Grace Kelly那童话般的皇室大婚，却早已千疮百孔

 

最近BBC写了一篇关于Grace Kelly的文章，看完之后，才知道原来这位倾国倾城的摩纳哥王妃背后，还有一段这样的故事…

格蕾丝·凯莉

 

在很多人的印象中，Grace的一生就像是个美丽的童话故事，

她出生于富有的家庭，似乎没有什么坎坷的经历，她的生活令很多人羡慕不已...

 

她仿佛拥有一切：绝世的美貌、上等的时尚品味，她之前穿的很多衣服，直到现在看依然很美，她短短6年的电影生涯，拍了11部电影，就奠定了在好莱坞的重要地位，25岁，她便获得奥斯卡影后，26岁，嫁给了摩纳哥亲王，美貌、财富、名声、爱情，她似乎一一收入囊中...

 

然而，世界上哪有那么多完美的事，看似幸运的背后，其实承载着普通人根本无法想象的痛苦和无奈。

Grace现在是很多人仰慕的王妃，然而，在她小时候，却并没有那么招父母喜欢。Grace出生在美国一个富有的家庭，家里每个人都很厉害。他爸是3次奥运会金牌得主，之后凭借着7000美元的贷款打造出价值1800万美元的建筑公司。还曾经竞选过费城的市长，最后以史上最小的差距落选。再到后来，二战时期，他还被当时的美国总统罗斯福任命为国家体育健身主任。她妈妈是一名游泳冠军，做过封面模特，曾经在宾州大学教过“体育”，而且是学校第一个训练女性运动的女教练。她爸的两个兄弟也都很出名，一个是歌舞杂耍表演的明星，一个是获得过普利策奖的编剧。她有一个哥，一个姐，一个妹，在家排行老三。在他们家，每个人都是成功人士，每个人都很要强，唯独Grace不太行。她戴着一副眼镜，性格害羞，在她父亲眼里，她就是一副干不成大事的样子。在当时，她是他们家最不可能成功的孩子，以后肯定要拖家族后腿的那种...

（Grace是第二排左边这个）

 

Grace很小就喜欢表演，但她决定要去读表演的时候，父母是坚决反对的，父亲更是感觉女演员比站街女好不了多少。就算是后来她拍了名镇好莱坞的电影，拿到奥斯卡，又嫁了亲王，有记者去采访她父亲，问他是否为女儿感到骄傲时，他却劝记者去报道自己的大女儿：“Grace能做的，Peggy也能做，而且她总能比Grace做得更好”。对父亲而言，Grace是他们家族的失败品。

 

而当初Grace的演艺生涯，也并非人们想得那么一帆风顺。在从费城最好的学校毕业后，Grace原本打算去本宁顿大学读书，然而最后因为数学成绩太差而没有被录取。考不上理想的大学，Grace只能退而求次，不读大学，直接去学表演。一边学习，一边还要去百老汇试镜寻找演出机会。对于她的这个决定，前面也说了，她父母是完全不支持的。

在刚开始试图进入演艺圈的那五年，她听了无数次的拒绝。有人说她戏路太窄，有人说她太高，有人说她腿太长，还有人说她下巴太突出。Grace也很不喜欢自己的下巴，觉得它太宽，于是拍照的时候都会故意倾斜一点，让它看起来窄一些。她很相信算命，算命先生告诉她，只要她努力，有一天，她会获得回报的。

 

然而，就算之前有再大的热情，也经不起一次又一次失败的打击。为了电影《出租车》的试镜，她把爱尔兰口音练到完美，然而导演最后也没有选她。后来，她好不容易在电影《十四小时》中拿到一个配角，但没人care她的演技，副导演对她的关注度还不如一件租来的皮毛大衣。尽管再后来她又在电影《正午》中演了一个小角色，但始终没有被人赏识。随之而来的，只是一个周薪才250美元的电影工作室的合同。她拒绝了。

 

正当她心灰意冷的时候，好运出现了。当时，导演John Ford正在为电影《红尘》选角，看到了Grace之前在试镜《出租车》时拍的短片，虽然《出租车》的导演没有看上Grace，但是John Ford却在其中看到了她的演技。“这女孩会演戏，找她！”《红尘》的男主角是大名鼎鼎的Clark Gable，这对Grace来说，是个不可多得的机会...

也是因为这部片子，Grace在好莱坞终于打响了第一炮。24岁的Grace一夜成名。紧接着各种戏约，光环都来了...

