AKA Katharine Houghton Hepburn

Born: 12-May-1907
Birthplace: Hartford, CT
Died: 29-Jun-2003
Location of death: Fenwick, Old Saybrook, CT
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Philadelphia Story

"She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B." Dorothy Parker, on Hepburn.

Father: Thomas Hepburn (doctor)
Mother: Katharine Houghton (cofounded Planned Parenthood, d. 1951)
Brother: Tom (d. at age 14, accidental hanging)
Boyfriend: Howard Hughes (ex-)
Husband: Ludlow Ogden Smith (m. 12-Dec-1928, div. 1934)
Boyfriend: Spencer Tracy (dated 1940-67, until his death)
Boyfriend: John Ford (mid-1930s)

    University: BA History and Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (1928)

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    RKO Radio Pictures under contract
    Planned Parenthood
    Oscar for Best Actress 1934 for Morning Glory
    Oscar for Best Actress 1968 for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
    Oscar for Best Actress 1969 for The Lion in Winter
    Oscar for Best Actress 1982 for On Golden Pond
    Emmy 1975 for Love Among the Ruins
    Kennedy Center Honor 1990
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6288 Hollywood Blvd.
    Margaret Sanger Award 1983
    Houghton Family
    Hip Replacement Surgery
    Risk Factors: Parkinson's, Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Love Affair (21-Oct-1994)
    Grace Quigley (1984)
    On Golden Pond (4-Dec-1981)
    The Corn Is Green (29-Jan-1979)
    Rooster Cogburn (17-Oct-1975)
    Love Among the Ruins (6-Mar-1975)
    The Glass Menagerie (16-Dec-1973)
    A Delicate Balance (1973)
    The Trojan Women (27-Sep-1971)
    The Madwoman of Chaillot (12-Oct-1969)
    The Lion in Winter (30-Oct-1968)
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (11-Dec-1967)
    Long Day's Journey Into Night (9-Oct-1962)
    Suddenly, Last Summer (22-Dec-1959)
    Desk Set (01-May-1957)
    The Rainmaker (13-Dec-1956)
    The Iron Petticoat (12-Dec-1956)
    Summertime (21-Jun-1955)
    Pat and Mike (13-Jun-1952)
    The African Queen (23-Dec-1951)
    Adam's Rib (18-Nov-1949)
    State of the Union (30-Apr-1948)
    Song of Love (Oct-1947)
    The Sea of Grass (27-Feb-1947)
    Undercurrent (28-Nov-1946)
    Without Love (22-Mar-1945)
    Dragon Seed (18-Jul-1944)
    Stage Door Canteen (24-Jun-1943) Herself
    Keeper of the Flame (Dec-1942)
    Woman of the Year (19-Jan-1942)
    The Philadelphia Story (1-Dec-1940)
    Holiday (15-Jun-1938)
    Bringing Up Baby (18-Feb-1938)
    Stage Door (8-Oct-1937)
    Quality Street (26-Mar-1937)
    Mary of Scotland (28-Jul-1936)
    Sylvia Scarlett (12-Dec-1935)
    Alice Adams (14-Aug-1935)
    The Little Minister (28-Dec-1934)
    Spitfire (8-Mar-1934)
    Little Women (16-Nov-1933)
    Morning Glory (16-Aug-1933)
    Christopher Strong (9-Mar-1933)
    A Bill of Divorcement (30-Sep-1932)

Appears on the cover of:
Entertainment Weekly, 11-Jul-2002, DETAILS: Katharine Hepburn 1907-2003 (black and white studio headshot from Long Day's Journey Into Night, 1961)

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