Katharine Hepburn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-05-12 (96 years old)

Deathday

2003-06-29

Place of Birth

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Katharine Hepburn

Biography

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. A recipient of a record four Academy Awards and an Emmy Award, she was ranked as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute. She was best known for her sophisticated, headstrong and outspoken screen persona that she cultivated through roles in a variety of film genres — from screwball comedies to literary dramas. Apart from her acclaimed acting and distinctive voice, her impact extended to fashion as well as she helped make wearing pants more socially acceptable for women. Throughout...

Acting

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Susan Vance

1952

The African Queen

as Rose Sayer

1940

1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as Christina Drayton

1942

Woman of the Year

as Tess Harding

1957

Desk Set

as Bunny Watson

1981

On Golden Pond

as Ethel Thayer

2017

In Search of Tracy Lord

as Self (archive footage)

1935

Sylvia Scarlett

as Sylvia/Sylvester Scarlett

2004

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

as Coco Chanel (segment "Coco")

1945

Without Love

as Jamie Rowan

1933

Morning Glory

as Eva Lovelace

1949

Adam's Rib

as Amanda Bonner

1943

Keeper of the Flame

as Christine Forrest

1952

Pat and Mike

as Patricia "Pat" Pemberton

1948

State of the Union

as Mary Matthews

1956

The Iron Petticoat

as Captain Vinka Kovalenko

1959

Suddenly, Last Summer

as Violet Venable

1956

The Rainmaker

as Lizzie Curry

1937

Stage Door

as Terry Randall

1933

Christopher Strong

as Lady Cynthia Darrington

1936

Mary of Scotland

as Mary Stuart

1934

The Little Minister

as Barbara 'Babbie'

1935

Alice Adams

as Alice Adams

2017

Becoming Cary Grant

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Love Affair

as Ginny

1946

Undercurrent

as Ann Hamilton

1938

Holiday

as Linda Seton

1934

Spitfire

as Trigger Hicks

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Katharine Hepburn

1973

1975

Rooster Cogburn

as Eula Goodnight

1971

1933

1968

The Lion in Winter

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

2023

Call Me Kate

as Self (archive footage)

1955

Summertime

as Jane Hudson

1937

Quality Street

as Phoebe Throssel

1932

A Bill of Divorcement

as Sydney Fairfield

1973

The Glass Menagerie

as Amanda Wingfield

1985

Grace Quigley

as Grace Quigley

2010

Smash His Camera

as Self (archive footage)

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Lutie Cameron Brewton

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1936

A Woman Rebels

as Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite

1944

Dragon Seed

as Jade Tan

1986

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

as Margaret Delafield

1975

Love Among the Ruins

as Jessica Medlicott

2018

1935

Break of Hearts

as Constance Dane Roberti

1947

Song of Love

as Clara Wieck Schumann

1994

One Christmas

as Cornelia Beaumont

1969

The Madwoman of Chaillot

as Contessa Aurelia

1996

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

1979

The Corn Is Green

as Miss Lilly Moffat

1978

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Laura Lansing Slept Here

as Laura Lansing

1992

The Man Upstairs

as Victoria Brown

1994

This Can't Be Love

as Marion Bennett

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

2004

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

as Self (archive footage)

1988

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

as Self (Archive Footage)

1988

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Tracy Lord (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1941

Women in Defense

as Narrator (voice)

2010

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

as Self / Rose Sayer (archive footage)

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1988

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Mrs. Venable (archive footage)

1950

The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

1992

Fonda on Fonda

as Self (voice)

2025

True Blue

as (Archive Footage)

Production

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