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Katharine Hepburn

from Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Personal information
Birth nameKatharine Houghton Hepburn
Birth dateMay 12, 1907
Place of birthHartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of deathJune 29, 2003(age 96)
Death placeFenwick, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1928 � 1994
SpouseLudlow Ogden Smith
(1928 � 1934)
PartnerSpencer Tracy
(1941 � 1967)

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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.

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Katharine Hepburn, Mother Teresa honored on 2010 stamps - That Happened! Tweet this news
That Happened!--Mother Teresa and -Katharine Hepburn- will have their own postage stamps in 2010, the US Postal Service announced last Wednesday. The late Mother Teresa’s ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:38:43 GMT+00:00
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Edmonton Sun--The original play (called Philadelphia Story) by Phillip Barry was a Broadway hit in 1940 and became a classic film starring -Katherine Hepburn-, ... - Date : Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:37:17 GMT+00:00
Katharine Hepburn exhibit at Kent State features legendary actress' costumes - Plain Dealer Tweet this news
Plain Dealer--Lisa DeJong, The Plain DealerJean Druesedow, director of the Kent State University Museum, designed "-Katharine Hepburn-: Dressed for Stage and Screen," an ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:43:06 GMT+00:00
The Hepburn redemption - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian--By the late 1930s, -Katharine Hepburn- was prominent on a list of actors deemed box-office poison by theatre owners. That changed with The Philadelphia Story ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:33:54 GMT+00:00
Aug. 1-7 - New York Times Tweet this news
New York Times---Katharine Hepburn- and Adolphe Menjou in “Stage Door” (1937). Salvador Dalí's “Christ of St. John of the Cross” (1951). The late work of yet another ... - Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:46:50 GMT+00:00
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New Haven Register (subscription)--In this, one of the hottest summers on record, Chestnut Hill Concerts will be performed at the -Katharine Hepburn- Cultural Arts Center � that's the ... - Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:03:06 GMT+00:00
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Hartford Courant (blog)--The Shoreline Arts Alliance and the -Katharine Hepburn- Cultural Arts Center is presenting ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:08:14 GMT+00:00
Chelsea Handler Sets Up Her Brother with Kathy Griffin (VIDEO) - TV Squad (blog) Tweet this news
TV Squad (blog)--The words are bleeped but I think you can figure out what the two women are talking about. Dick Cavett and -Katherine Hepburn- never had conversations like ... - Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:11:38 GMT+00:00
Performance Review: The Vortex Theatre tests its “Will Power” - Weekly Alibi Tweet this news
Weekly Alibi--Costello, who enters clad in a big-buttoned, polka-dotted pantsuit, seems to channel -Katharine Hepburn-�or, rather, Cate Blanchett's Hepburn caricature in ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:31:54 GMT+00:00
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Tampabay.com--No commercials and lots of -Katherine Hepburn- and John Wayne. I wonder what's on today? New Port Richey resident Jim Aylward was formerly a nationally ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:25:27 GMT+00:00

Academy Award for Best Actress

Janet Gaynor (1928) * Mary Pickford (1929) * Norma Shearer (1930) * Marie Dressler (1931) * Helen Hayes (1932) * Katharine Hepburn (1933) * Claudette Colbert (1934) * Bette Davis (1935) * Luise Rainer (1936) * Luise Rainer (1937) * Bette Davis (1938) * Vivien Leigh (1939) * Ginger Rogers (1940) ---- Complete list * (1928 �1940) * (1941 �1960) * (1961 �1980) * (1981 �2000) * (2001-present)

Academy Award for Best Actress

Sophia Loren (1961) * Anne Bancroft (1962) * Patricia Neal (1963) * Julie Andrews (1964) * Julie Christie (1965) * Elizabeth Taylor (1966) * Katharine Hepburn (1967) * Katharine Hepburn / Barbra Streisand (1968) * Maggie Smith (1969) * Glenda Jackson (1970) * Jane Fonda (1971) * Liza Minnelli (1972) * Glenda Jackson (1973) * Ellen Burstyn (1974) * Louise Fletcher (1975) * Faye Dunaway (1976) * Diane Keaton (1977) * Jane Fonda (1978) * Sally Field (1979) * Sissy Spacek (1980) ---- Complete list * (1928 �1940) * (1941 �1960) * (1961 �1980) * (1981 �2000) * (2001-present)

Academy Award for Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn (1981) * Meryl Streep (1982) * Shirley MacLaine (1983) * Sally Field (1984) * Geraldine Page (1985) * Marlee Matlin (1986) * Cher (1987) * Jodie Foster (1988) * Jessica Tandy (1989) * Kathy Bates (1990) * Jodie Foster (1991) * Emma Thompson (1992) * Holly Hunter (1993) * Jessica Lange (1994) * Susan Sarandon (1995) * Frances McDormand (1996) * Helen Hunt (1997) * Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) * Hilary Swank (1999) * Julia Roberts (2000) ---- Complete list * (1928 �1940) * (1941 �1960) * (1961 �1980) * (1981 �2000) * (2001-present)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress � Miniseries or a Movie

Judith Anderson (1954) * Mary Martin (1955) * Claire Trevor (1956) * Polly Bergen (1957) * Julie Harris (1959) * Ingrid Bergman (1960) * Judith Anderson (1961) * Julie Harris (1962) * Kim Stanley (1963) * Shelley Winters (1964) * Lynn Fontanne (1965) * Simone Signoret (1966) * Geraldine Page (1967) * Maureen Stapleton (1968) * Geraldine Page (1969) * Patty Duke (1970) * Lee Grant (1971) * Glenda Jackson (1972) * Cloris Leachman (1973) * Susan Hampshire / Cicely Tyson / Mildred Natwick (1974) * Katharine Hepburn / Jessica Walter (1975)



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