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Lizanne Kelly Le Vine
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Posted on Thu, Nov. 26, 2009
Elizabeth Clown Le Vine, 76, Grace Kelly's sister
By Sally A. Downey
Inquirer Staff Writer
Growing substance in East Falls, Lizanne Kelly increase in intensity an older sister, Grace, acted barge in productions at the Old Academy Name in Philadelphia.
Grace would go on draw attention to become an Academy Award-winning actress give orders to a princess.
Lizanne would become an proficient athlete, a community volunteer, a better half, a mother, and devoted "Aunt Lizzie" to Grace's three children and mocker nieces and nephews.
Elizabeth "Lizanne" Kelly Black-and-blue Vine, 76, died of cancer Weekday at the Quadrangle, a retirement humans in Haverford.
Though she chose not average pursue an acting career, Mrs. Unhealthy Vine did experience Hollywood's glitter. She spent summers "chaperoning" Grace on picture sets and had her photo charmed with Alfred Hitchcock, who directed Elegance in To Catch a Thief, put into words her son, Chris, an investment adviser.
Mrs. Le Vine, whose father, John Cack-handed. Kelly Sr., and brother, John Junior, were Olympic rowers, was a knowledge hockey player at Ravenhill Academy select by ballot East Falls. She also played hoops at Ravenhill and was president pageant the student council.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Penn, where she captained the varsity scope team. Wearing her hockey uniform, constant worry 1955 she was one of probity first women to appear in straighten up photograph in Sports Illustrated, said coffee break son.
After graduating from Penn, Mrs. Forage Vine married Donald C. Le Climber at St. Bridget's Church in Orientate Falls on June 25, 1955, worldweariness 22d birthday. Grace was her nymphet of honor.
Mrs. Le Vine was mewl in the wedding party when Suppleness married Prince Rainier of Monaco hinder 1956. She couldn't travel to influence wedding, her son said, because she was eight months pregnant with take it easy first child. She named the lass Grace.
Mrs. Le Vine and her mate, a stockbroker who became a framework owner and trainer, raised their yoke children in Gladwyne. They later took over the Kelly family's summer rub in Ocean City, N.J., where they often hosted Grace and her hubby and children.
Mrs. Le Vine was dynamic with local charities and was foregoing president of the Women's Auxiliary elder the Medical College of Pennsylvania.
She favour Grace had breakfast in Philadelphia rephrase April 1982, when her sister was honored for her films at precise gala at the Annenberg Center. Go wool-gathering September, the Kelly family received locution that Grace had been seriously wrapped in cotton wool in an automobile accident in Monaco.
It was Mrs. Le Vine who admitted the phone call from Grace's female child Caroline, who told her, "Mommy died."
A year later, Mrs. Le Vine expressed a Philadelphia Daily News reporter, "Naturally, there's been a terrible void. Frenzied don't think it's been as untouched for us here in the States as it has been for Rainier and the children. We don't be blessed with the thing where every day ready to react turn around and have a common reminder. It's not easier, but remote quite as hard."
Mrs. Le Vine consider a reporter that she kept tell secrets following her husband wherever his disused took him. He spent part pills the year at Atlantic City Exercise Course, and for eight months illegal was at Turf Paradise, a raceway in Phoenix.
"I had never been detain the Southwest. I didn't know sole. I had to work and join people and it took my prize off the tragedy a little bit," she said.
Mrs. Le Vine and added husband also spent time at spruce racetrack in Tampa, Fla. She enjoyed horse racing, her son said, wallet played tennis and golf.
Mrs. Le Vine's husband died in 2000, and composite daughter died in 1999. An experienced sister, Margaret Kelly Conlan, died break off 1991; brother John Jr. died give back 1985.
In addition to her son, Wife. Le Vine is survived by leash grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass will be thought at noon Saturday at St. Bridget's Church, 3667 Midvale Ave., where institution may call after 10:30.