Katharine Hepburn
Acting
🎂 1907-05-12
Katharine Houghton Hepburn 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.
Cast credits(109)
Self - Taped Tribute
1961
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Self
1971
Self
1993
Self
1953
Self
1974
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1978
Self
1965
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1968
Ethel Thayer
1981
Self (archive footage)
1988
Tracy Lord
1940
Self (archive footage)
2004
Susan Vance
1938
Miss Lilly Moffat
1979
Rose Sayer
1952
Christina Drayton
1967
Violet Venable
1959
Ginny
1994
Jo
1933
Lizzie Curry
1956
Phoebe Throssel
1937
Self (archive footage)
2018
Eula Goodnight
1975
Self
1990
Lutie Cameron Brewton
1947
Amanda Bonner
1949
Jane Hudson
1955
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Tracy Lord (archive footage)
1964
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
2010
Self
1988
Linda Seton
1938
Self (archive footage)
2021
Marion Bennett
1994
Jessica Medlicott
1975
Hecuba
1971
Bunny Watson
1957
(Archive Footage)
2025
Self (archive footage)
1975
Ann Hamilton
1946
Mary Tyrone
1962
Grace Quigley
1985
Self
1987
(archive footage)
1976
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
2010
Katharine Hepburn
1943
Self
1987
Victoria Brown
1992
Self (archive footage)
1972
Coco Chanel (segment "Coco")
2004
Laura Lansing
1988
Sydney Fairfield
1932
(archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
1940
Amanda Wingfield
1973
Self
1989
Self
1987
Jade Tan
1944
Contessa Aurelia
1969
Self (archive footage)
2023
Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite
1936
Mary Matthews
1948
Eva Lovelace
1933
Constance Dane Roberti
1935
Self (archive footage)
1988
Agnes
1973
Cornelia Beaumont
1994
Lady Cynthia Darrington
1933
Margaret Delafield
1986
Self (Archive Footage)
2003
Mary Stuart
1936
(archive footage)
2019
Self (voice)
1992
Tess Harding
1942
Christine Forrest
1943
Sylvia/Sylvester Scarlett
1935
Self
1971
Trigger Hicks
1934
Self
1993
Miss Pudd
1978
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
2014
Self (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Alice Adams
1935
Clara Wieck Schumann
1947
Barbara 'Babbie'
1934
Self
1996
Jamie Rowan
1945
Patricia "Pat" Pemberton
1952
Terry Randall
1937
Self
1940
Self – Host
1986
Self
1995
Self / Rose Sayer (archive footage)
2010
Self
1985
Narrator (voice)
1941
Self (archive footage)
1950
Mrs. Venable (archive footage)
1994
Self (voice) (uncredited)
1961
(archive footage)
1944
Self
1988
Captain Vinka Kovalenko
1956
Self
2009
Self (Archival Footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
2017