Grace Kelly on Oscar Night
September 8, 2010
These enchanting photos of Grace Kelly the night she won her 1954 Oscar were simply too charming to keep to myself! The intimate glimpses of the star rehearsing her acceptance speech in the car and later with a sailor eager for an autograph reveal such a sense of nervousness and excitement. Kelly was a mere 25-years-old at the time and won for her starring role in ‘The Country Girl.’ She wore an ice-blue dress by costume designer Edith Head and beat out the likes of Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn that year for the Best Actress Award.
(images: Life magazine)
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Brooke — Isn’t she though? I think I’ll do a post on Edith tomorrow. Such a character that woman! xx
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My goodness, how lovely! I think Ms Kelly’s composure is one of my favorite things about her.
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Thank you for sharing these great images! Grace Kelly is so poised and graceful.
Would love to see a post on Edith, too!
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Linnea says:
Stunning! Absolutely stunning! These definitely brightened my day as she is one of my all-time favorite ladies! Thank you, Katie!
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Too lovely, indeed.
There’s also a pic of Grace and Audrey a few years later at the Oscars that is for me the epithome of elegance and femininity.
Looking forward for Edith’s post :happy:; she was such a character :).
(hope you’re feeling better, Dear x)
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Gorgeous! Funny how I’m her age in those photos and yet she seems so much older and more sophisticated. :)
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Teresa — Thank you for the well wishes. I took Alfie to the vet this morning and my head cold is lifting. We are both on the mend! I know just the picture of Grace and Audrey you speak of—I believe it is from the following year when Grace was presenting the award (her last year before leaving Hollywood to become a princess!). What a life! xoxo
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Grace symbolizes all the beauty of Old Hollywood for me. That’s one lady I wish I could have had dinner or tea with.
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She is such a sweet vision. I have not seen the film and I am sure she deserved it, but I am a true fan of Judy Garland’s. I wish she had won for her incomparable performance in A Star is Born! Love Grace, but will forever wish Judy had won!
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Grace Kelly was so young, yet so very WOMAN. I’m older than she was on the night she won her oscar, yet I still feel more girl than woman. Funny that.
Did you know that she, Audrey, and Jackie were all born in the same year? Something must have been in the water in 1929. There has never been a more beautiful and lovely trio.
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She will always be one of favorite examples of style, dignity, and grace.
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Didn’t she go with Oleg Cassini to this event? It looks like him in the car. I was just reading an article about him in NY Magazine. Interesting fellow..
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How wonderful Katie! I do a play about the incomparable Edith Head, A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD! We are having our LA premiere beginning September 23 – October 24 at the El Portal in NOHO.I hope you can come down. I would love to meet you! Do check out the website. All the best, Suz
Edith Head is positively Genius! Love Grace Kelly!
Thank you Katie for posting!
xo