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Hepburn's only marriage was to Ludlow Ogden Smith, a socialite-businessman from Philadelphia whom she met while a student at Bryn Mawr. The couple wed on December 12, 1928, when she was 21 and he was 29. Smith changed his name to S. Ogden Ludlow at her behest so that she would not be "Kate Smith", which she considered too plain.
Apr 28, 2022 · Around the same time, she married businessman Ludlow Ogden Smith. Hepburn then began to perform on Broadway before making the change to film. In 1932, she starred in her first onscreen role in "A Bill of Divorcement." Hepburn quickly became a full-fledged star and by 1933, she had won her first Academy Award for her role in "Morning Glory."
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Sep 6, 2022 · He rose to fame after he got associated with actress Katharine Hepburn. Ludlow Ogden Smith and Katharine Hepburn met at Bryn Mawr. They got together and later married on December 12, 1928. At the time they got married, Ludlow was 29 years old while Katharine was 21 years old.
Perhaps sensing that nothing would give Kate greater pleasure than to walk out of the show, Ludlow Ogden Smith, her rich, handsome beau of the moment, pressed her to marry him.
Sep 29, 1991 · What made Katharine Hepburn run? How could she be, as she freely admits, "a terrible pig" to the loving husband, Ludlow Ogden Smith, whom she used and then cruelly discarded early in her climb?
Jul 7, 1979 · Husband of Katharine Houghton Hepburn — married 12 Dec 1928 (to 25 Apr 1934) in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Husband of Elisabeth Katharine (Albers) Ludlow — married 26 Sep 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. [children unknown] Died 7 Jul 1979 at age 80 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
Jun 29, 2003 · In fact, in 1928 she married Ludlow Ogden Smith, a member of a wealthy Pennsylvania family. She immediately made him change his name to S. Ogden Ludlow, partly because she didn't want to...
