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She was one of six children (three of each gender) born to a socially prominent, well-to-do, activist family. Her mother was a well-known and passionate suffragette (supporter of women's right to vote); her physician father was a creative pioneer in the field of sexual hygiene.
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907, in Hartford, Connecticut, the second of six children. Her parents were Thomas Norval Hepburn (1879–1962), a urologist at Hartford Hospital, and Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878–1951), a feminist campaigner.
Jun 12, 2023 · Classic Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn lived life how she wanted -- and that included never having children. Learn why the actor choose not to start a family.
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn was a star of the American cinematography, a four-time winner of the Academy Award, which is still the record among Hollywood actors. The future actress was born on May 12, 1907, in Hartford, Connecticut. Hepburn's ancestors were heirs of French and English Royal families. The girl's father, Thomas Norval Hepburn, was a u...
As a result, the girl was fascinated with the theater as she managed to play in various productions well. After graduating from college in 1928, Katharine, having received $50 from her father, moved to Baltimore to fully devote herself to the stage. The next year, Hepburn moved to New York. In Maryland, Katharine played only cameo roles in the prod...
Katharine's debut in the filming world was the motion picture A Bill of Divorcement, which came out in 1932. The producers of the film company RKO appreciated the charm and personality of the young actress, who turned second-rate scripts into masterpieces. Thus, in 1933, Katharine received her first Oscar after playing the leading role of Eva Lovel...
Katharine Hepburn's work was as fruitful on the television as it was on the big screen. Katharine received Emmy nominations for her performance in the television films The Glass Menagerie, The Corn is Green, and Love Among the Ruins. The television projects Laura Lansing Slept Here, The Man Upstairs, This Can't Be Love, Love Affair, and One Christm...
The first and only time Katharine Hepburn got married was when she was 23 years old. She went down the aisle with her childhood friend, a Philadelphia broker, Ludlow Ogden Smith, with whom she settled in New York. The young husband did not forbid Katharine to work in the theater, but when she decided to go to Hollywood, he broke up with her. In 193...
Since the mid-90s, the actress gradually went into the shadows. Her health was deteriorating; she started struggling with arthritis, Parkinson's disease, and conjunctivitis. Because of the problem with joints, the actress decided to go through a hip prosthesis operation. In the late 90's Katharine moved to a mansion in the town of Old Saybrook, whi...
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Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the second of six children. Her parents were Katharine Martha Houghton (1878–1951), a feminist who headed the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association and later fought for birth control with Margaret Sanger, and Thomas Norval Hepburn (1879–1962), a urologist at Hartford Hospital.
An athletic tomboy as a child, she was very close to her brother Tom; at 14 she was devastated to find him dead, the apparent result of accidentally hanging himself while practicing a hanging trick their father had taught them. For many years afterward, she used his November 8 birth date as her own.
Mar 1, 1995 · Katharine Hepburn was 13 in the spring of 1921, when her brother Tom’s marked nervousness led Dr. and Mrs. Hepburn to attempt to “divert” him with a five-day trip to New York City in the...
