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Her Life
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12,1907 in Hartford, Connecticut; the daughter of Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn, M.D. and suffragist and women's rights activist Katharine M. Houghton Hepburn. She was the second of six children. Her older brother Thomas died in an accidental hanging in 1921 when Katharine was only 14 years old. She had tow younger brothers (Richard-1911-2000 and Robert 1913-) and two younger sisters. (Marion 1918-1986 and Margaret- Peg-1920-).
Katharine is the one and only actress in history to win four Academy Awards and to never attend an Oscar ceremony. She won for her roles in Morning Glory (1933),Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967), Lion In Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981). Hepburn was nominated a total of twelve times, of which she tied the record with Meryl Streep until Streep beat Hepburn out in the last ceremony. |
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Her movies
One Christmas (1994) (TV) .... Cornelia Beaumont
Love Affair (1994) .... Ginny
This Can't Be Love (1994) (TV) .... Marion Bennett
Man Upstairs, The (1992) (TV) .... Victoria Brown
Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988) (TV) .... Laura Lansing
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) (TV) .... Margaret Delafield
Grace Quigley (1984) .... Grace Quigley
On Golden Pond (1981) .... Ethel Thayer
Corn Is Green, The (1979) (TV) .... Lilly C. Moffat
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) .... Miss Pudd
Delicate Balance(1976) .... Agnes
Rooster Cogburn (1975) .... Eula Goodnight
Love Among the Ruins (1975) (TV) .... Jessica Medlicott
Glass Menagerie, The (1973) (TV) .... Amanda Wingfield
Trojan Women(1971) .... Hecuba
Madwoman of Chaillot(1969) .... Countess Aurelia
Lion in Winter(1968) .... Eleanor of Aquitaine
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) .... Christina Drayton
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) .... Mary Tyrone
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) .... Mrs. Venable
Desk Set (1957) .... Bunny Watson
Iron Petticoat(1956) .... Vinka Kovelenko
Rainmaker(1956) .... Lizzie Curry
Summertime (1955) .... Jane Hudson
Pat and Mike (1952) .... Patricia 'Pat' Pemberton
African Queen(1951) .... Rose Sayer
Adam's Rib (1949) ....Amanda Bonner
State of the Union (1948) .... Mary Matthews
Song of Love (1947) .... Clara Wieck Schumann
Sea of Grass, The (1947) .... Lutie Cameron Brewton
Undercurrent (1946) .... Ann Hamilton
Without Love (1945) .... Jamie Rowan
Dragon Seed (1944) .... Jade
Keeper of the Flame (1942) .... Christine Forrest
Woman of the Year (1942) .... Tess Harding
Philadelphia Story(1940) .... Tracy Samantha Lord
Holiday (1938) .... Linda Seton
Bringing Up Baby (1938) .... Susan Vance
Stage Door (1937) .... Terry Randall
Quality Street (1937) .... Phoebe Throssel
Woman Rebels, A (1936) .... Pamela Thistlewaite
Mary of Scotland (1936) .... Mary Stuart
Sylvia Scarlett (1935) .... Sylvia Scarlett, aka
Alice Adams (1935) .... Alice Adams
Break of Hearts (1935) .... Constance Dane Roberti
Little Minister, The (1934) .... Babbie
Spitfire (1934) .... Trigger Hicks
Little Women (1933) .... Josephine 'Jo' March
Morning Glory (1933) .... Eva Lovelace
Christopher Strong (1933) .... Lady Cynthia Darrington
Bill of Divorcement(1932) .... Sidney Fairfield
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