 

人们把她放在梦露的对立面，认为她是好家庭出生的好姑娘，高贵优雅，不会像梦露一样随意露肉。当八卦记者问到她的三围或者有没有垫胸垫之类的问题时，她会马上结束采访。她被称为冰雪皇后，在娱乐圈的派对上，她总是试图躲在角落，保持沉默。

 

不过，虽然她并不喜欢跟媒体讲自己的私事，但是她不说，不意味着就没八卦。她跟很多合作过的男演员都传出过绯闻。

 

据说，当时Ray已经结婚，虽然知道对方有家室，但Grace依然跟他打得火热，为了跟她在一起，Ray曾想过要跟自己相濡以沫21年的老婆离婚，也因为这件事，Grace被一些媒体冠上了“小三”的称号。尽管各种八卦纷纷扰扰，但Grace在电影表演上一直没有放松，

 

1955年，凭借《乡下姑娘》，她拿到了奥斯卡影后。那年，她才25岁，年纪轻轻就获得了很多演员一辈子都无法达到的成就，然而，就在这样的事业巅峰期，她突然宣布退出影坛，嫁人了！而且嫁的还不是一般人，是摩纳哥的亲王Rainier。紧接着就是隆重的大婚。

 

婚礼当天，Grace美得惊心动魄，不过，跟婚礼的梦幻不同，她跟亲王的相遇，其实也没有想象的那么浪漫。当年，摩纳哥亲王Rainier急着要生孩子，因为他们国家比较特殊，如果他生不出合法的王位继承人，摩纳哥将成为法国的保护国，急着娶妻生子的Rainier就托朋友给他介绍，当时他的目标是好莱坞的女演员，朋友曾建议他娶梦露，但是可能是考虑到梦露的公众形象，最终这事也就不了了之了。Grace和Rainier亲王的第一次见面是在1955年的戛纳电影节，一个杂志的总监安排两人在亲王的宫殿拍照，第一次见到亲王时，Grace很小心翼翼地行了礼，显然这一次见面让双方都对彼此留下了好印象，很快，接下来那一年，在Grace通过了生育检查后，两人就结婚了...

 

12克拉的订婚戒指，200万美元的嫁妆，但是，婚后的生活却完全没有Grace想象的那么简单，比她大六岁的亲王，也没有想象中的那么体贴。一个传记作者表示，当Grace在两人蜜月时怀孕后，Rainier亲王就出轨了，短短几个月，他就有了至少3个情妇。亲王经常不在家，但是却没有忘记在Grace身边安插一个监视她一举一动的侍女。Grace在摩纳哥很无聊也很想家，她语言不通，又不适应这里的天气，因此眼睛得了结膜炎，还要遭受花粉过敏症和失眠症的困扰。渐渐的，亲王也露出了他的本性，他脾气暴躁，非常专横，而且似乎还有点暴力倾向，有一次，她跟亲王进行了一场网球双人对打，亲王直接把网球朝着她的脸狠狠打过去。事后，他朋友出来解围：“他就是太想赢了”。Grace在这段婚姻中越来越觉得屈辱，她很不开心。但是开始容易，结束却很难。在2014年的电影《摩纳哥王妃》中，也可以感受到一些她皇室生活的痛苦。据说，这部电影是基于传记作家们数百次的采访，以及一些皇室内部人士透露的一手消息拍摄出来的，所以一些情节可以参考一下...

 

当Grace把长发剪短时，亲王勃然大怒，

“为什么没有我的允许就去剪头发？”

“糟糕透了，看着就很失礼！”

亲王脾气暴烈，还是个控制狂，他需要她完全遵照自己的意思，比如站在她身边的时候要甜美微笑，不能发表自己的意见。在一次新年前夕的游轮派对上，Grace加入了法国总统的谈话，说起了美英关系。亲王在一边看着越来越火大。回家之后，他对她说：这不是美国，人们不会想什么就说什么！

“那你想让我说什么？”

“我不知道，你不是演员吗？演戏不会？”

 

正当Grace被皇室生活压得喘不过气的时候，导演Hitchcock出1百万美元请她当电影《艳贼》的女主角，这个情节在《摩纳哥王妃》中也有提到，片中表示，Grace刚开始想要接这个角色，亲王也说他不会阻拦，但是，随后她要出演《艳贼》的消息传了出去，摩纳哥人民很震惊。于是，亲王又后悔了，他把眼镜重重地摔在地板上，对她说：“恐怕你要拒绝Hitchcock的这部电影了，我们会拍一部表现你在摩纳哥有多幸福的片子。”

“这不是你说了算。”

“我是亲王，是你的丈夫，你会听，而且必须听！”

         她曾想过，跟亲王离婚，然后回到美国，最后，Grace还是选择了忍受。

 

 

 

 

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Grace Kelly Biography(1929–1982)

 

 

American actress Grace Kelly starred in such movies as 'Dial M for Murder' and 'The Country Girl,' before leaving Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

Who Was Grace Kelly?

