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RARE The Philadelphia Story" Katharine Hepburn Written Letter JG Autographs COA:
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12,

1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress and leading lady in

Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she

received a record four Academy Awards for Lead Acting Performances,

plus eight further nominations. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

She was known for her fierce independence, spirited personality and pushing

boundaries for women. Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while studying

at Bryn Mawr College.

Favorable reviews of her work on Broadway brought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her

early years in film were marked with success, including an Academy Award for Best

Actress for her third picture, Morning Glory (1933),

but this was followed by a series of commercial failures culminating in the

critically lauded but commercially unsuccessful comedy Bringing Up Baby (1938), a pairing with Cary Grant. 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. That comedy film, again

co-starring Grant, was a box office success and landed her a third Academy

Award nomination, plus won her other co-star, James Stewart, his only Academy Award. Both movies are now

considered among the greatest comedy films. In the 1940s, she began a screen

and romantic partnership with Spencer Tracy, which spanned 26 years and nine movies,

although the romance with the married Tracy was hidden from the public. The

partnership began with Woman of the Year (1942), continued with Adam's Rib (1949), both being "battle of the

sexes" romantic comedies, and concluded with the race-issue drama Guess Who's Coming to

Dinner (1967), also starring Sidney Poitier; Tracy died shortly after the movie's filming. Hepburn

challenged herself in the latter half of her life, as she and a range of literary roles. She found a niche playing

middle-aged spinsters, such as in The African Queen (1951),

which landed her another Academy Award nomination. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

was another commercial and critical success and landed her another Oscar

nomination. Hepburn earned three more Oscars for her work in Guess Who's Coming to

Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968),

and On Golden Pond (1981),

co-starring Henry Fonda, who won his

only Academy Award for the movie. In the 1970s, she began appearing in

television films, which later became the focus of her career. She made her

final screen appearance at the age of 87. After a period of inactivity and ill

health, Hepburn died in 2003 at the age of 96. Hepburn famously shunned the

Hollywood publicity machine, and refused to conform to society's expectations

of women. She was outspoken, assertive, and athletic, and wore trousers before

they were fashionable for women. She was briefly married as a young woman, but

thereafter lived independently. With her unconventional lifestyle and the

independent characters she brought to the screen, Hepburn epitomized the

"modern woman" in the 20th-century United States, and is remembered

as an important cultural figure.

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