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She married once, as a young woman, but thereafter lived independently. A 26-year affair with her co-star Spencer Tracy was hidden from the public.
Hepburn had been married in 1928 to the social and well-to-do Ludlow Ogden Smith, who had changed his name to Ogden Ludlow because she did not want to be Kate Smith. The marriage actually lasted about three weeks before the couple separated, but they were not divorced until 1934.
Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) and Spencer Tracy (1900–1967) were a legendary cinematic couple, both on- and off-screen. Hepburn and Tracy starred in nine films together, and had an affair—an open secret in Hollywood—that lasted 26 years, ending only with Tracy's death.
Feb 16, 2024 · At the time of their meeting, Tracy was married to Louise Treadwell. The clandestine affair between Hepburn and Tracy took place during the glitz of Hollywood’s golden age, against the backdrop of Tracy’s marriage to Louise Treadwell.
After graduating, she began getting small roles in plays on Broadway and elsewhere. She always attracted attention, especially for her role in "Art and Mrs. Bottle" (1931). She finally broke into stardom when she took the starring role of the Amazon princess Antiope in "A Warrior's Husband" (1932).
Jun 25, 2024 · Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Adam's Rib. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in a promotional photograph for Adam's Rib (1949), directed by George Cukor. (more) Hepburn was married once, to Philadelphia broker Ludlow Ogden Smith, but the union was dissolved in 1934.
May 12, 2020 · On the set of Woman of the Year in late 1941, Hepburn met and fell in love with co-star Spencer Tracy. Hepburn was 34 and then divorced. Tracy, 41, was one of the giants of the screen and unhappily married.
Nov 13, 2015 · Screenwriter Garson Kanin had conceived Woman of the Year as a love letter to Katharine Hepburn, who in the late 1930s he was trying to romance, with great difficulty. In 1941, Hepburn was able...
Dec 16, 2017 · Glamorous, athletic, and fiercely independent, Hepburn also harbored a passionate and secret relationship with her married co-star Spencer Tracy for 26 years. She even tended to him in his final years of declining health but was unable to attend her lover’s funeral.
Jul 4, 2021 · Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy's romance was 'love-at-first-sight,' her friend and biographer exclusively tells Closer. Details. She was trying to act nonchalant.
