(1907 – 2003) Multiple Oscar winning American actress, Hepburn starred in many successful films including The African Queen (1951) The Rainmaker (1956) and On Golden Pond (1981)Saturday, April 11, 2015
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) Multiple Oscar winning American actress, Hepburn starred in many successful films including The African Queen (1951) The Rainmaker (1956) and On Golden Pond (1981)
(1907 – 2003) Multiple Oscar winning American actress, Hepburn starred in many successful films including The African Queen (1951) The Rainmaker (1956) and On Golden Pond (1981)“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 wondering about yourself.”
– Katherine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn is one of the most famous actresses of the twentieth century. In a career lasting several decades she landed four Oscars – a record even today.
She was an unconventional Hollywood actress, fiercely independent and often displaying a standoffish attitude to the media. However, her wide variety of roles and acting skills made her popular on screen and she was ranked the greatest female film star by the American Film Institute.
Early Life Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Her mother, Katharine Martha Haughton was a suffragette and her strong views and independence influenced the young Katharine. As a teenager, Katharine was free spirited getting involved in sports such as swimming, skating and gymnastics; she had a fearless streak and was suspended from school for smoking and breaking curfew. She later admitted to going swimming naked in the middle of the night. As she later was quoted as saying:More and source: http://www.biographyonline.net/actors/katherine-hepburn.html“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. “
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