The Philadelphia-born actress, who personified flair and elegance, also acted in a number of films between the years 1952 and 1956, including the adventure romance Mogambo with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner, for which she won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress. During her career, she starred in a number of films, including Mogambo, which earned her the award.
She starred alongside Bing Crosby in The Country Girl the next year, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The comedy musical High Society, in which she costarred with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, and the three Alfred Hitchcock films Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant were among the 11 films she appeared in over the period of just five years.
Yet, the popular actress left the spotlight at just 26 years old in order to wed Prince Rainier III and become Princess of Monaco.
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