In 1907 Katharina Houghton Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a mother who was a feminist as well as suffragist and a father who was a doctor leading the way in STD prevention. Katharine Hepburn is considered the best actress in the world by many and while she many longer be with us today, she is still loved.
Her parents were free spirits and because of this Katharine as well as her 5 siblings were able to enjoy the freedom to be themselves while growing up. This of course was very helpful for developing her acting abilities at a young age. However childhood went by quickly and before she knew it, she was attending Bryn Mawr College where she met Ludlow Smith and married him after gradation.
Of course her marriage would not last long and by 1934 they were divorced, but it was the experiences that counted. During her tenure at Bryn Mawr, she participated in the performing arts and even got roles in 2 productions. Soon afterwards, she would appear in a single showing of the musical The Big Pond on Broadway which marked the beginning of her career.
While appearing in the musical The Warrior's Husband on Broadway, a talent scout found her and set her up for a screen test. She won the role in the film A Bill of Divorcement that changed her life forever. The following year in 1933, she would take a role in the film Morning Glory (a film that you can still get hold of today at Netflex) for which she would receive an Academy Award for.
Missing the Broadway scene, Katharine made her way back to New York in 1933 to appear in The Lake. Unfortunately this was not taken well by both the critics and the audience. She did not return to movies until 1935 which because of the flopped Broadway musical and her lengthy hiatus, finding a good gig was hard to come by.
Her luck got better in 1938 with the movie The Philadelphia Story. She would later get the rights to the film so that she could make it into a Broadway Musical. For the rest of her life, she continued entertaining audiences on the bi screen as well as on Broadway and for the work she won many different awards including the Lifetime Achievement Awards. She would appear in her last movie as a guest in 1994 before passing away in 2003 at the age of 96 years old. - 29872
Her parents were free spirits and because of this Katharine as well as her 5 siblings were able to enjoy the freedom to be themselves while growing up. This of course was very helpful for developing her acting abilities at a young age. However childhood went by quickly and before she knew it, she was attending Bryn Mawr College where she met Ludlow Smith and married him after gradation.
Of course her marriage would not last long and by 1934 they were divorced, but it was the experiences that counted. During her tenure at Bryn Mawr, she participated in the performing arts and even got roles in 2 productions. Soon afterwards, she would appear in a single showing of the musical The Big Pond on Broadway which marked the beginning of her career.
While appearing in the musical The Warrior's Husband on Broadway, a talent scout found her and set her up for a screen test. She won the role in the film A Bill of Divorcement that changed her life forever. The following year in 1933, she would take a role in the film Morning Glory (a film that you can still get hold of today at Netflex) for which she would receive an Academy Award for.
Missing the Broadway scene, Katharine made her way back to New York in 1933 to appear in The Lake. Unfortunately this was not taken well by both the critics and the audience. She did not return to movies until 1935 which because of the flopped Broadway musical and her lengthy hiatus, finding a good gig was hard to come by.
Her luck got better in 1938 with the movie The Philadelphia Story. She would later get the rights to the film so that she could make it into a Broadway Musical. For the rest of her life, she continued entertaining audiences on the bi screen as well as on Broadway and for the work she won many different awards including the Lifetime Achievement Awards. She would appear in her last movie as a guest in 1994 before passing away in 2003 at the age of 96 years old. - 29872
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