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Katharine Hepburn Biography

Katharine Hepburn, Actress
Born asKatharine Houghton Hepburn
Occup.Actress
FromUSA
BornMay 12, 1907
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
DiedJune 29, 2003
Fenwick, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States
Aged96 years
Hepburn was birthed as 2nd youngster of 6 in a wealthy and also free-thinking household. His father was a popular cosmetic surgeon of urology as a specialty as well as the mommy was a devoted suffragette that fought for contraception and women's emancipation. Kid Hepburn was healed currently from very early childhood years with ice-cold baths, long walks and mountain climbs up. The family endured a tragedy when the sixteen years of age kid Tom hanged himself throughout a browse through to friends in New York.

Hepburn was drawn to the scene at a young age and started playing the amateur age of twelve. She researched at the well-known Women's College Bryn Mawr and graduated 1928th During university, she had acted in several institution plays and also right after college graduation, she procured småroller on Broadway. The very same year she married the wealthy Ludlow Ogden Smith, that belonged to among Pennsylvania's finest families. The marital relationship finished in divorce in 1934, then Hepburn chose to seriously purchase the film. She had gotten her first film function in 1932 in the Costs of queens Concrete versus John Barrymore.

She involved make an extra fifty movies over the years. 1999 American Movie Institute placed Hepburn as the leading starlet in American movie background. She won 4 Oscar statuettes for Best Actress, got twelve nomineringer for Finest Starlet as well as got an Emmy Honor for starring in "Love Amongst the Ruins". She was also chosen for four other Emmys as well as two Tony Awards during his 70-year career.

She was taken into consideration for several years as an outsider in Hollywood - she was walking around town dressed in lengthy trousers, declined to provide meetings or indication autographs, did not relate to other Hollywood celebs and also was very secretive regarding his exclusive life.

Hepburn lived from 1942 to 1967 with Spencer Tracy. They fulfilled on the set of Female of the Year in 1942 as well as played in nine movies together. Tracy was sadly married, however his Catholic confidence and also his very own principles prohibited divorce. Their 25-year romance came to be a tale in Hollywood, a tender, considerate and extremely exclusive affair, as every person recognized yet no person gossiped about.

The last years of his life was Hepburn with illness, but she did not suffer from Parkinson's condition, regardless of their substantial shake. 1993 in a docudrama concerning her as she did voice over on himself told her that her tremors came from her grandpa that dealt with the same problem.

Our collection contains 33 quotes who is written / told by Katharine, under the main topics: Death - Marriage - Women.

Related authors: John Barrymore (Actor), Anne Edwards (Writer), Cate Blanchett (Actress), Christopher Reeve (Actor), John Barry (Composer), John Huston (Director), Spencer Tracy (Actor)

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33 Famous quotes by Katharine Hepburn

Small: The average Hollywood film stars ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to a
"The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend"
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Small: Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit
"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then"
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Small: Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do - Katharine Hepburn
"Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do"
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Small: Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression t
"Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents"
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Small: Never complain. Never explain - Katharine Hepburn
"Never complain. Never explain"
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Small: My greatest strength is common sense. Im really a standard brand - like Campbells tomato soup or Bakers chocol
"My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate"
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Small: Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about - Katharine Hepburn
"Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about"
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Small: Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which i
"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything"
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Small: Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going t
"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around"
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Small: Life is hard. After all, it kills you - Katharine Hepburn
"Life is hard. After all, it kills you"
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Small: Its life isnt it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes t
"It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels"
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Small: Its a rather rude gesture, but at least its clear what you mean - Katharine Hepburn
"It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean"
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Small: Its a business you go into because your an egocentric. Its a very embarrassing profession - Katharine Hepburn
"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession"
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Small: It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecra
"It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack"
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Small: If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married - Katharin
"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married"
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Small: If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married - Kath
"If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married"
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Small: If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun - Katharine Hepburn
"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun"
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Small: If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased - Katharine Hepburn
"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased"
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Small: I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because th
"I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky"
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Small: I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex - Katharine Hepburn
"I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex"
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Small: I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun - Katharine Hepburn
"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun"
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Small: I have many regrets, and Im sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense,
"I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid"
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Small: Enemies are so stimulating - Katharine Hepburn
"Enemies are so stimulating"
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Small: Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain a
"Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age"
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Small: Death will be a great relief. No more interviews - Katharine Hepburn
"Death will be a great relief. No more interviews"
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Small: Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesnt interest you, dont do it - I
"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother"
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Small: As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work - Katharine Hepburn
"As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work"
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Small: Acting is the perfect idiots profession - Katharine Hepburn
"Acting is the perfect idiot's profession"
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Small: Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four - Katharine Hepburn
"Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four"
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Small: Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending youre someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself -
"Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself"
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Small: Without discipline, theres no life at all - Katharine Hepburn
"Without discipline, there's no life at all"
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Small: Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer - Katharine H
"Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer"
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Small: When I started out, I didnt have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famou
"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous"
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