Grace Kelly has been Referenced by...
Films — Live-Action
- Die Hard: Hans Gruber mentions her when he makes an (incorrect) reference to High Noon.Gruber: This time John Wayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly.
McClane: That was Gary Cooper, asshole. - In the 1983 Made-for-TV Movie The Grace Kelly Story, she's played by Cheryl Ladd.
- In the 2014 biopic Grace Of Monaco, she is played by Nicole Kidman.
Live-Action TV
- The Honeymooners: 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! - Mad Men: Betty Draper is said to look like Kelly. The show's costume and hair departments intentionally modeled Betty's general look on her.
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: 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 Rear Window. Dibley says that Hitchcock's version was padded out, and was only more successful than his because "he had bloody Grace Kelly".
Literature
- Bag of Bones: Mattie Devore is said to look like a young Grace Kelly.
- Skulduggery Pleasant: The title character has a bit of a crush on her.
Music
- Mika's most famous song is called "Grace Kelly". It also includes a quote from The Country Girl.
- Billy Joel: She's mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire".
Western Animation
- The Simpsons: In "Treehouse of Horror II", the Simpsons visit Morocco. Homer remarks: "What a dump! Why would Princess Grace live in a place like this?"
