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.
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 her six-decade career, Hepburn's work in stage, film, and television brought her much acclaim — including twelve Academy Award nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, eight Golden Globe Award nominations, and two Tony Award nominations. She co-starred with screen legends like Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Laurence Olivier and Henry Fonda and performed in plays written and directed by notable playwrights and directors. Her most successful film pairing was with Spencer Tracy, with whom she made multiple hit pictures. The last of their 9 films together was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), which was completed shortly before Tracy's death. Her many performances on the stage included plays by Shakespeare and Shaw, and a Broadway musical. She passed away from cardiac arrest on 29 June 2003 at her family home in Connecticut and since then, has been honored with several memorials.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56016
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Filmography (Movies)
True Blue
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:23/05/2025
Call Me Kate
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/05/2023
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/03/2021
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:13/10/2019
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/07/2018
In Search of Tracy Lord
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/11/2017
Becoming Cary Grant
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/05/2017
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Character:Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Release Date:02/03/2014
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/05/2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Character:Self / Rose Sayer (archive footage)
Release Date:23/03/2010
Early Directors on Directing
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2009
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Character:Coco Chanel (segment "Coco")
Release Date:26/10/2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/2004
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Character:Self (Archive Footage)
Release Date:15/12/2003
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Character:Self (Archival Footage)
Release Date:18/11/1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/01/1997
Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
Character:Self
Release Date:04/10/1996
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Character:Self (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:27/09/1996
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Character:Self
Release Date:16/01/1995
One Christmas
Character:Cornelia Beaumont
Release Date:19/12/1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Character:Mrs. Venable (archive footage)
Release Date:19/12/1994
Love Affair
Character:Ginny
Release Date:21/10/1994
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
This Can't Be Love
Character:Marion Bennett
Release Date:13/03/1994
Roots of Roe
Character:Katharine Houghton-Hepburn (voice)
Release Date:29/11/1993
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
Character:Self
Release Date:18/01/1993
The Man Upstairs
Character:Victoria Brown
Release Date:06/12/1992
Fonda on Fonda
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:13/01/1992
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/1989
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/06/1988
Bacall on Bogart
Character:Self
Release Date:13/03/1988
Laura Lansing Slept Here
Character:Laura Lansing
Release Date:06/03/1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character:Self
Release Date:13/03/1987
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Character:Margaret Delafield
Release Date:30/03/1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Character:Self – Host
Release Date:09/03/1986
Grace Quigley
Character:Grace Quigley
Release Date:17/05/1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:03/03/1985
On Golden Pond
Character:Ethel Thayer
Release Date:04/12/1981
The Corn Is Green
Character:Miss Lilly Moffat
Release Date:29/01/1979
Olly Olly Oxen Free
Character:Miss Pudd
Release Date:11/08/1978
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
Love Among the Ruins
Character:Jessica Medlicott
Release Date:12/04/1976
Rooster Cogburn
Character:Eula Goodnight
Release Date:01/11/1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
That's Entertainment!
Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/06/1974
The Glass Menagerie
Character:Amanda Wingfield
Release Date:16/12/1973
A Delicate Balance
Character:Agnes
Release Date:12/11/1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Directed by John Ford
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/1971
The Trojan Women
Character:Hecuba
Release Date:01/05/1971
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Character:Contessa Aurelia
Release Date:12/10/1969
The Lion in Winter
Character:Eleanor of Aquitaine
Release Date:20/08/1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Character:Christina Drayton
Release Date:11/12/1967
The Big Parade of Comedy
Character:Tracy Lord (archive footage)
Release Date:02/09/1964
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Character:Mary Tyrone
Release Date:09/10/1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Character:Self (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1961
Suddenly, Last Summer
Character:Violet Venable
Release Date:22/12/1959
Desk Set
Character:Bunny Watson
Release Date:02/08/1957
The Rainmaker
Character:Lizzie Curry
Release Date:13/12/1956
The Iron Petticoat
Character:Captain Vinka Kovalenko
Release Date:01/09/1956
Summertime
Character:Jane Hudson
Release Date:21/06/1955
Pat and Mike
Character:Patricia "Pat" Pemberton
Release Date:13/06/1952
The African Queen
Character:Rose Sayer
Release Date:07/01/1952
The Costume Designer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/07/1950
Adam's Rib
Character:Amanda Bonner
Release Date:18/11/1949
State of the Union
Character:Mary Matthews
Release Date:30/04/1948
Song of Love
Character:Clara Wieck Schumann
Release Date:09/10/1947
The Sea of Grass
Character:Lutie Cameron Brewton
Release Date:25/04/1947
Undercurrent
Character:Ann Hamilton
Release Date:11/11/1946
Without Love
Character:Jamie Rowan
Release Date:22/03/1945
Dragon Seed
Character:Jade Tan
Release Date:20/07/1944
Twenty Years After
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1944
Stage Door Canteen
Character:Katharine Hepburn
Release Date:24/06/1943
Keeper of the Flame
Character:Christine Forrest
Release Date:01/04/1943
Woman of the Year
Character:Tess Harding
Release Date:05/02/1942
Women in Defense
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/12/1941
The Philadelphia Story
Character:Tracy Lord
Release Date:05/12/1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/07/1940
Holiday
Character:Linda Seton
Release Date:26/05/1938
Bringing Up Baby
Character:Susan Vance
Release Date:18/02/1938
Stage Door
Character:Terry Randall
Release Date:08/10/1937
Quality Street
Character:Phoebe Throssel
Release Date:26/03/1937
A Woman Rebels
Character:Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite
Release Date:06/11/1936
Mary of Scotland
Character:Mary Stuart
Release Date:28/07/1936
Sylvia Scarlett
Character:Sylvia Scarlett
Release Date:25/12/1935
Alice Adams
Character:Alice Adams
Release Date:23/08/1935
Break of Hearts
Character:Constance Dane Roberti
Release Date:31/05/1935
The Little Minister
Character:Barbara 'Babbie'
Release Date:28/12/1934
Spitfire
Character:Trigger Hicks
Release Date:08/03/1934
Little Women
Character:Jo
Release Date:24/11/1933
Morning Glory
Character:Eva Lovelace
Release Date:18/08/1933
Christopher Strong
Character:Lady Cynthia Darrington
Release Date:09/03/1933
A Bill of Divorcement
Character:Sydney Fairfield
Release Date:28/09/1932
Television Appearances
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
aspekte
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self - Taped Tribute
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Performer
MGM Parade
Character:
The Oscars
Character:Self
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