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Katharine Hepburn
Actor
Died June 29, 2003 (96 years)
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
| 2020 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation · as Amanda Wingfield |
| 2019 | Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood · as (archive) |
| 2017 | Becoming Cary Grant · as (archive footage) |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Amanda Bonner (clip from Adam's Rib (1949)) |
| 2000 | Happy Accidents · as Jane Hudson |
| 1996 | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Love Affair · as Ginny |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive footage) |
| 1994 | One Christmas · as Cornelia Beaumont |
| 1994 | This Can't Be Love · as Marion Bennett |
| 1992 | The Man Upstairs · as Victoria Brown |
| 1988 | Laura Lansing Slept Here · as Laura Lansing |
| 1986 | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry · as Margaret Delafield |
| 1984 | Grace Quigley · as Grace Quigley |
| 1981 | On Golden Pond · as Ethel Thayer |
| 1979 | The Corn Is Green · as Miss Lilly Moffat |
| 1978 | Olly, Olly, Oxen Free · as Miss Pudd |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive footage) |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Pam Thistlewaite |
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn · as Eula |
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime · as (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Love Among the Ruins · as Jessica Medlicott |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance · as Agnes |
| 1973 | The Glass Menagerie · as Amanda Wingfield |
| 1971 | The Trojan Women · as Hecuba |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot · as Contessa Aurelia |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter · as Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · as Christina Drayton |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Jane Hudson |
| 1962 | Long Day's Journey Into Night · as Mary Tyrone |
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer · as Violet Venable |
| 1957 | Desk Set · as Bunny Watson |
| 1956 | The Iron Petticoat · as Captain Vinka Kovalenko |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker · as Lizzie Curry |
| 1955 | Summertime · as Jane Hudson |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike · as Patricia "Pat" Pemberton |
| 1951 | The African Queen · as Rose Sayer |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib · as Amanda Bonner |
| 1948 | State of the Union · as Mary Matthews |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as Lutie Cameron Brewton |
| 1946 | Undercurrent · as Ann Hamilton |
| 1945 | Without Love · as Jamie Rowan |
| 1944 | Dragon Seed · as Jade Tan |
| 1944 | Some of the Best · as Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen · as Katharine Hepburn |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year · as Tess Harding |
| 1942 | Keeper of the Flame · as Christine Forrest |
| 1941 | Women in Defense · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story · as Tracy Lord |
| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby · as Susan Vance |
| 1938 | Holiday · as Linda Seton |
| 1937 | Stage Door · as Terry Randall |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Phoebe Throssel |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland · as Mary Stuart |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett · as Sylvia/Sylvester Scarlett |
| 1935 | Alice Adams · as Alice Adams |
| 1933 | Morning Glory · as Eva Lovelace |
| 1933 | Christopher Strong · as Lady Cynthia Darrington |
| 1933 | Little Women · as Jo |
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement · as Sydney Fairfield |