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Why Katharine Hepburn refused to attend the Oscars despite winning four times

Image Credit: Katharine Hepburn (Image: University of Fashion) Katharine Hepburn holds a record no one has touched in more ...
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Katharine Hepburn long faced rumors she was sexually fluid. A new novel imagines her private life.

"The Original" rescues both our history and the dignity of an immensely popular star who re-engineered herself over decades ...
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Humphrey Bogart thought Katharine Hepburn was worse than the jungle while making this Oscar-winning classic

Image Credit: Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in 'The African Queen' (Image: United Artists) In 1951, in the hot ...
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Katharine Hepburn on Why She Never Remarried: ‘Thought of Myself First’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to classic film stars, they seem to love getting married, divorced and remarried again until they eventually pass on ...

EXCLUSIVE: Katharine Hepburn's Triumph Over Tragedy – How a Torturous Childhood Forced Movie Great to Milk Life for All It's Worth

In The Warrior's Husband, the play that would provide her lucky break, Katharine Hepburn arrived onstage carrying a dead stag ...

“I’m glad I didn’t know you when you had two lungs”: Katharine Hepburn’s greatest backhanded compliment

Katharine Hepburn was glad that she hadn't met her 'Rooster Cogburn' co-star when he was in better health, because she ...
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Katharine Hepburn Was Hit Hard By Older Brother’s Death: ‘She Began Living for Tom’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In The Warrior's Husband, the play that would provide her lucky break, Katharine Hepburn arrived on stage carrying a dead stag ...
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Katharine Hepburn Was David Lean’s Favorite Actor to Direct — Here’s Why

David Lean made epic films with ensemble casts of Hollywood legends. Out of all of them, he named Katharine Hepburn as his favorite to direct. “I think the actor that I’ve enjoyed working with more ...
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Katharine Hepburn’s Battle of the Sexes Comedies Couldn’t Be More Different

Julia is a writer for Collider with a penchant for peanut sauce, Savage Garden, and the great outdoors (provided she's observing from indoors). Katharine Hepburn was undoubtedly a prototype of ...
Vanity Fair

Miss Independent: Katharine Hepburn’s Obsessive Originality

“Now we come to ME,” Katharine Hepburn writes cheekily in her 1991 autobiography of the same name. In Me: Stories of My Life, the Hepburn persona is on full display—conversational, witty, stubborn, ...
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When Katharine Hepburn calls, you jump. And so a young reporter dashed to the fabled movie star's home for an unforgettable encounter.

When Katharine Hepburn finally summoned me, I was half asleep, naked and unwashed. It took 45 minutes to pull myself together and drive to her door. She wasn't happy about the wait. "Where the hell ...
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Katharine Hepburn Was Picky About Brownies

A black and white image of Katharine Hepburn looking off to the left, wearing a dark sweater - Ernest Bachrach/Getty Images While most of us know Katharine Hepburn for her work on screen, she also had ...