Katharine Hepburn biography
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress, born on 12 May 1907 in Hartford, who died on 29 June 2003.
Katharine Hepburn's screen career began in 1932 with A Bill of Divorcement, playing Sidney Fairfield.
Katharine Hepburn appeared in 51 films and 8 television or streaming titles between 1932 and 2019.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actress (4 times), Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame and SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award.
- Also known as
- Katharine Houghton Hepburn, Kate Hepburn
- Born
- 12 May 1907
- Died
- 29 June 2003 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Hartford
- Work
- Film actor, Autobiographer, Stage actor, Television actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1928 to 1995
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress (4 times)
- Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
- SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
Katharine Hepburn filmography
51 films and 8 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Katharine Hepburn | English | ||
| 1994 | Love Affair | Ginny | ||
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | English | ||
| 1985 | Grace Quigley | Grace Quigley | ||
| 1981 | On Golden Pond | Ethel Thayer | Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1978 | Olly Olly Oxen Free | Miss Pudd | ||
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn | Eula Goodnight | ||
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | English | ||
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance | Agnes | ||
| 1971 | The Trojan Women | Hecuba | ||
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Aurelia, The Madwoman of Chaillot | ||
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Academy Award for Best Actress (tied with Barbra Streisand) | |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Christina Drayton | Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1964 | MGM's Big Parade of Comedy | |||
| 1962 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Mary Tyrone | ||
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | Nomination, Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1957 | Desk Set | Bunny Watson | ||
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Lizzie Curry | Nomination, Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1956 | The Iron Petticoat | Vinka Kovelenko | ||
| 1955 | Summertime | Jane Hudson | Nomination, Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike | Patricia "Pat" Pemberton | ||
| 1951 | The African Queen | Rose Sayer | Nomination, Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1950 | Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership | |||
| 1949 | Adam's Rib | Amanda Bonner | ||
| 1948 | State of the Union | Mary Matthews |
Show all 51 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Lutie Cameron | ||
| 1947 | Song of Love | Clara Wieck Schumann | ||
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Ann Hamilton | ||
| 1946 | American Creed | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1945 | Without Love | Jamie Rowan | ||
| 1944 | Dragon Seed | Jade | ||
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Katharine Hepburn | ||
| 1943 | Keeper of the Flame | Christine Forrest | ||
| 1942 | Woman of the Year | Tess Harding | Nomination, Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1941 | Women in Defense | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | Tracy Lord | ||
| 1938 | Holiday | Linda Seton | ||
| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby | Susan Vance | ||
| 1937 | Stage Door | Terry Randall | ||
| 1937 | Quality Street | Phoebe Throssel | ||
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Mary Stuart | ||
| 1936 | A Woman Rebels | Pamela Thislewaite | ||
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett | Sylvia Scarlett | ||
| 1935 | Break of Hearts | Constance Dane | ||
| 1935 | Alice Adams | Alice Adams | Nomination, Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1934 | The Little Minister | Babbie | ||
| 1934 | Spitfire | Trigger Hicks | ||
| 1933 | Little Women | Josephine "Jo" March | ||
| 1933 | Morning Glory | Eva Lovelace | Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1933 | Christopher Strong | Lady Cynthia Darrington | ||
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement | Sidney Fairfield |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | This Can't Be Love | Marion Bennett | ||
| 1994 | One Christmas | Cornelia Beaumont | ||
| 1992 | The Man Upstairs | Victoria Brown | ||
| 1988 | Laura Lansing Slept Here | Laura Lansing | ||
| 1986 | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | Margaret Delafield | ||
| 1979 | The Corn Is Green | Lily Moffat | ||
| 1975 | Love Among the Ruins | Jessica Medlicott | ||
| 1973 | The Glass Menagerie | Amanda Wingfield |