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Mundy Hepburn is an American artist who designs and builds glass sculptures filled with luminous electrified inert gases—the same technology used in neon signs. Hepburn developed many of the glass and lighting techniques he uses in his sculptures himself. Hepburn lives in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He is the nephew of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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.
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.
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.
Hepburn was also drawn to the project when she was told her niece Katharine Houghton could co-star as Laura, but Houghton eventually turned down the role. [1] The Glass Menagerie was one of the major television events of 1973, commanding high ratings. [1] It received four Primetime Emmy Awards.
A viral post claiming to be a short story from actress Katharine Hepburn was actually written by motivational speaker Dan Clark. Fact check: Short story on the 'importance of giving' misattributed ...
In a man’s world, Katharine Hepburn often wore the pants. The Hollywood leading lady and trailblazer defiantly embraced menswear staples, amid incredible pressure not to, paving the way for ...