Biography: life and films
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 12th May 1907 and died in Fenwick, Connecticut, USA on 29th June 2003, aged 96.Her best films as an actor include George Cukor's Little Women (1933), Gregory La Cava's Stage Door (1937), Howard Hawks's comedy Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Anthony Harvey's The Lion in Winter (1968).
Katharine Hepburn appeared in 49 films.
She has most frequently worked with the following directors: George Cukor (8 films), George Stevens (3), Harold S. Bucquet (2) and Anthony Harvey (2).
Her most frequent genres include: drama (23 films), romance (17), comedy-romance (13), comedy (11), comedy-drama (9), Documentary (5), history (4), Biography (4), Western (3), War (3) and Thriller (2).
Our average rating for Katharine Hepburn over all films is: 3.5
Filmography
Key: a = actor
A Bill of Divorcement (1932) [a]
Spitfire (1934) [a]
The Little Minister (1934) [a]
Alice Adams (1935) [a]
Break of Hearts (1935) [a]
A Woman Rebels (1936) [a]
Quality Street (1937) [a]
Holiday (1938) [a]
The Philadelphia Story (1940) [a]
Keeper of the Flame (1942) [a]
Stage Door Canteen (1943) [a]
Dragon Seed (1944) [a]
Without Love (1945) [a]
Undercurrent (1946) [a]
Song of Love (1947) [a]
The Sea of Grass (1947) [a]
State of the Union (1948) [a]
The Rainmaker (1956) [a]
Desk Set (1957) [a]
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) [a]
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) [a]
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) [a]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) [a]
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) [a]
Directed by John Ford (1971) [a]
The Trojan Women (1971) [a]
A Delicate Balance (1973) [a]
Rooster Cogburn (1975) [a]
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) [a]
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) [a]
Grace Quigley (1984) [a]
The Tales of Helpmann (1990) [a]
Love Affair (1994) [a]
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996) [a]
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The very best sci-fi movies
The history of French cinema
