Happy Birthday Grace Kelly!

Today, November 12th, we celebrate the life of Grace Patricia Kelly in remembrance of what would have been her 80th birthday. A life cut short, yet so accomplished and plentiful. At the time of her death, she had long moved on from her 4 and a half year film career in which she completed 11 films including Rear Window, To Catch a Thief,High Society, and The Country Girl, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Kelly's fascinating life and career is captured in the Janson Media DVD Grace Kelly: The American Princess from the company's Hollywood Collection. Author Donald Spoto also recently released is his book 'High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly' in which he candidly chronicles Kelly's ascension to Hollywood fame and transformation to royalty as the wife of Monaco's Prince Rainier. For an excerpt of the book, visit the Good Morning America website.

Narrated by Richard Kiley, The Hollywood Collection DVD Grace Kelly: The American Princess tells the story of a girl who came from a wealthy and competitive Philadelphia family that left for New York City and worked hard as a model, stage actor and TV player. After being discovered by Hollywood, she was acknowledged as one of the movie industry"s most sought after stars, an Academy-Award winner, playing opposite some of the greatest leading men of her time. Suddenly, like a modern-day fairy tale, Grace Kelly turned her back on it all — to become Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco. Now her story is told in home movies and clips from films like High Noon, Dial M For Murder, Rear Window, To Catch A Thief and High Society. Also seen, touching and revealing glimpses from the magnificent wedding to the tragic end. Actors Jimmy Stewart, Louis Jourdan, Alec Guinness, Katy Jurado, with directors, producers, friends and Grace"s sister, Lizanne, tell of the beautiful star who made the world her stage.

The Hollywood Collection is a rich archive of television documentary films, which profile many of Hollywood"s most beloved and respected stars. These films are the legacy of Gene Feldman (1921-2006), a director, writer, and producer. In partnership with his wife, Suzette Winter, their company Wombat Productions created 34 insightful and entertaining biographies for television broadcast. All of these programs were originally shot on both 35mm and 16mm film stocks and recorded on quarter-inch audiotape, as well as 35mm magnetic film. Now available on DVD, Janson Media maintains exclusive commercial rights to the entire collection.