- Date of Birth: May 12, 1907
- Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Katharine Hepburn Biography
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Katharine Hepburn mini-bio: Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence.
A screen legend, Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar nominations with twelve and wins with four (Meryl Streep currently holds the record for most overall acting nominations). Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1975 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins, and was nominated for four other Emmys and two Tony Awards during the course of her more than 70-year acting career. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Hepburn as the number one female star in their Greatest American Screen Legends list (AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars). Hepburn had a famous and longtime romance with Spencer Tracy, both on- and off-screen.
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kolorida13posted 445 days ago -
She always knew what she wanted, and she always knew what to say.....she was never afraid to be blunt and honest. Pants weren't typically worn by women in her time, but pants, or "slacks", were something she wore almost daily. No other woman at that time wore pants, and she got criticized. Did she care? No way.
posted 770 days ago -
Does anybody else find that the last sentence in the Biography is a bit...off topic all together?
posted 819 days ago -
Jesus Christ, four-time Academy Award winning actress? She must have done something right.
posted 877 days ago -
I feel as if Katharine Hepburn was one of the most successful and beautiful actress ever. and she was!!
posted 902 days ago -
When I watched her in "The Lion in Winter" with Peter O Toole I finally seen talent first time in my life..no actress today can come an hold a candle to this woman..she is essence of originality an Grit..oh an speakin of this ..she was something else in"Rooster Cogburn"..Made the man John look great.lol..naww I am not biased..lol..
posted 946 days ago -
Never before or after has such a unique and beautiful intelligent woman been on the screen.
posted 960 days ago -
# Spitfire (1934) .... Trigger Hicks
# Little Women (1933) .... Josephine 'Jo' March
# Morning Glory (1933) .... Eva Lovelace
# Christopher Strong (1933) .... Lady Cynthia Darrington
# A Bill of Divorcement (1932) .... Sydney Fairfield
Here you go...please updateposted 1087 days ago -
# Song of Love (1947) .... Clara Wieck Schumann
# The Sea of Grass (1947) .... Lutie Cameron Brewton
# Undercurrent (1946) .... Ann Hamilton
# American Creed (1946) .... Narrator
# Without Love (1945) .... Jamie Rowan
# Dragon Seed (1944) .... Jade Tan
# Keeper of the Flame (1942) .... Mrs. Christine Forrest
# Woman of the Year (1942) .... Tess Harding
# The Philadelphia Story (1940) .... Tracy Lord
# Holiday (1938) .... Linda Seton
... aka Free to Live (UK)
... aka Unconventional Linda (UK: reissue title)
# Bringing Up Baby (1938) .... Susan Vance
# Stage Door (1937) .... Terry Randall
# Quality Street (1937) .... Phoebe Throssel
# A Woman Rebels (1936) .... Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite
# Mary of Scotland (1936) .... Mary, Queen of Scots
# Sylvia Scarlett (1935) .... Sylvia Scarlett
# Alice Adams (1935) .... Alice Adams
... aka Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams (USA: complete title)
# Break of Hearts (1935) .... Constance Dane Roberti
# The Little Minister (1934) .... Barbara 'Babbie'posted 1087 days ago -
# The Glass Menagerie (1973) (TV) .... Amanda Wingfield
... aka Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (USA: complete title)
# A Delicate Balance (1973) .... Agnes
# The Trojan Women (1971) .... Hecuba
# The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) .... Countess Aurelia
# The Lion in Winter (1968) .... Eleanor of Aquitaine
# Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) .... Christina Drayton
# Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) .... Mary Tyrone
# Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) .... Mrs. Violet Venable
# Desk Set (1957) .... Bunny Watson
... aka His Other Woman (UK)
# The Rainmaker (1956) .... Lizzie Curry
# The Iron Petticoat (1956) .... Captain Vinka Kovelenko
... aka Not for Money
# Summertime (1955) .... Jane Hudson
... aka Summer Madness (UK)
# Pat and Mike (1952) .... Patricia 'Pat' Pemberton
# The African Queen (1951) .... Rose Sayer
# Adam's Rib (1949) .... Amanda Bonner
# State of the Union (1948) (as Katherine Hepburn) .... Mary Matthews
... aka The World and His Wife (UK)posted 1087 days ago
