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Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited personality, and outspokenness, cultivating a screen persona that matched this public image, and regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women.
Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (February 2, 1878 – March 17, 1951) was an American feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage movement in the United States. . Hepburn served as president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association before joining the National Woman's Party.
Houghton was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the second child of Marion Hepburn and Ellsworth Grant. [2] Houghton was named after her maternal grandmother, Connecticut suffragist and reformer Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn. [3] She attended Kingswood-Oxford School and Sarah Lawrence College, where she majored in philosophy.
Hepburn, who died in 2003 at age 96, famously had a long-term relationship with her nine-time costar Spencer Tracy, from 1941 until his death in 1967 at age 67.
Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton and Spencer Tracy in a scene from the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." ... Oh, Hepburn and Tracy are wonderful to watch, ...
Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn. Getty Images(2) Oscars are the most coveted trophies in Hollywood, but what happens if you have to share yours with someone? Ties at the Academy Awards have ...
Katharine Hepburn (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. Katharine Hepburn in 1938.
Marion Houghton Grant (née Hepburn; April 24, 1918 – August 1, 1986) was an American historian, writer, and activist. She was the daughter of feminist Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn and the sister of actress Katharine Hepburn. Her daughter Katharine Houghton and granddaughter Schuyler Grant are actresses.