authoritative portrait of one of Hollywood’s legendary actresses.
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 façade of her fairy-tale life.
察觉到父亲对姐姐的格外偏爱，格蕾丝转而寻求佩姬的承认，当然也是为了得到她父亲的承认。“我经常帮我姐姐到街上去卖花，为了给妈妈在宾夕法尼亚州立医院（Hospital of Pennsylvania）和女子医学院的宠物慈善活动筹集资金。买这些花的人大多是住在附近的邻居，他们并不知道有些花其实就是来自他们自己的花园——我晚上经常被姐姐指使到附近的花园里采花，然后第二天早晨很不知羞耻地再把花卖给它们的主人。”
根据格蕾丝很好的朋友，演员丽塔·甘的回忆，在格蕾丝帮助她姐姐的同时，“她一直在赞美她的父亲，但是她觉得父亲却从未欣赏过她，并且对于格蕾丝的事业也从未表达过支持。父亲更喜欢佩姬，而母亲十分严厉，对格蕾丝总是批评多于关心。格蕾丝成名之后，她的父母都表示无比惊讶和不可思议，每谈及于此时，她的语调总是显得异常低落，但毋庸置疑的是，她一直以来都在忠诚地保护着这个家庭。”在她的“竞争者”的眼中，格蕾丝在家中的边缘化地位唤起了一种对宣泄情感的渴望，她的妹妹丽莎回忆道：“小时候，她喜欢那种被牵着、被抱着、被亲着的感觉。”而格蕾丝这种身体上的感情诉求随着年龄的增加越来越强烈。 (查看原文)
"How would you like to be remembered?" "I'd like to be remembered as a person who accomplished sth, who was kind and loving. I'd like to leave me behind the memory of a human being who behaved properl..."How would you like to be remembered?" "I'd like to be remembered as a person who accomplished sth, who was kind and loving. I'd like to leave me behind the memory of a human being who behaved properly and tried to help others." - Grace
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0 有用 Welfare 2016-12-20 07:06:51
"How would you like to be remembered?" "I'd like to be remembered as a person who accomplished sth, who was kind and loving. I'd like to leave me behind the memory of a human being who behaved properl... "How would you like to be remembered?" "I'd like to be remembered as a person who accomplished sth, who was kind and loving. I'd like to leave me behind the memory of a human being who behaved properly and tried to help others." - Grace (展开)
0 有用 叫我小陈就好 2020-03-12 13:25:42
封面是经典。
0 有用 Isabella 2013-08-14 18:59:07
Only because she's Grace Kelly