Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. A recipient of a record four Academy Awards and an Emmy Award, she was ranked as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute. She was best known for her sophisticated, headstrong and outspoken screen persona that she cultivated through...

Known For

The African Queen

as Rose Sayer

Bringing Up Baby

as Susan Vance

Cast Credits

True Blue

as (Archive Footage)

One Christmas

as Cornelia Beaumont

Love Affair

as Ginny

This Can't Be Love

as Marion Bennett

Roots of Roe

as Katharine Houghton-Hepburn (voice)

The Man Upstairs

as Victoria Brown

Laura Lansing Slept Here

as Laura Lansing

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

as Margaret Delafield

Grace Quigley

as Grace Quigley

On Golden Pond

as Ethel Thayer

The Corn Is Green

as Miss Lilly Moffat

Love Among the Ruins

as Jessica Medlicott

Rooster Cogburn

as Eula Goodnight

The Glass Menagerie

as Amanda Wingfield

The Madwoman of Chaillot

as Contessa Aurelia

The Lion in Winter

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as Christina Drayton

Suddenly, Last Summer

as Violet Venable

Desk Set

as Bunny Watson

The Rainmaker

as Lizzie Curry

The Iron Petticoat

as Captain Vinka Kovalenko

Summertime

as Jane Hudson

Pat and Mike

as Patricia "Pat" Pemberton

The African Queen

as Rose Sayer

Adam's Rib

as Amanda Bonner

State of the Union

as Mary Matthews