Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios; Restored by Adam Cuerden / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Katharine Hepburn is, to me, the architect of modern screen womanhood. Four Best Actress Oscars is a record that still feels untouchable, but the numbers undersell her. What I admire most is the refusal: she would not soften, would not flatter, and wore trousers and an iron will when neither was expected of a leading lady. A Bryn Mawr education and a six-decade career gave her range, yet it was that flinty independence that made her unforgettable. She lived exactly as she pleased and let the world adjust. Few stars have ever been so fully themselves on screen.
Overview
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a leading lady on stage and screen spanned six decades. Known for her headstrong independence, spirited personality, and outspokenness, she cultivated a screen persona that matched this public image, and regularly played strong-willed, sophisticated women.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Katharine Hepburn
- Name (Japanese)
- キャサリン・ヘプバーン
- Reading
- きゃさりん・へぷばーん
- Born
- May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Goat
- Origin
- Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 170 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / autobiographer / stage actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Bryn Mawr College
Awards & achievements
- 1934 Academy Award for Best Actress
- 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress
- 1969 Academy Award for Best Actress
- 1982 Academy Award for Best Actress
- 1994 Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.