Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn (* 12. May 1907 in hard Ford, Connecticut; † 29. June 2003 in old Saybrook, Connecticut) was an US-American actress.

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already with 21 years received Katharine Hepburn at Broadway their first larger role in the piece of stage of “The Czarina” (“the Zarin”). The high-grown actress was not attractive only with their high cheek bones and expression-strong eyes, but alsoextraordinarily talented. Their strong its, their occasionally herrisches occurrence and their sharp tongue opposite colleagues you provided then fast the surname “the Zarin”. (Lucille Ball: „You was opposite really practice substantial nobody. It ignored all equally. “)

In theirare enough career achieved it altogether for four Oscars as a Hauptdarstellerin - an unequalled record. Only 2003 Meryl Streep adjusted the legendary twelve OSCAR nominating . Already for their third film, “the new face”, had gotten it 1933 the honor. However hadthey 34 years wait, until them received the honour for the second time for the role of a nut/mother which can be estimated rather small, that is surprised by its daughter with a potential black son-in-law (Sidney Poitier): “Advice times, who to the mealcomes. “Nevertheless already in the following year, 1968, again honoured it the Academy for its brilliant embodiment of the Eleonore of Aquitanien in “the lion in the winter “. Critics called this role those of their life. The fourth OSCAR achievedit 1981 with the Melodram “at the golden lake” at the page Henry Fondas, which became likewise for this film with the honor premium ore.

End of the 1980er years turned the Hepburn their last films already drawn by the park in on illness andthe Fahrigkeit of their movements referred skillfully into its roles also, about which she said sarkastisch: “At my age there is not any longer much selection of roles - usually I play an old box, which is somewhat beside it. ” Init was associated to their private life some years with Howard Hughes, afterwards 25 years with its colleague Spencer Tracy, which rejected a divorce of its wife however as a catholic. Hepburn built the kind, chewing goats and ingenious, but privately unstable alcoholicregularly, by it it to Filmrollen (and. A. ten common films) help. This, but nevertheless tragic relationship lucky in itself ended only 1967 with its heart death. Out of clock opposite Tracys family did not go it to its funeral, althoughall involved ones of the affair knew and them had tacitly tolerated.

Katharine Hepburn died to 29. June 2003 at the age of 96 years in old Saybrook, Connecticut, at the consequences of a cancer illness and the park in on illness. With it one died thatlast Hollywoodlegenden, those will remain unforgotten their public by Screwball comedies of the 1930er-Jahre like “leopards kisses one not “, “the sister of the bride” and character roles as in “African Queen”.

1991 appeared Katharine Hepburns book ME - Stories OF mywould run („I - stories of my life “).

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for the German-speaking countries the actress was synchronized starting from 1939 particularly by Tilly Lauenstein.

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Quotations

  • „I often ask yourself whether men and women fit really to each other. Perhaps they should live only next to each other and visit themselves from time to time. “
  • „Looking plaything is a nice, kindischer occupation - one gives to be someone else andat the same time one sells oneself. “
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in the best man (1948) received Katharine Hepburn to one solo-retightens, that nearly 50% of the canvas took - their name was however wrongly written: Kath e rine…

Katharine HepburnAudrey Hepburn was (1929-1993) with the younger , British-Netherlands actress neither related nor verschwägert.

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NAME Hepburn, Katharine
ALTERNATIVE NAME
SHORT DESCRIPTION US-American actress
DATE OF BIRTH 12. May 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH hard Ford, Connecticut, the USA
DYING DATE 29. June 2003
DYING PLACE old Saybrook, Connecticut, the USA
 

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