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.
Movie | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
Movie | Becoming Cary Grant | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-23 |
Movie | Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate | Self - Interviewee (archive footage) | 2014-03-02 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen | Self / Rose Sayer (archive footage) | 2010-03-23 |
Movie | Smash His Camera | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-30 |
Movie | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
Movie | Cary Grant: A Class Apart | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-01 |
Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Coco Chanel (segment "Coco") | 2004-10-26 |
Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
Movie | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 |
Movie | Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms | Self | 1996-10-04 |
Movie | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | Self (voice) (uncredited) | 1996-09-27 |
Movie | Love Affair | Ginny | 1994-10-21 |
Movie | This Can't Be Love | Marion Bennett | 1994-03-13 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Mrs. Venable (archive footage) | 1994-12-19 |
Movie | One Christmas | Cornelia Beaumont | 1994-12-19 |
Movie | Katharine Hepburn: All About Me | Self | 1993-01-18 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | Fonda on Fonda | Self (voice) | 1992-01-13 |
Movie | The Man Upstairs | Victoria Brown | 1992-12-06 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
Movie | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
Movie | Laura Lansing Slept Here | Laura Lansing | 1988-03-06 |
Movie | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Self | 1988-01-02 |
Movie | Bacall on Bogart | Self | 1988-03-13 |
Movie | Calling the Shots | Self | 1988-09-08 |
Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
Movie | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self – Host | 1986-03-09 |
Movie | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | Margaret Delafield | 1986-03-30 |
Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985-03-03 |
Movie | Grace Quigley | Grace Quigley | 1985-05-17 |
Movie | On Golden Pond | Ethel Thayer | 1981-12-04 |
Movie | The Corn Is Green | Miss Lilly Moffat | 1979-01-29 |
Movie | Olly, Olly, Oxen Free | Miss Pudd | 1978-08-11 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | Rooster Cogburn | Eula Goodnight | 1975-11-01 |
Movie | Love Among the Ruins | Jessica Medlicott | 1975-03-06 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | A Delicate Balance | Agnes | 1973-11-12 |
Movie | The Glass Menagerie | Amanda Wingfield | 1973-12-16 |
Movie | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
Movie | Directed by John Ford | Self | 1971-09-06 |
Movie | The Trojan Women | Hecuba | 1971-05-01 |
Movie | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Contessa Aurelia | 1969-10-12 |
Movie | Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed | 1968-08-31 | |
Movie | The Lion in Winter | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 1968-10-30 |
Movie | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Christina Drayton | 1967-12-11 |
Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | Tracy Lord (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
Movie | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Mary Tyrone | 1962-10-09 |
Movie | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | 1959-12-22 |
Movie | Desk Set | Bunny Watson | 1957-08-02 |
Movie | The Iron Petticoat | Captain Vinka Kovalenko | 1956-09-01 |
Movie | The Rainmaker | Lizzie Curry | 1956-12-13 |
Movie | Summertime | Jane Hudson | 1955-06-21 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Pat and Mike | Patricia "Pat" Pemberton | 1952-06-13 |
Movie | The African Queen | Rose Sayer | 1952-01-07 |
Movie | The Costume Designer | Self (archive footage) | 1950-07-13 |
Movie | Adam's Rib | Amanda Bonner | 1949-11-18 |
Movie | State of the Union | Mary Matthews | 1948-04-30 |
Movie | The Sea of Grass | Lutie Cameron Brewton | 1947-04-25 |
Movie | Song of Love | Clara Wieck Schumann | 1947-10-09 |
Movie | Undercurrent | Ann Hamilton | 1946-11-11 |
Movie | Without Love | Jamie Rowan | 1945-03-22 |
Movie | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
Movie | Dragon Seed | Jade Tan | 1944-07-20 |
Movie | Keeper of the Flame | Christine Forrest | 1943-04-01 |
Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Katharine Hepburn | 1943-06-24 |
Movie | Woman of the Year | Tess Harding | 1942-02-05 |
Movie | Women in Defense | Narrator (voice) | 1941-12-24 |
Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 |
Movie | The Philadelphia Story | Tracy Lord | 1940-12-05 |
Movie | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
Movie | Bringing Up Baby | Susan Vance | 1938-02-18 |
Movie | Holiday | Linda Seton | 1938-05-26 |
Movie | Quality Street | Phoebe Throssel | 1937-03-26 |
Movie | Stage Door | Terry Randall | 1937-10-07 |
Movie | Mary of Scotland | Mary Stuart | 1936-07-28 |
Movie | A Woman Rebels | Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite | 1936-11-06 |
Movie | Alice Adams | Alice Adams | 1935-08-23 |
Movie | Break of Hearts | Constance Dane Roberti | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | Sylvia Scarlett | Sylvia/Sylvester Scarlett | 1935-12-25 |
Movie | Spitfire | Trigger Hicks | 1934-03-08 |
Movie | The Little Minister | Barbara 'Babbie' | 1934-12-28 |
Movie | Christopher Strong | Lady Cynthia Darrington | 1933-03-09 |
Movie | Little Women | Jo | 1933-11-24 |
Movie | Morning Glory | Eva Lovelace | 1933-08-18 |
Movie | A Bill of Divorcement | Sydney Fairfield | 1932-09-28 |