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