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Katharine Hepburn

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  • 1907 - 2003

Biography

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Raised in Connecticut by wealthy parents, Hepburn turned to acting after graduation. Favorable reviews of her work on stage in 1932 brought her to the notice of Hollywood. After a few early film successes, including her first Academy Award, for Morning Glory, Hepburn endured a string of flops, which led to her being voted "box office poison". She arranged with playwright Philip Barry to write a play with her in mind, one that smoothed over her prickly public image. This play, The Philadelphia Story, turned out to be a huge success on Broadway. Securing the film rights for herself with the help of Howard Hughes, Hepburn sold them to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the condition that she reprise her leading role as Tracy Lord. The hit film adaptation revived her flagging career. Throughout her six-decade career, Hepburn co-starred with screen legends including Cary Grant (Bringing Up Baby, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story), Humphrey Bogart (The African Queen), John Wayne (Rooster Cogburn), Laurence Olivier (Love Among the Ruins) and Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond). Her most successful pairing was with Spencer Tracy, with whom she made a string of hit pictures, starting with 1942's Woman of the Year. The last of their nine films together was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), which was completed shortly before Tracy's death. Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four out of 12 nominations. She won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins, and was nominated for four other Emmys, two Tony Awards and eight Golden Globes. In 1999, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katharine Hepburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Birthday: 1907-05-12

Born At: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Casted In:

The African Queen
488
Bringing Up Baby
900
The Philadelphia Story
981
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1879
On Golden Pond
11816
Suddenly, Last Summer
14698
Holiday
16274
Rooster Cogburn
17538
The Lion in Winter
18988
Woman of the Year
20640
Desk Set
24203
Adam's Rib
25431
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
31636
Morning Glory
31777
Sylvia Scarlett
31866
Without Love
31998
Keeper of the Flame
33034
Pat and Mike
33575
That's Entertainment!
33740
State of the Union
33792
Christopher Strong
37581
Spitfire
38725
Stage Door Canteen
38726
A Delicate Balance
38729
Little Women
39938
The Iron Petticoat
40953
Long Day's Journey Into Night
43004
The Rainmaker
43542
The Little Minister
43690
Love Affair
43742
Stage Door
43864
Mary of Scotland
43875
Alice Adams
43886
Undercurrent
44098
The Trojan Women
47446
Summertime
50363
Quality Street
52237
The Glass Menagerie
56764
A Bill of Divorcement
73125
That's Entertainment, Part II
74719
That's Entertainment! III
77448
Grace Quigley
85572
The Sea of Grass
87531
Directed by John Ford
94623
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
94857
A Woman Rebels
108348
Love Among the Ruins
115507
Dragon Seed
123665
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
124396
Song of Love
130899
Break of Hearts
131894
Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen
135330
One Christmas
147135
The Corn Is Green
148159
The Madwoman of Chaillot
148662
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free
180348
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
199816
Complicated Women
202136
Laura Lansing Slept Here
216822
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
223195
The Man Upstairs
223691
This Can't Be Love
223694
The Miracle of Sound
240481
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
247525
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
255329
Bogart: The Untold Story
255346
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
258282
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
277129
The Costume Designer
283174
Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
317580
Bacall on Bogart
324809

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Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
258282
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