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  • Birth Name: Katharine Houghton Hepburn
  • Birth Place: Hartford, CT
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/12/1907, Taurus
  • Date of Death: 06/29/2003
  • Profession: Actor
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Katharine Hepburn Fast Facts:
  • Vocal supporter of women's voting and reproductive rights.
  • Starred in nine films with longtime companion Spencer Tracy.
  • Although she and Tracy spent many decades together, he never divorced his wife.So out of respect for his family, Hepburn chose not to attend his funeral in 1967, opting instead to assist in lifting his casket into the hearse. Hepburn refrained from speaking about their personal relationship until after the death of his wife in 1983.
  • Composer Stephen Sondheim was her neighbor in the Turtle Bay section of Manhattan. Published her first book, The Making of The African Queen, in 1987; a few years later, she reportedly received $4.5 million for her biography Me: Stories of My Life.
  • Council of Fashion Designers gave her a lifetime achievement award in 1986, due to her ground-breaking preference for trousers early in her career.
  • With 12 nominations and four wins, she held the record for the most Academy Award acting nominations until Meryl Streep surpassed her in 2003.
  • Spent the last years of her life at her family home in the Fenwick section o Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
  • Katharine Hepburn Relationships:
  • Spencer Tracy - Significant Other
  • Howard Hughes - Ex-significant Other
  • Katharine Houghton - Niece
  • Leland Hayward - Ex-significant Other
  • Ludlow Ogden Smith - Ex-husband
  • Margaret Hepburn Perry - Sister
  • Marianne Hepburn Grant - Sister
  • Richard Hepburn - Brother
  • Robert Hepburn - Brother
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn - Mother
  • Thomas Norval Hepburn - Father
  • Tom Hepburn - Brother
  • Katharine Hepburn Awards:
  • 1979 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special - Nominee
  • 1986 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
  • 1975 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Winner
  • 1953 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1932 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1935 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1940 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1942 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1956 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1959 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1962 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1967 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1968 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1981 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1970 Tony: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical - Nominee
  • 1982 Tony: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Nominee
  • 1986 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
  • 1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
  • 1957 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1960 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1963 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1968 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1969 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1982 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1974 Emmy: Best Lead Actress in Drama - Nominee
  • 1993 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
  • College:
  • Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (BA in Drama, 1928)

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