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Katharine Hepburn

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Katharine Hepburn: Biography

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:
Howard Hughes - Ex-significant Other
Katharine Houghton - Niece
Katharine Houghton Hepburn - Mother
Leland Hayward - Ex-significant Other
Ludlow Ogden Smith - Ex-husband
Margaret Hepburn Perry - Sister
Marianne Hepburn Grant - Sister
Richard Hepburn - Brother
Robert Hepburn - Brother
Spencer Tracy - Ex-significant Other
Thomas Norval Hepburn - Father
Tom Hepburn - Brother
Katharine Hepburn Awards:
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
1953 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1974 Emmy: Best Lead Actress in Drama - Nominee
1993 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
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
1933 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: Actress (Musical) - Nominee
1982 Tony: Actress (Play) - Nominee
1986 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
1983 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actress - Winner
1976 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actress - Winner
College:
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (BA in Drama, 1928)