Grace Kelly rose to fame as a leading Hollywood actress following her prominent role in High Noon. Along with her Academy Award-winning performance in The Country Girl, she starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rear Window, Dial M for Murder and To Catch a Thief. Kelly left Hollywood behind after marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956, thereby becoming known as Princess Grace. She died in her adopted home country in 1982, following a car accident.

Early Life

Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father, John Brendan "Jack" Kelly, was a champion sculler who won three Olympic gold medals as part of the U.S. rowing team. A self-made millionaire, he owned one of the most successful brick businesses on the East Coast. Her mother, Margaret Katherine Majer, was the first coach of women's athletic teams at the University of Pennsylvania. Kelly was the third of four children and named after her father's sister, who died at a very young age.

Kelly expressed a deep love of performance as a child. In addition to participating in school plays and community productions, she occasionally modeled with her mother and sister. While attending Stevens School, a small private high school in Philadelphia, she continued to dream about acting. The arts held a prominent place in the Kelly family: Two uncles — Walter C. Kelly, a vaudevillian performer, and George Kelly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright — both heavily influenced her. It was George who later encouraged his niece to pursue a full-time acting career, mentoring her through her rise in Hollywood.

Early Career in NYC

After high school, Kelly decided to pursue an acting career in New York City. Her parents were not pleased; according to Kelly's close friend Judith Balaban Quine, Jack Kelly thought that acting was "a slim cut above streetwalker." Despite this, Kelly enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As a student, she modeled part-time and appeared in ads for Old Gold cigarettes and on the covers of magazines like Cosmopolitan and Redbook. Her final performance at the Academy was in A Philadelphia Story, a role she would later reprise in the 1956 big-screen adaptation, High Society (1956).

After graduating from the Academy at age 19, Kelly sought a career on Broadway but found it tough going. Don Richardson, one of her directors and teachers, later said, "She would never have had a career in the theater," because she had "great looks and style, yes, but no vocal horsepower."

Regardless, Kelly soon found that film was more amenable to her talents. In the years just following World War II, the film and television industries were both booming, and Kelly soon moved to Hollywood. She would eventually feature in 11 films and star in over 60 television productions.

Movies

Gary Cooper discovered Kelly on the set of her first film, Fourteen Hours (1951) when she was 22 years old. He arranged for her to play his very young wife in High Noon (1952), an acclaimed Western that put her on the path to stardom.

'Mogambo'

Kelly next appeared in Mogambo (1953), a film set in Kenya, starring Clark Gable and Ava Gardner. Kelly had an affair with Gable during filming, later saying, "What else is there to do if you're alone in a tent in Africa with Clark Gable?" Mogambo marked a turning point in Kelly's career: She was nominated for her first Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. MGM offered her a seven-year contract, which she accepted on the condition that she get to live in Manhattan every other year so she could pursue stage work.

'Rear Window,' 'Dial M for Murder' and 'To Catch a Thief'

Kelly turned down the role of Edie Doyle in On the Waterfront (1954) so she could work with her soon-to-be friend and mentor Alfred Hitchcock In the 1950s, Kelly made three films with the legendary master of suspense: Rear Window (1954), Dial M for Murder (1954) and To Catch a Thief (1955). Hitchcock considered Kelly the epitome of the femme fatale, with her beauty, style and "sexual elegance."

'The Country Girl'

In 1954, Kelly won the role of Georgie Elgin in The Country Girl, opposite Bing Crosby and William Holden. It was not a glamorous role for Kelly, who portrayed the dowdy and neglected wife of an alcoholic. She gave a raw and uncharacteristically stripped-down performance, which garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. This time she won, beating Judy Garland (A Star Is Born) to claim her Oscar.

Marriage to Prince Rainier

At this point in her career, Kelly was one of the highest-paid and most respected actresses in the world. In 1955, she was asked to join the United States Delegation Committee at the Cannes Film Festival in France. During a photoshoot, she met Prince Rainier III of Monaco, who happened to be seeking a bride. If he didn't produce an heir, Monaco would become part of France. The prince once described his ideal bride: "I see her with long hair floating in the wind, the color of autumn leaves. Her eyes are blue or violet, with flecks of gold." The press glamorized their courtship, depicting it as a fairy-tale romance.

After marrying Prince Rainier on April 19, 1956, in a very public and ornate ceremony, Kelly abandoned her acting career in order to become princess consort of Monaco. She was also required to give up her American citizenship, and Prince Rainier banned her films in Monaco.