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Publicity photograph of Hepburn, c. 1941
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Known for her headstrong independence and spirited personality, Hepburn's career as a
Academy Awards for Best Actress
—a record for any performer. Hepburn's characters were often strong, sophisticated women with a hidden vulnerability.
Raised in
RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to The Philadelphia Story, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. In the 1940s she was contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where her career focused on an alliance with Spencer Tracy. The screen-partnership spanned 25 years, and produced nine movies. (Full article...
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