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[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/DieHard'': Hans Gruber mentions her when he makes an (incorrect) reference to ''Film/HighNoon''.
-->'''Gruber:''' This time Creator/JohnWayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly.\\
'''[=McClane=]:''' That was Creator/GaryCooper, asshole.
* In the 1983 MadeForTVMovie ''Film/TheGraceKellyStory'', she's played by Creator/CherylLadd.
* In the 2014 biopic ''Film/GraceOfMonaco'', she is played by Creator/NicoleKidman.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/TheHoneymooners'': In "Head of the House", when Ralph tells Norton that they have to cook a meal, the latter brings up Grace Kelly's father out of nowhere.
-->'''Norton:''' After all, men are the best chefs, aren't they? Oscar of the Waldorf, Pierre of the Ritz, Grace Kelly's father...\\
'''Ralph:''' What does Grace Kelly's father got to do with it?\\
'''Norton:''' He cooked up a pretty sweet dish!
* ''Series/MadMen'': Betty Draper is said to look like Kelly. The show's costume and hair departments intentionally modeled Betty's general look on her.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In "Mr. Dibley's Films", the titular character makes very short and low-cost versions of famous films and claims that they are original. One of them is a fifteen-second long version of ''Film/RearWindow''. Dibley says that Hitchcock's version was padded out, and was only more successful than his because "he had bloody Grace Kelly".

[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Literature/BagOfBones'': Mattie Devore is [[TextualCelebrityResemblance said to look like]] a young Grace Kelly.
* ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'': The title character has a bit of a crush on her.

[[AC:Music]]
* Music/{{Mika}}'s most famous song is called "Grace Kelly". It also includes a quote from ''Film/TheCountryGirl''.
* Music/BillyJoel: She's mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire".

[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Treehouse of Horror II", the Simpsons visit Morocco. Homer remarks: "What a dump! [[GlobalIgnorance Why would Princess Grace live in a place like this?]]"
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