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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.
Sep 6, 2022 · Ludlow Ogden Smith was a socialite and a businessman who married actress Katharine Hepburn in 1928. They divorced in 1934 and remained friends until his death in 1979.
- 6 February 1899
- Ludlow Ogden Smith
- Katharine Hepburn’s ex-husband
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.
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."
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Nov 26, 2010 · In 1928, she had married Ludlow Ogden Smith, scion of an old-money Philadelphia family, only to turn her back on the lawn-party life he offered to follow her passion for acting. And she had...
Jul 7, 1979 · Ogden Ludlow, born Ludlow Ogden Smith, was the son of a prominent Philadelphia family and a successful businessman. He was the founder of his own company, Ogden Ludlow, Inc., which was an authority on savings bank systems, a precursor to computerized systems in financial institutions.
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Nov 7, 2017 · Katharine Hepburn played Tracy Lord, a wealthy heiress who divorced and remarried in the play and film The Philadelphia Story. The film was based on a play that Hepburn co-created with Philip Barry, who modeled Tracy on her own life and marriage to Ludlow Ogden Smith.
