Katharine Hepburn
Gender: Female
Born: 12th May 1907
Died: 29th June 2003
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Love Among the Ruins
Movies: Adam's Rib, Bringing up Baby, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Little Women, Stage Door, State of the Union, Summertime, The African Queen, The Iron Petticoat, The Philadelphia Story, Undercurrent, Woman of the Year, The Sea of Grass, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Keeper of the Flame, A Delicate Balance, Holiday, Dragon Seed, Grace Quigley, Sylvia Scarlett, Desk Set, A Woman Rebels, Suddenly, Last Summer, Quality Street, The Rainmaker, The Lion in Winter, Love Among the Ruins, Pat and Mike, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Mary of Scotland, Morning Glory, Without Love, Break of Hearts, Rooster Cogburn, Alice Adams, A Bill of Divorcement, Spitfire, Olly Olly Oxen Free, The Little Minister, Song of Love, On Golden Pond, Laura Lansing Slept Here, Love Affair, The Trojan Women, The Corn is Green, The Glass Menagerie, One Christmas, Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, Sylvia Scarlett, The Man Upstairs, Christopher Strong, Moguls and Movie Stars, Moguls and Movie Stars, This Can't Be Love
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Known for her headstrong independence and spirited personality, Hepburn's career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned more than 60 years. Her work came in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received four Academy Awards for Best Actress—a record for any performer. Hepburn's characters were often strong, sophisticated women with a hidden vulnerability.
Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while studying at Bryn Mawr College. After four years in the theatre, favorable reviews of her work on Broadway brought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her early years in the film industry were marked with success, including an Academy Award for her third picture, Morning Glory (1933), but this was followed by a series of commercial failures. In 1938 she was labeled "box office poison". Hepburn masterminded her own comeback, buying out her contract with RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to The Philadelphia Story, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. In the 1940s she was contracted to
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