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A comprehensive list of 45 movies starring Katharine Hepburn, the legendary actress who won four Oscars and starred in classics like The Philadelphia Story and The Lion in Winter. Browse the titles, ratings, genres, directors, and co-stars of her filmography.
- State of The Union
- Desk Set
- Morning Glory
- Stage Door
- Undercurrent
- Holiday
- Long Day’S Journey Into Night
- Alice Adams
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
- The Rainmaker
Katharine Hepburn is exactly the kind of star who should be in a Frank Capra picture. This presidential election drama was a great talking point in its day – not least because it daringly made mention of real-life contenders of the time such as Thomas Dewey and Robert Taft. Hepburn plays Mary Matthews, the estranged wife of an industrial tycoon (Sp...
A madcap 50s office party of a movie, with Hepburn giving it her full imperious hauteur, written for the screen by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, parents of Nora, Delia, Hallie and Amy. Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, who is that sexiest of things, a librarian – at a TV company, efficiently retrieving all manner of facts and stats from old-fashioned books. T...
At 26, Hepburn picked up her first Oscar for this movie about the eternal magic of showbusiness. She plays Eva Lovelace, a small-town gal who dreams of Broadway, but finds New York a tough place to be. On her way to the top, she has zany romantic adventures with a roguish middle-aged producer, played by Adolphe Menjou, and a handsome playwright, pl...
Hepburn is the stagestruck heiress holding her own against tough broads Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball in this zinging, fast-talking comedy about women in the theatre. The setting is a ladies’ theatrical rooming house called the Footlights Club, where the unemployed women are always gossiping and back-talking. They are highly suspicious of Hepburn,...
This cult noir melodrama from Vincente Minnelli is growing in esteem among Hepburn fans, not least because she plays (against type) someone who is variously aghast, submissive, romantic and demure – closer to the kind of role that might be given to Ingrid Bergman. The film is a marital nightmare of obsession, like Rebecca or Gaslight. Hepburn is An...
Hepburn was renowned for her partnership with Tracy, but her double-act with Cary Grant was just as polished. This great George Cukor movie is a prime example – like The Philadelphia Story, it is a comedy of well-to-do manners based on a play by Philip Barry. Hepburn plays Linda, a wealthy young woman who is disconcerted, like the rest of her famil...
An Oscar nomination (and one for a Golden Globe) was Hepburn’s reward for her performance in this adaptation of the Eugene O’Neill play. She is front and centre as Mary, the morphine-addicted, insomniac mother of a wretchedly dysfunctional family in Connecticut before the first world war, playing opposite Ralph Richardson, who is a preening, ageing...
George Stevens is another of the greats with whom Hepburn worked. Alice Adams is the film that put her back on top after a few turkeys that had given rise to rumours that she was “box office poison”. It is a fervent tale of small-town love based on a novel by Booth Tarkington (of The Magnificent Ambersonsfame). Hepburn is Alice, who has upper-middl...
This earnest film was one of the high-water marks of Hepburn’s “late” period (although she was still only 60), playing opposite Tracy. They are the middle-aged white couple whose avowed liberalism is put to the test when their daughter brings home the black man she wants to marry – Sidney Poitier. This got Hepburn an Oscar nomination (embarrassingl...
The repressed “spinster” is Hollywood’s now forgotten romantic template and cliche – and Hepburn was brilliant at it. The Rainmaker is a fiercely watchable romance-cum-satirical-parable that pairs Hepburn with that ardent leading man, Burt Lancaster. She plays Lizzie Curry, a Kansas farmer’s daughter in the Depression, where agriculture is hit with...
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Her early years in film brought her international fame, including an Academy Award for Best Actress for her third film, Morning Glory (1933), but this was followed by a series of commercial failures culminating in the critically lauded box office failure Bringing Up Baby (1938).
IMDb provides a comprehensive overview of the life and career of Katharine Hepburn, one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history. Browse her photos, videos, trivia, and 29 wins and 43 nominations for her films, including four Oscars.
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A list of 21 films featuring the legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, ranked by the author's personal preference. The list includes classics such as The African Queen, The Philadelphia Story, and The Lion in Winter.
Jul 27, 2023 · A list of the best films starring the legendary actress, from screwball comedies to dramas, with Oscar-winning performances and iconic roles. See which movies made the cut and why they are worth watching.
Katharine Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of the 20th century, active in 44 feature films, 8 telemovies, and 33 stage plays over 66 years from 1928 and 1994. Katharine Hepburn in 1938.
