[1] William J. Mann, Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn (2006). Discussion of this biography appears in "Too Hepburn for Hollywood", Vanity Fair, October 2006, and also, Michael Rowe, "Katharine Hepburn: Leading Man", The Advocate, 20 November 2006, quoting Mann: "The reviews in the UK asked why I didn't just come out and say she was bisexual... They didn't understand why I didn't use that term. It's because I don't think it tells us enough about Katharine Hepburn. You can describe her activity as bisexual, but she certainly would never have thought of herself in those terms."
Father: Thomas Hepburn (doctor)
Mother: Katharine Houghton (cofounded Planned Parenthood, d. 1951)
Sister: Marion Hepburn
Brother: Tom (d. age 14, accidental hanging)
Boyfriend: Howard Hughes (aviation pioneer and film producer)
Husband: Ludlow Ogden Smith (m. 12-Dec-1928, div. 1934)
Boyfriend: John Ford (film director, mid-1930s)
Boyfriend: Spencer Tracy (actor, together 1940-67, until his death)
University: BA History and Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (1928)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
RKO Radio Pictures under contract
Planned Parenthood
Oscar for Best Actress 1934 for Morning Glory
Oscar for Best Actress 1968 for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Oscar for Best Actress 1969 for The Lion in Winter
Oscar for Best Actress 1982 for On Golden Pond
Emmy 1975 for Love Among the Ruins
Kennedy Center Honor 1990
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6288 Hollywood Blvd.
Margaret Sanger Award 1983
Houghton Family
Appendectomy
Hip Replacement Surgery
Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013) · Herself
Love Affair (21-Oct-1994)
The Man Upstairs (6-Dec-1992)
Laura Lansing Slept Here (7-Mar-1988)
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (30-Mar-1986)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (25-Sep-1984) · Herself
Grace Quigley (May-1984)
On Golden Pond (4-Dec-1981) · Ethel Thayer
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (Aug-1979)
The Corn Is Green (29-Jan-1979)
Rooster Cogburn (17-Oct-1975) · Eula
Love Among the Ruins (6-Mar-1975)
The Glass Menagerie (16-Dec-1973) · Amanda Wingfield
A Delicate Balance (10-Dec-1973) · Agnes
The Trojan Women (27-Sep-1971) · Hecuba
The Madwoman of Chaillot (12-Oct-1969) · Countess Aurelia
The Lion in Winter (30-Oct-1968) · Eleanor of Aquitaine
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (11-Dec-1967) · Christina Drayton
Long Day's Journey Into Night (9-Oct-1962) · Mary Tyrone
Suddenly, Last Summer (22-Dec-1959) · Mrs. Venable
Desk Set (1-May-1957)
The Rainmaker (13-Dec-1956) · Lizzie Curry
The Iron Petticoat (12-Dec-1956) · Vinka Kovelenko
Summertime (21-Jun-1955) · Jane Hudson
Pat and Mike (13-Jun-1952) · Pat Pemberton
The African Queen (23-Dec-1951) · Rose Sayer
Adam's Rib (18-Nov-1949) · Amanda Bonner
State of the Union (30-Apr-1948) · Mary Matthews
Song of Love (Oct-1947) · Clara Wieck Schumann
The Sea of Grass (27-Feb-1947) · Lutie Cameron
Undercurrent (28-Nov-1946) · Ann Hamilton
Without Love (22-Mar-1945) · Jamie Rowan
Dragon Seed (18-Jul-1944) · Jade
Stage Door Canteen (24-Jun-1943) · Herself
Keeper of the Flame (Dec-1942) · Christine Forrest
Woman of the Year (19-Jan-1942) · Tess Harding
The Philadelphia Story (1-Dec-1940) · Tracy Lord
Holiday (15-Jun-1938) · Linda Seton
Bringing Up Baby (18-Feb-1938) · Susan
Stage Door (8-Oct-1937) · Terry Randall
Quality Street (26-Mar-1937) · Phoebe Throssel
A Woman Rebels (29-Oct-1936) · Pamela Thistlewaite
Mary of Scotland (28-Jul-1936) · Mary Stuart
Sylvia Scarlett (12-Dec-1935) · Sylvia Scarlett
Alice Adams (14-Aug-1935) · Alice Adams
Break of Hearts (16-May-1935) · Constance Dane Roberti
The Little Minister (28-Dec-1934)
Spitfire (8-Mar-1934) · Trigger Hicks
Little Women (16-Nov-1933) · Jo
Morning Glory (16-Aug-1933) · Eva Lovelace
Christopher Strong (9-Mar-1933) · Lady Cynthia Darrington
A Bill of Divorcement (30-Sep-1932) · Sydney Fairfield
AKA Katharine Houghton Hepburn