Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over 60 years. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited perso ...

(May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003) was an American actress of the 20th century, active in 44 feature films, 8 telemovies and 33 stage plays over 66 years from 1928 and 1994.

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Hepburn began her career in theatre in 1928, and later appeared on the stage in every decade up until the 1980s. Productions Hepburn played in ranged from

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Philip Barry Philip Jerome Quinn Barry (June 18, 1896 – December 3, 1949) was an American dramatist best known for his plays ''Holiday (play), Holiday'' (1928) and ''The Philadelphia Story (play), The Philadelphia Story'' (1939), which were both made into ...

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. Hepburn made her film debut in '' A Bill of Divorcement'' in 1932. Over the next six decades, she appeared in a range of genres, including

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Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...

. Her final appearance in a theatrically released film was a supporting role in '' Love Affair'' in 1994. Hepburn first appeared in a television film in 1973, and later continued to appear in the medium until she gave the final performance of her career in '' One Christmas'' in 1994. Hepburn also presented two documentaries for television, and narrated two short documentaries.

Screen

Feature films

Television films

Short subjects

Box Office Ranking

*1934 - 11th *1935 - 23rd *1968 - 18th *1969 - 9th *1970 - 20th *1982 - 12th

Theatre

Katharine Hepburn Rosalind As You Like It 1951

Katharine Hepburn American Shakespeare Fest 1958

References

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