Kennedy was born Ethel Skakel on April 11, 1928, in Chicago, the sixth of seven children of coal magnate George Skakel and Ann Brannack Skakel, a devout Roman Catholic.

The Kennedy family is once again gathering to celebrate the Fourth of July, but this year, without matriarch Ethel Kennedy.

Sarah Pidgeon exclusively told E! News what it's been like to portray Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy opposite Paul Kelly's John F.