Katharine Hepburn

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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.


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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


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