Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1955
Grace Kelly The Country Girl 1955
SEX WORKER ROLE
Dance Hall Girl in Suspense 1952
Character Plays A Taxi Dancer
Grace Kelly in Suspense 1952
Many future film stars got their start during the infancy of live television. Grace was no exception. On the CBS anthology series “Suspense,” Grace is the lead in an episode entitled “Fifty Beautiful Girls.” In this instalment, she plays a taxi dancer who is the newest target of a serial killer. Taxi dancers were women employed by a dance hall, café, or cabaret to dance with patrons who pay an amount for each dance. This serial killer has been murdering other working girls in her profession and lets it be known she will be his next victim. She receives a bouquet of roses, which the three previous victims had received. Soon, the killer’s modus operandi of sending letters and threatening phone calls begins. Does she outsmart this killer?
Grace Kelly in Suspense 1952
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