Katharine Hepburn is well known for her independent personality and for performing in Hollywood for over six decades. She won four Academy Awards for her work and the American Film Institute named her the biggest star in Hollywood history. She is survived by her family.
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Join MemoriesActed in the movie "Bringing up Baby"
Katharine Hepburn documentary
Co-Starred in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," her last film with Spencer Tracy
Performed in "On Golden Pond," the highest grossing movie of 1981
Karen Higdon Born 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut
She passed away at 96 years old on June 29, 2003, at the Hepburn family home in Fenwick, Connecticut
Karen Higdon Hepburn's next big success was a role as Jo in the film "Little Women"
Hepburn made a comeback role with her starring in the hit film "The Philadelphia Story"
Karen Higdon She took the lead role in the play "The Warrior's Husband" which got Hollywood's attention
Starred in "The African Queen" with Humphrey Bogart
60 Minutes interview with Katharine Hepburn
Hepburn reads a letter she wrote Spencer Tracy
Karen Higdon Hepburn released her autobiography, "Me: Stories of my Life"
Karen Higdon She almost died in when the 1938 New England Hurricane blasted her home in Connecticut
Married to Ludlow Ogden Smith for 6 years from 1928 to 1934
Tribute to Katharine Hepburn
Karen Higdon Her first movie role was starring in "A Bill of Divorcement" opposite John Barrymore