Katharine Hepburn Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Basic Information About Katharine Hepburn

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor
Net worth	$30,000,000
Date of birth	1907-05-12
Place of birth	Hartford
Date of death	2003-06-29 (aged 96)
Nationality	United States of America
Curiosities and Trademarks	Playing strong independent women with minds of their own Often wore slacks instead of dresses, decades before it became fashionable for women to do so Distinctive way of speaking, with what many say is a "Bryn Mawr" accent Frequently worked with Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, and George Cukor Her recognizable angular features Her strong outspoken personality
Spouse	12 December - Ludlow Ogden Smith ( 1928 - 18 September 1941) (divorced)
Gender	Female
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.715 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Katharine Hepburn win?

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
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Katharine Hepburn awards

Award Name	State	Movie / Series Name	Year
Oscar - Best Actress in a Leading Role	Winner	The Lion in Winter	1969
Golden Laurel - Female Dramatic Performance	Winner	The Lion in Winter	1970
David - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)	Winner	Bonnie and Clyde	1968
Oscar - Best Actress in a Leading Role	Winner	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	1968
Oscar - Best Actress in a Leading Role	Winner	Funny Girl	1969
BAFTA Film Award - Best Actress	Winner	On Golden Pond	1983

Katharine Hepburn roles

Movie / Series	Role
The Lion in Winter	Eleanor of Aquitaine
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Christina Drayton
On Golden Pond	Ethel Thayer
Rooster Cogburn	Eula
The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest 4 episodes, 1971-1973

Katharine Hepburn's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series	Salary
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)	$1,500 /week
Morning Glory (1933)	$2 .500 / week
Spitfire (1934)	$60,000
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)	$1,500 /week + $50,000
Holiday (1938)	$1,500 /week
The Philadelphia Story (1940)	$75,000 + $175,000 for the rights
Woman of the Year (1942)	$250,000
The African Queen (1951)	$130,000 + 10% of profits
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)	$200,000
Rooster Cogburn (1975)	$250 .000
The Man Upstairs (1992)	$200 .000

Katharine Hepburn's Quotes

People have grown fond of me, like some old building.
I'm a personality as well as an actress. Show me an actress who isn't a personality, and you'll show me a woman who isn't a star.
Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
I don't regret anything I've ever done; As long as I enjoyed it at the time.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

Katharine Hepburn's photos

Interesting Facts about Katharine Hepburn

Graduated from Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania in 1928, with a degree in history and philosophy.
Was named Best Classic Actress of the 20th Century in an Entertainment Weekly on-line poll, just barely (21.5% to 20.6%) beating out runner-up Audrey Hepburn. [September 1999]
She never watched Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) because it was Spencer Tracy's last film.
Ranked #1 woman in the AFI's "50 Greatest Movie Legends." [June 1999]
Walked around the studio in her underwear in the early 1930s when the costume department stole her slacks from her dressing room. She refused to put anything else on until they were returned.
She was nearly decapitated by an aeroplane propeller when she was rushing about an airport, avoiding the press.
A leading contender for Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), she later served as Maid of Honor at Vivien Leigh's and Laurence Olivier's wedding.
Had a relationship with Spencer Tracy from 1943 until his death in 1967.
Ranked #68 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Born at 3:47pm-EST.
Aunt of actress Katharine Houghton, who portrayed her character's daughter in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).
Admitted to using her brother's birthdate as her own for years.
Did not suffer from Parkinson's disease. She set the record straight in the 1993 TV documentary Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993), which she narrated herself. Quote: "Now to squash a rumor. No, I don't have Parkinson's. I inherited my shaking head from my grandfather Hepburn. I discovered that whiskey helps stop the shaking. Problem is, if you're not careful, it stops the rest of you too. My head just shakes, but I promise you, it ain't gonna fall off!".
Was a direct descendant of England's King John through one of his illegitimate children. Hepburn played King John's mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, in The Lion in Winter (1968).
Great-aunt of Schuyler Grant and Daniel Jenkins.
Turned down the role of Marilla in Anne of Green Gables (1985), but recommended her great-niece, Schuyler Grant for the role of Anne. Schuyler ended up playing Diana instead.
On American Film Institute's list of "Top 100 U.S. Love Stories," compiled in June 2002, Hepburn led all actresses with six of her films on the list. (Actor Cary Grant, co-star with her in two of them, led the male field, also with six films on list). The duo's The Philadelphia Story (1940) was ranked #44 and their Bringing Up Baby (1938) ranked #51. Hepburn's four other movies on AFI Top "100 Love Movies list" are: - #14 The African Queen (1951) - #22 On Golden Pond (1981) - #58 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - #74 Woman of the Year (1942)
Meryl Streep beat her in the number of Oscar nominations, when she received her 13th Oscar nod for Adaptation. (2002). However, Hepburn still reigns as the only 4-time Oscar recipient for acting.
As of 2021, "Only Tie in Oscars For Best Actress", Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968) and Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter (1968) in 1969.
Her father's name was Thomas Hepburn and her mother's name was Katharine Houghton. Each of their six children were given Mrs. Hepburn's maiden name for their middle names.

References & Fact Checks ✅

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DrandMrsThomasNHepburn.jpg
Original Source: Image can be found in the book I Know Where I'm Going: Katharine Hepburn, a Personal Biography, Charlotte Chandler (2010), Applause. Image found online here.
Author: Unknown (possibly Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn)
Date taken: 1921

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katharine_Hepburn_yearbook_photo.jpg
Original Source: Image taken directly from an online scan of the yearbook, page 105 [1]
Author: Bryn Mawr College (work for hire)
Date taken: 1928

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katharine_Hepburn_in_The_Warriors_Husband.jpg
Original Source: [5] (direct image link)
Author: Unknown, but it was almost certainly a work for hire for the production company. An image from the same photoshoot (this one) is reproduced on p. 228 of The Films of Katharine Hepburn (1990, Homer Dickens) without any author credit or copyright notice.
Date taken: March 1932 (the play opened in this month)

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abillofdivorcement.jpg
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Author: RKO Radio Pictures (work for hire)
Date taken: 1932

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katharine_hepburn_little_women.jpg
Original Source: [3] (direct link to image).
Author: RKO Radio Pictures (work for hire)
Date taken: 1933

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hepburn_mary_of_scotland.jpg
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Author: RKO Radio Pictures (work for hire)
Date taken: 1936

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bringing_up_baby_film_still.jpg
Original Source: [11]
Author: RKO Radio Pictures (work for hire)
Date taken: 1938

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hepburn-FC-Stage-1939.jpg
Original Source: Self scan from Stage magazine from March 15, 1939, Volume 16, Number 6 (front cover)
Author: Stage Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Vandamm
Date taken: 15 March 1939

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hepburn_Stewart_Philadelphia_Story.jpg
Original Source: [6]. This is definitely a publicity still and not a screenshot as the exact image never appears in the film, and the quality is too high (see two screenshots from the film's trailer here and here for comparison).
Author: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio (work for hire)
Date taken: 1940

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tracy_Hepburn_Adams_Rib.jpg
Original Source: Screenshot taken from the trailer provided on the DVD. The trailer can be viewed here.
Author: Trailer created by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Date taken: 1949