Katherine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford CT. Having 4 siblings, Katherine credited her family for sense of adventure and independence. She went to Bryn Mawr and participated in theatrical productions. In Her senior year she appeared in in two productions in Baltimore.Then graduated in 1928, with a degree of history Philosophy. That same year she made he debut on Broadway, and married Ludlow Ogden Smith. Six years late Katherine got a divorce from Smith saying "I don't believe in marriage, it's bloody impractical to love, honor, and obey." Katherine first Broadway production was The Big Pond. She soon became a regular in Broadway even though she was fired from the show after one night. In 1932 Katherine appeared in the critical success, The Warrior's Husband, which lead to several screen tests for many new plays. In the film, A Bill of Divorcement,which was her first film, she received excellent notices for her performance in this film. In Hepburn third film,in the 1930s, she received her first Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1933 Hepburn stared in the Broadway production of The Lake, which turned out to be a failure. Katharine was named ''box office poison'' in 1938. In 1939 Hepburn stared on Broadway in The Philadelphia story, which turned out to be a tremendous success. Katharine had a love affair with Spencer Tracy for 27 years. They appeared in many films together like Woman of the Year, which was h
er first pairing with Spencer Tracy.Katharine was linked to a lot of men through her life, she had an relationship with Hollywood agent Leland Hayward and multimillionaire Howard Hughes in 1930s.Katharine was Catholic and because she was already married she couldn't divorce her husband. Katharine Hepburn was in 40 films, 16 plays, received 12 Academy Award nominations, and, won 2 Oscars for Best Actress. They called Katharine, "The angle in a red dress". Hepburn last film work was Love Affair, in 1994. In the last years of katharine life her health was decreasing, so she had to same home. She died in her home, on June 29, 2003, at age 96. Here's a link to a video of Katharine acting in "Little Women" http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2643656985/Our Resources
