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Katharine Hepburn

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Katharine Hepburn

1907 – 2003 · aged 96 · Actress

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”

Portrait: Trailer created by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards for Best Actress, more than anyone else, across a career from Morning Glory in 1933 to On Golden Pond in 1981. She died at her family home in Connecticut at 96.

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In their own words

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”

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Screenshot from the original trailer for the film Adam's Rib (1949), featuring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Public domain explanation The Copyright Act
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Publicity still of Katharine Hepburn in the 1933 film Little Women. Such images were taken on set during filming, or as part of an organized photo-shoot, by a s
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Photograph of Katharine Hepburn from the 1928 Bryn Mawr College yearbook. The image has been slightly retouched using a graphics editor, to improve appearance.
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Photograph of the actress Katharine Hepburn in the 1932 Broadway production of The Warrior's Husband. Public domain explanation The photograph was taken for pub
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Katharine Hepburn Kennedy Center Honors Tribute 1990--Angela Lansbury, Lauren Bacall, Glenn Close
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Top 10 Katharine Hepburn Performances
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Katharine Hepburn interview with Barbara Walters 1991
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Norma Reyes
7 Aug 2026

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Watched Katharine's films with my mum every Sunday. We're watching one tonight in their honour.

Sunil Mehta16d ago

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Couldn't agree more.

Jiyeon Cho
4 Aug 2026

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A life fully lived. Thank you, Katharine.

Kyle Anderson5 Aug 2026

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Same here. Exactly this.

Gary Sharp7 Aug 2026

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Tammy Pierce
13 Jul 2026

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Thank you for a lifetime of it, Katharine. Rest in peace.

Tammy Carpenter17 Jul 2026

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This made me cry. Thank you.

Wayne Bell4 Aug 2026

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Couldn't agree more.

Ashley Adams
19 Nov 2025

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One of a kind

Rest well, Katharine. The work is done, and it was good.

Linda Johnson
18 Oct 2025

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A light in the dark

I cried when I heard the news, and I'm not ashamed of it. Katharine was part of the soundtrack of my life.

Wayne Bell15 Nov 2025

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Jennifer Pratt29 May 2026

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I feel exactly the same way.

Gemma West
28 Sept 2025

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Thank you, Katharine. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.

George Gordon9 Jan 2026

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Couldn't agree more.

Keith Henderson
27 Aug 2025

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I keep coming back to this page. It helps to know so many others feel the same.

Antwan Kirby
15 May 2025

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What they gave us

The world is a little quieter today.

Nicholas Bryant2 Jun 2025

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Well put.

Kirsty Hart
1 May 2025

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Lighting a candle from the States. Katharine meant a great deal to a lot of us here.

Chloe Powell
3 Apr 2025

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Some people leave a mark on the world that doesn't fade. Katharine was one of them.

Toby Collins
23 Mar 2025

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I never met Katharine, but I feel like I grew up with them. Thank you for being part of my life.

Blanca Rios24 Mar 2025

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Well put.

Archie Rice12 May 2025

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Couldn't agree more.

Debra Ingram
12 Mar 2025

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Sending love to everyone grieving today. Katharine belonged to all of us, and we all lost something.

Jacob Shapiro14 Mar 2025

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Beautifully said.

Noah Weinstein
12 Mar 2025

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Thank you

They made me want to make films. I still do, because of them.

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228 people are remembering Katharine here. Light a candle when words are hard. It stays here.

Terry West🇺🇸14d ago
Lily Taylor🇺🇸16d ago
Still miss you.
Ethan Barnes🇺🇸17d ago
Archie Rice🇨🇦22d ago
You made the world better.
Isaiah Simmons🇺🇸27d ago
Jennifer Kim🇦🇺2 Aug 2026
Sofia Espinoza🇲🇽26 Jul 2026
Still miss you.
Karen Hale🇦🇺22 Jul 2026
Jerome Johnson🇺🇸22 Jul 2026
Rosemary Baker🇺🇸20 Jul 2026
Bobby Lewis🇺🇸16 Jul 2026
Rebecca Mills🇺🇸15 Jul 2026
You made the world better.
Denise Duncan🇺🇸6 Jul 2026
We remember.
Hayley Mccarthy🇺🇸26 Jun 2026
Nicholas Bryant🇺🇸26 Jun 2026
Hayley Mccarthy🇺🇸25 Jun 2026
Holly Gilbert🇬🇧22 Jun 2026
Santiago Torres🇺🇸20 Jun 2026
Gone but never forgotten.
Carolyn Watkins🇺🇸19 Jun 2026
Anonymous🇧🇷11 Jun 2026
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Timeline

  1. 12 May 1907
    Born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  2. 29 June 2003
    Died in Fenwick, Connecticut, USA
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