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person_profile-Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Died at age: 96

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

May 12, 1907

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 29, 2003

Biography of

Katharine Hepburn

    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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Filmography of

Katharine Hepburn

Found 89 Movies in total

Call Me Kate

Herself ( Actor )

... 2023

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Becoming Cary Grant

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Self - Interviewee (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Smash His Camera

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Self / Rose Sayer (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Coco Chanel (segment "Coco") ( Actor )

... 2004

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

Self (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1996

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Mrs. Venable (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

One Christmas

Cornelia Beaumont ( Actor )

... 1994

Love Affair

Ginny ( Actor )

... 1994

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

This Can't Be Love

Marion Bennett ( Actor )

... 1994

Katharine Hepburn: All About Me

Self ( Actor )

Cinematography

... 1993

The Man Upstairs

Victoria Brown ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1990

... 1988

... 1988

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

Bacall on Bogart

Self ( Actor )

... 1988

Laura Lansing Slept Here

Laura Lansing ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1988

... 1987

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

Margaret Delafield ( Actor )

... 1986

Grace Quigley

Grace Quigley ( Actor )

... 1985

On Golden Pond

Ethel Thayer ( Actor )

... 1981

The Corn Is Green

Miss Lilly Moffat ( Actor )

... 1979

Olly, Olly, Oxen Free

Miss Pudd ( Actor )

... 1978

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Rooster Cogburn

Eula ( Actor )

... 1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

Love Among the Ruins

Jessica Medlicott ( Actor )

... 1975

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1974

The Glass Menagerie

Amanda Wingfield ( Actor )

... 1973

A Delicate Balance

Agnes ( Actor )

... 1973

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1971

The Trojan Women

Hecuba ( Actor )

... 1971

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Contessa Aurelia ( Actor )

... 1969

The Lion in Winter

Eleanor of Aquitaine ( Actor )

... 1968

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Christina Drayton ( Actor )

... 1967

The Big Parade of Comedy

Tracy Lord (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1964

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Mary Tyrone ( Actor )

... 1962

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Self (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Suddenly, Last Summer

Violet Venable ( Actor )

... 1959

Desk Set

Bunny Watson ( Actor )

... 1957

The Rainmaker

Lizzie Curry ( Actor )

... 1956

The Iron Petticoat

Captain Vinka Kovalenko ( Actor )

... 1956

Summertime

Jane Hudson ( Actor )

... 1955

Pat and Mike

Patricia "Pat" Pemberton ( Actor )

... 1952

The African Queen

Rose Sayer ( Actor )

... 1952

Adam's Rib

Amanda Bonner ( Actor )

... 1949

State of the Union

Mary Matthews ( Actor )

... 1948

Song of Love

Clara Wieck Schumann ( Actor )

... 1947

The Sea of Grass

Lutie Cameron Brewton ( Actor )

... 1947

Undercurrent

Ann Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1946

Without Love

Jamie Rowan ( Actor )

... 1945

Dragon Seed

Jade Tan ( Actor )

... 1944

Stage Door Canteen

Katharine Hepburn ( Actor )

... 1943

Keeper of the Flame

Christine Forrest ( Actor )

... 1943

Woman of the Year

Tess Harding ( Actor )

... 1942

The Philadelphia Story

Tracy Lord ( Actor )

... 1940

Holiday

Linda Seton ( Actor )

... 1938

Bringing Up Baby

Susan Vance ( Actor )

... 1938

Stage Door

Terry Randall ( Actor )

... 1937

Quality Street

Phoebe Throssel ( Actor )

... 1937

A Woman Rebels

Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite ( Actor )

... 1936

Mary of Scotland

Mary Stuart ( Actor )

... 1936

Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia/Sylvester Scarlett ( Actor )

... 1935

Alice Adams

Alice Adams ( Actor )

... 1935

Break of Hearts

Constance Dane Roberti ( Actor )

... 1935

The Little Minister

Barbara 'Babbie' ( Actor )

... 1934

Spitfire

Trigger Hicks ( Actor )

... 1934

Little Women

Jo ( Actor )

... 1933

Morning Glory

Eva Lovelace ( Actor )

... 1933

Christopher Strong

Lady Cynthia Darrington ( Actor )

... 1933

A Bill of Divorcement

Sydney Fairfield ( Actor )

... 1932