Katharine Hepburn

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Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907- June 29, 2003) was an American actress. She was on the list for 12 Academy Awards, and won four of them.

Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut and went to Bryn Mawr College; she got her degree in 1928 and started on Broadway that same year in Night Hostess.

In 1932 she got a role in the George Cukor film A Bill of Divorcement, with John Barrymore. Woman of the Year was the first of nine films with Spencer Tracy. It began one of Hollywood's most famous romances, also on film in Adam's Rib and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. They were together until Tracy's death in 1967, but they never married. This was probably because Tracy, a Catholic, did not want to divorce his wife. Before they met, Hepburn married and divorced Ludlow Ogden Smith and was together with Leland Hayward and Howard Hughes for a long time.

Her autobiography, Me: Stories of My Life, came out in 1991. She died on June 29, 2003 at 2:50 p.m., at Fenwick, the Hepburn family home, in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She was 96.

[edit] Stage work

  • These Days - 1928
  • Art and Mrs. Bottle - 1930
  • The Warrior's Husband - 1932
  • The Lake - 1933
  • The Philadelphia Story - 1939
  • Without Love - 1942
  • As You Like It - 1950
  • The Millionairess - 1952
  • The Merchant of Venice; Measure for Measure; The Taming of the Shrew - 1955, On tour in Australia with the Old Vic
  • The Merchant of Venice; Much Ado About Nothing - 1957, Stratford, Connecticut Shakespeare Theatre
  • Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night - 1960, Stratford, Connecticut Shakespeare Theatre
  • Coco - 1969
  • A Matter of Gravity - 1976
  • The West Side Waltz - 1981

[edit] Filmography

[edit] 1930s

  • A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
  • Christopher Strong (1933)
  • Morning Glory (1933) -- Academy Award for Best Actress
  • Little Women (1933)
  • Spitfire (1934)
  • The Little Minister (1934)
  • Break of Hearts (1935)
  • Alice Adams (1935)
  • Sylvia Scarlett (1936)
  • Mary of Scotland (1936)
  • A Woman Rebels (1936)
  • Quality Street (1937)
  • Stage Door (1937)
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  • Holiday (1938)

[edit] 1940s

  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  • Woman of the Year (1942)
  • Keeper of the Flame (1942)
  • Stage Door Canteen (1943)
  • Dragon Seed (1944)
  • Without Love (1945)
  • Undercurrent (1946)
  • The Sea of Grass (1947)
  • Song of Love (1947)
  • State of the Union (1948)
  • Adam's Rib (1949)

[edit] 1950s

  • The African Queen (1951)
  • Pat and Mike (1952)
  • Summertime (1955)
  • The Rainmaker (1956)
  • The Iron Petticoat (1956)
  • Desk Set (1957)
  • Suddenly Last Summer (1959)

[edit] 1960s

  • A Long Day's Journey into Night] (1962)
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) -- Academy Award for Best Actress
  • The Lion in Winter (1968) -- Academy Award for Best Actress
  • The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

[edit] 1970s

  • The Trojan Women (1971)
  • A Delicate Balance (1974)
  • Rooster Cogburn (1975)
  • Olly Olly Oxen Free (1978)

[edit] 1980s

  • On Golden Pond (1981) -- Academy Award for Best Actress
  • The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley (1985)

[edit] 1990s

  • Love Affair (1994)

[edit] Further reading