Katharine Hepburn - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	12-May-1907
Place of Birth	Hartford (United States of America, Connecticut, Hartford County, Area code 959, Area code 860, Area codes 860 and 959)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Katharine Houghton Hepburn, Kate, First Lady of Cinema, The Great Kate, Katherine Hepburn, ÎšÎ¬Î¸ÏÎ¹Î½ Î§Î¬Î¿Ï…Ï„Î¿Î½ Î§ÎÏ€Î¼Ï€Î¿ÏÎ½, Katharine Houghton Hepburn
Profession	Actor
Quotes	My greatest strength is... common sense. I'm really a standard brand -- like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate. To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time. The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend. If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work. If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. Acting is the perfect idiot's profession. Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession. Without discipline, there is no life at all. Enemies are so stimulating. Only the really plain people know about love --the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they very soon exhaust their talents. If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you. The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four. Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Known for her headstrong independence and spirited personality, Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and received four Academy Awards for Best Actressâ€”a record for any performer. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star in Hollywood history. Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while studying at Bryn Mawr College. After four years in the theatre, favorable reviews of her work on Broadway brought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her early years in the film industry were marked with success, including an Academy Award for her third picture, Morning Glory, but this was followed by a series of commercial failures. In 1938 she was labeled "box office poison". Hepburn masterminded her own comeback, buying out her contract with RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to The Philadelphia Story, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. In the 1940s she was contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where her career focused on an alliance with Spencer Tracy. The screen-partnership spanned 25 years, and produced nine movies.

Awards by Katharine Hepburn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Katharine Hepburn.

1995

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	One Christmas Role: Cornelia Beaumont

1993

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television	The Man Upstairs
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special	Katharine Hepburn: All About Me

1990

Kennedy Center Honors

1986

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie	Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special	The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1983

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Honored for : On Golden Pond

People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role	On Golden Pond

1982

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama	On Golden Pond role: Ethel Thayer \u2020
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play	The West Side Waltz

1981

Academy Award for Best Actress

Honored for : On Golden Pond

(Role: Ethel Thayer)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	On Golden Pond

1979

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie	The Corn Is Green

1976

People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress

1975

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Special Program, Drama or Comedy

Honored for : ABC Theatre

(Love Among the Ruins)

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Special Program, Drama or Comedy	ABC Theatre Love Among the Ruins

1974

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama	The Glass Menagerie

1970

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Coco

1969

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Honored for : The Lion in Winter, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role	The Lion in Winter","Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama	The Lion in Winter role: Eleanor of Aquitaine \u2020

1968

Academy Award for Best Actress

Honored for : The Lion in Winter

(Role: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (tie))

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress

Honored for : Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	The Lion in Winter Role: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner role: Christina Drayton \u2020

1967

Academy Award for Best Actress

Honored for : Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

(Role: Christina Drayton)

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Role: Christina Drayton

1963

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama	Long Day's Journey into Night role: Mary Tyrone

1962

Cannes Best Actress Award

Honored for : Long Day's Journey into Night

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	Long Day's Journey into Night Role: Mary Tyrone

1960

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama	Suddenly, Last Summer role: Violet Venable

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	Suddenly, Last Summer Role: Mrs. Venable

1958

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress	The Rainmaker

1957

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama	The Rainmaker role: Lizzie Curry

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress	Summertime
Academy Award for Best Actress	The Rainmaker Role: Lizzie Curry

1955

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	Summertime Role: Jane Hudson

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress	Pat and Mike
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Pat and Mike

1951

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	The African Queen Role: Rose Sayer

1942

Nominations 1942 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	Woman of the Year Role: Tess Harding

1940

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

Honored for : The Philadelphia Story

Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	The Philadelphia Story Role: Tracy Lord

1935

Nominations 1935 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	Alice Adams

1933

Academy Award for Best Actress

Honored for : Morning Glory

(Role: Eva Lovelace)

Nominations 1933 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress	Morning Glory Role: Eva Lovelace

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