Person Details
Birthday: 1907-05-12 13:14:03
Death: 2003-06-29 13:14:03
Aliases: Кэтрин Хепберн , Katherine Hepburn , 캐서린 헵번 , Kate Hepburn , Katie Hepburn
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Movie Involvements: 73
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katharine Hepburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Nominee / PerformerIntimate Portrait
(1993) SelfThe Kennedy Center Honors
(1978) SelfThe Oscars
(1953) SelfThe RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
(1987) HerselfThe Lion in Winter
(1968) Eleanor of AquitaineThe African Queen
(1952) Rose SayerSuddenly, Last Summer
(1959) Violet VenableActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2023 | Herself | |
2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
2019 | (archive) | |
2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
2014 | Self - Interviewee (archive footage) | |
2012 | (archive footage) | |
2010 | Self (archive footage) | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
Self / Rose Sayer (archive footage) | ||
2004 | Coco Chanel (segment "Coco") | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
1996 | Self | |
Self (voice) (uncredited) | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
1995 | Self - Interviewee | |
1994 | Cornelia Beaumont | |
Mrs. Venable (archive footage) | ||
Ginny | ||
(archive footage) | ||
Marion Bennett | ||
1993 | Self | |
Self | ||
1992 | Victoria Brown | |
Self (voice) | ||
1990 | Self | |
1989 | Self | |
1988 | Self | |
(archive footage) | ||
Self | ||
Laura Lansing | ||
Herself | ||
1987 | Herself | |
Self | ||
1986 | Margaret Delafield | |
Self – Host | ||
1985 | Grace Quigley | |
Self | ||
1981 | Ethel Thayer | |
1979 | Miss Lilly Moffat | |
1978 | Self | |
Miss Pudd | ||
1976 | (archive footage) | |
1975 | Eula | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
Jessica Medlicott | ||
1974 | (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
1973 | Amanda Wingfield | |
Agnes | ||
1972 | Self (archive footage) | |
1971 | Self | |
Hecuba | ||
Self | ||
1969 | Contessa Aurelia | |
1968 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | |
Self - Guest | ||
1967 | Christina Drayton | |
1965 | Self | |
1964 | Tracy Lord (archive footage) | |
1962 | Mary Tyrone | |
1961 | Self (voice) (uncredited) | |
1959 | Violet Venable | |
1957 | Bunny Watson | |
1956 | Lizzie Curry | |
Captain Vinka Kovalenko | ||
Self - Nominee / Performer | ||
1955 | Jane Hudson | |
1953 | Self | |
1952 | Patricia "Pat" Pemberton | |
Rose Sayer | ||
1950 | Self (archive footage) | |
1949 | Amanda Bonner | |
1948 | Mary Matthews | |
1947 | Clara Wieck Schumann | |
Lutie Cameron Brewton | ||
1946 | Ann Hamilton | |
1945 | Jamie Rowan | |
1944 | Jade Tan | |
(archive footage) | ||
1943 | Katharine Hepburn | |
Christine Forrest | ||
1942 | Tess Harding | |
1941 | Narrator (voice) | |
1940 | Tracy Lord | |
Self | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
1938 | Linda Seton | |
Susan Vance | ||
1937 | Terry Randall | |
Phoebe Throssel | ||
1936 | Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite | |
Mary Stuart | ||
1935 | Sylvia/Sylvester Scarlett | |
Alice Adams | ||
Constance Dane Roberti | ||
1934 | Barbara 'Babbie' | |
Trigger Hicks | ||
1933 | Jo | |
Eva Lovelace | ||
Lady Cynthia Darrington | ||
1932 | Sydney Fairfield | |
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Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1993 | Cinematography | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1993 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |