Katharine Hepburn

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American actor film actress human stage actress television actress

Katharine Hepburn was an iconic American actress renowned for her fiercely independent screen persona, sharp wit, and a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress during Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Aliases (3)

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American actor → film actress → human → stage actress → television actress →
activeYearsEnd	1994 →
activeYearsStart	1928 →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actress → Primetime Emmy Award → Tony Award nomination →
birthName	Katharine Houghton Hepburn →
causeOfDeath	cardiac arrest →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1907-05-12 →
dateOfDeath	2003-06-29 →
describedBySource	Hollywood's Golden Age icon →
educatedAt	Bryn Mawr College →
eyeColor	green →
familyName	Hepburn →
fieldOfWork	acting →
gender	female →
genre	drama film → romantic comedy →
givenName	Katharine →
hairColor	brown →
hasSignatureStyle	trousers and tailored, androgynous clothing →
height	1.72 m →
influenced	Jodie Foster → Meryl Streep →
languageSpoken	English →
marriageEnd	1934 →
marriageStart	1928 →
movement	Classical Hollywood cinema →
name	Katharine Hepburn →
notableFor	fiercely independent screen persona → record four Academy Awards for Best Actress → sharp wit →
notableWork	Bringing Up Baby → Guess Who's Coming to Dinner → Little Women (1933 film) → Morning Glory → On Golden Pond → The African Queen → The Lion in Winter → The Philadelphia Story → Woman of the Year →
numberOfAcademyAwardsForBestActress	4 →
occupation	actor → film actor → stage actor → television actor →
parent	Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn → Thomas Norval Hepburn →
partner	Spencer Tracy →
placeOfBirth	Hartford, Connecticut, United States →
placeOfDeath	Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States →
religion	agnosticism →
residence	Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States →
sibling	Margaret Hepburn → Marion Grant Hepburn → Richard Hepburn → Robert Hepburn → Thomas Hepburn Jr. →
spouse	Ludlow Ogden Smith →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bringing Up Baby → Guess Who's Coming to Dinner → Little Women (1933 film) → Morning Glory (1933 film) → On Golden Pond → The African Queen → Woman of the Year →	starring
Eva Lovelace → Stage Door →	portrayedBy
Marion Grant Hepburn → Robert Hepburn →	sibling
On Golden Pond →	AcademyAwardWinnerActress
Morning Glory (1933 film) →	awardWinner
Katharine Hepburn ("Katharine Houghton Hepburn") →	birthName
George Cukor →	collaboratedWith
Katharine Hepburn ("Hepburn") →	familyName
Long Day’s Journey into Night →	filmAdaptationStar
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress →	hasNotableRecipient
Old Saybrook, Connecticut →	hasNotableResident
Robert Hepburn →	hasRelative
The Lion in Winter →	leadActress
Katharine Hepburn →	name
Academy Award for Best Actress →	notableMultipleWinner
Academy Award for Best Actress →	notableMultipleWinners
Little Women (1933 film) →	notablePerformanceBy
Hollywood Golden Age →	notableStar
Katharine Hepburn ("Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn") →	parent
The Aviator →	portraysCharacter
Marion Grant Hepburn →	relative
The Lion in Winter →	starredActor
Spencer Tracy →	workedWith