Grace Kelly’s path to an Academy Award was short
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Grace Kelly was known as one of the most beautiful women to ever arrive in Hollywood, but her intense work ethic is what got her there. She moved to New York City as a teenager to pursue acting and modeling while studying at the America Academy of the Dramatic Arts. After failing to make it on Broadway, she moved to Hollywood where she went on to become a full-fledged icon.
After launching her film career with Fourteen Hours (1951) and High Noon (1952), the star appeared across Clark Gable in Mogambo (1953). The film launched her into both stardom and scandal. She won her first Academy Award and a Golden Globe which garnered her a seven-year contract with MGM. She also had an affair with Clark Gable, which she shrugged off.
“What else is there to do if you’re alone in a tent in Africa with Clark Gable?” she scandalously claimed.
