7PARA /PAR@ ` ?TEXT ` 1Hepburn, Katharine1909╨actorBorn in Hartford, Connecticut, on November 8, 1909, Katharine Hepburn graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1928 and immediately sought a theatrical career. After a period of study and working in summer stock she made her Broadway debut in a small role in Night Hostess at the Martin Beck Theatre in September 1928. After other parts in These Days, 1929, A Month in the Country, 1930, and Art and Mrs. Bottle, 1930, she drew considerable attention with her performance in The Warrior╒s Husband, 1932, and was given a film contract by RKO Studios. In Hollywood Hepburn appeared in a rapid succession of movies, including Bill of Divorcement, 1932, Christopher Strong, 1933, Morning Glory, for which she won an Academy Award, 1933, Little Women, 1933, Spitfire, 1934, The Little Minister, 1934, Alice Adams, 1935, Mary of Scotland, 1936, A Woman Rebels, 1936, Quality Street, 1937, Stage Door, 1937, Bringing Up Baby, 1938, and Holiday, 1938, the last for Columbia. She returned to the stage, touring in Jane Eyre, and to Broadway in The Philadelphia Story, 1939, which had been rewritten with her own sharp, aristocratic manner in mind. The 1940 MGM film version with Cary Grant brought her a New York Film Critics╒ Circle Award. In 1942 Hepburn made Woman of the Year, the first of a series of highly popular movies with her long-time friend Spencer Tracy; with Tracy she also appeared in Keeper of the Flame, 1942, Without Love, 1945, Sea of Grass, 1947, State of the Union, 1948, Adam╒s Rib, 1949, Pat and Mike, 1952, and Desk Set, 1957. Others of her films of that period included Dragon Seed, 1944, The African Queen, 1951, Summertime, 1955, The Rainmaker, 1956, and Suddenly, Last Summer, 1959, and she continued also to appear occasionally on the stage, for a time especially in Shakespearean roles. For Long Day╒s Journey into Night, 1962, she won a Cannes Film Festival award, and for Guess Who╒s Coming to Dinner, 1967, which was Tracy╒s last film, she won another Academy Award. With The Lion in Winter, 1968, she became the only woman ever to win three Oscars for best actress. Subsequently Hepburn appeared in The Mad Woman of Chaillot, 1969, The Trojan Women, 1971, A Delicate Balance, 1973, and Rooster Cogburn, 1976, and in the 1969 Broadway production of Coco. Her later films include On Golden Pond, 1981, for which she won her fourth Oscar for best actress, and The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley, 1985. Her Broadway performance in West Side, 1981, was greeted with critical acclaim. Among her rare television performances were those in Love Among the Ruins, with Sir Laurence Olivier in 1975, The Corn Is Green, 1979, Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, 1986, and Laura Lansing Slept Here, 1988. A decided individualist in private life, she brought to all her roles a sinewy strength and an aura of confidence that could range from frank cheerfulness to roaring zeal to ultrafeminine hauteur. Her comic and dramatic versatility was attested to both by her four Oscars and by her eight other nominations for the award. She published The Making of the African Queen, 1987, and an autobiography, Me, 1991. In 1990 she received the Kennedy Center honors and the American Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award.Movie: Hepburn with Cheryl Walker in the 1943 movie ╥Stage Door Canteen,╙ directed by Frank Borzage. ╬styl ` p ! ¬ 5¬ 5¬ !I !I , !I q !I { !I â !I Ö !I Ñ !I ╕ !I ° !I !I E 5¬ F !I Å !I ó !I ¬ !I ╝ !I ─ !I ╤ !I ² !I !I !I !I ! !I 4 !I < !I G !I O !I _ !I g !I u !I } !I ï !I ô !I ¥ !I Ñ !I ╡ !I ┴ !I ╚ !I !I !I , !I B !I ⌠ 5¬ ⌡ !I
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