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  • __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Katharine Hepburn Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown
  • Katharine Hepburn née Katharine Houghton Hepburn, le 12 mai 1907 à Hartford dans le Connecticut et morte le 29 juin 2003 à Old Saybrook dans le Connecticut, comédienne américaine.
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress, best known in films such as The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year, Adam's Rib and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?.
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907 - 2003) was, according to the American Film Institute, the greatest female star ever to grace American cinema. Katharine Hepburn, or "The Great Kate," had quite possibly the longest starring career ever seen in Hollywood. Her first film, A Bill of Divorcement, hit theaters in 1932; her last, Love Affair, was released in 1994. For those who hate math, Hepburn was a big-screen regular for six decades. She was also noted for: No, she's not related to Audrey Hepburn. (She was from across the pond.)
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Birthplace
  • Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
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  • Fenwick, Connecticut, U.S.
Name
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn
Notable Roles
  • The Philadelphia Story
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  • 1907-05-12(xsd:date)
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  • Katharine Hepburn
Active Years
  • 1928(xsd:integer)
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  • 2003-06-29(xsd:date)
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  • Actress
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  • __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Katharine Hepburn Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown
  • Katharine Hepburn née Katharine Houghton Hepburn, le 12 mai 1907 à Hartford dans le Connecticut et morte le 29 juin 2003 à Old Saybrook dans le Connecticut, comédienne américaine.
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907 - 2003) was, according to the American Film Institute, the greatest female star ever to grace American cinema. Katharine Hepburn, or "The Great Kate," had quite possibly the longest starring career ever seen in Hollywood. Her first film, A Bill of Divorcement, hit theaters in 1932; her last, Love Affair, was released in 1994. For those who hate math, Hepburn was a big-screen regular for six decades. Her first real success was in the 1933 release of Little Women, playing Jo March; Hepburn broke box office records as the feisty, red-haired heroine. Before Little Women was ever released, however, she had already won her first Oscar. She wouldn't win her next for over thirty years, but when she did, she went an unheard-of three for three on her last three nominations, nominated (and winning) in 1967, 1968 (one of only two actresses to win back-to-back), and 1981. After Little Women, Hepburn unfortunately hit a rough patch. For a number of years, she was given unsuitable roles by RKO, in films such as The Little Minister, Mary of Scotland, Sylvia Scarlet, and Quality Street. Even parts well-regarded now, such as her turn as the title character in Alice Adams, Susan Vance in Bringing Up Baby, Terry Randall in Stage Door (which provided her Signature Line, "The calla lilies are in bloom again..."), and Linda Seton in Holiday failed to break her reputation as "box office poison." However, 1939 marked her triumphant on-stage return as Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story (filmed the following year). A long string of memorable films followed, among them The African Queen (opposite the legendary Humphrey Bogart), Long Day's Journey Into Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, and The Lion in Winter. She also made nine films -- largely romantic comedies -- with Spencer Tracy, whom she met on the set of their first film, Woman of the Year. The couple became romantically involved during that film and, in spite of Tracy's marriage to another woman whom he refused to divorce, remained together until Tracy's death in 1967. Hepburn categorically refused to watch Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, their last film together, because the memories of Tracy were too painful for her. Hepburn is famous for winning four Oscars out of twelve nominations, all for Best Actress. Her next closest competitor, the great Meryl Streep, has seventeen nominations under her belt -- fourteen for Best Actress, three for Best Supporting Actress -- and three wins, two for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress. Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for her portrayal of Hepburn in the Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator, making Hepburn the only Oscar winner to be played by someone who would win an Oscar for the role. She was also noted for: * Never attending the Oscar ceremony as a nominee (she did attend as a presenter in 1974). * Rarely, if ever, wearing skirts or dresses offscreen -- she preferred slacks. * And this was long before it was widely common or acceptable for women to do so... legend has it that one studio tried to force her to wear skirts by confiscating all of her slacks while she was out of her trailer. She responded by walking around the set in her underwear until she embarrassed the studio into giving them back. * Being tart and abrasive, which led some of her Hollywood detractors to nickname her "Katherine of Arrogance." * Writing a best-selling book, The Making of The African Queen: or How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind, a memoir of her time making the eponymous film. * Her striking face and auburn hair. * Her height -- she was one of Hollywood's tallest leading ladies to date at 5'7". * Making a lot of films with George Cukor, with whom she got on famously. * Being something of a Deadpan Snarker. No, she's not related to Audrey Hepburn. (She was from across the pond.)
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress, best known in films such as The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year, Adam's Rib and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?.
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