Katharine Houghton Hepburn was the second of five children born to Katharine and Thomas Hepburn. One of her siblings committed suicide.
BIOGRAPHY
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was the second of five children born to Katharine and Thomas Hepburn. One of her siblings, an older brother, committed suicide, and she used his birthday as her own for years. She was an actress even as a child. When she was eight years old, she cast and presented a dramatization of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN with the neighborhood children.
Hepburn's career in Hollywood spanned six decades. She was nominated for twelve Academy Awards during her film career and received four Oscars for Best Actress for her roles in MORNING GLORY, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, THE LION IN WINTER, and ON GOLDEN POND. Three of those she received after she was 60 years old. Hepburn starred with Spencer Tracy in nine films and had a lengthy relationship with him which ended with his death. Her autobiography, ME: STORIES OF MY LIFE was published in 1991.
CHRONOLOGY
1907 She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. (November 8)
1918 She enrolled at Oxford School.
1924 She transferred to Bryn Mawr College.
1928 She married Ludlow Ogden Smith.; She graduated from Bryn Mawr College.; She made her stage debut in Baltimore, Maryland.
1932 A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT - film
1933 MORNING GLORY, LITTLE WOMEN, CHRISTOPHER STRONG - films; She won an Academy Award for her role in MORNING GLORY.
1934 SPITFIRE, THE LITTLE MINISTER - films; She and Ludlow Ogden Smith divorced.; She received a gold medal from The Venice International Motion Picture Exposition as "world's best motion picture actress."
1935 BREAK OF HEARTS, ALICE ADAMS - films
1936 SYLVIA SCARLETT, A WOMAN REBELS, MARY OF SCOTLAND - films
1937 STAGE DOOR, QUALITY STREET - films
1938 BRINGING UP BABY, HOLIDAY - films
1940 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY - film
1941 WOMEN IN DEFENSE - film
1942 KEEPER OF THE FLAME, WOMAN OF THE YEAR - films
1943 STAGE DOOR CANTEEN - film
1944 DRAGON SEED - film
1945 WITHOUT LOVE - film
1946 THE SEA OF GRASS, UNDERCURRENT - films
1947 SONG OF LOVE - film
1948 STATE OF THE UNION - film
1949 ADAM'S RIB - film
1950 AS YOU LIKE IT - Broadway
1952 THE AFRICAN QUEEN, PAT AND MIKE - film
1955 SUMMERTIME - film
1956 THE IRON PETTICOAT, THE RAINMAKER - film
1957 DESK SET - film
1959 SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - film
1962 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - film
1964 MGM'S BIG PARADE OF COMEDY - film
1967 GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER - film; She won an Academy Award for her role in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.
1968 THE LION IN WINTER - film; She won an Academy Award for her role in THE LION IN WINTER.
1969 COCO - Broadway musical; THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILOT - film
1971 THE TROJAN WOMEN - film
1973 THE GLASS MENAGERIE - television
1975 LOVE AMONG THE RUINS - television; ROOSTER COGBURN, A DELICATE BALANCE - films
1976 A MATTER OF GRAVITY - Broadway
1978 OLLY, OLLY, OXEN FREE - film
1981 ON GOLDEN POND - film; WEST SIDE WALTZ - theater; She won an Academy Award for her role in ON GOLDEN POND.
1984 GRACE QUIGLEY - film
1986 MRS. DELAFIELD WANTS TO MARRY - television
1988 LAURA LANSING SLEPT HERE - television
1991 ME: STORIES OF MY LIFE was published.
1994 LOVE AFFAIR - film
