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KATHARINE HOUGHTON HEPBURN

Born May 12, 1907, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Died June 29, 2003, in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.


BIOGRAPHY:

bullet Kennedy Center Honors: Biography of Katharine Hepburn
bullet Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television (2003)


QUOTES:

bullet Kate on...
bullet Tracy and Hepburn
bullet Friends on Kate
bullet Actors on Kate
bullet Critics and Commentators


APPRECIATIONS:

bullet Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003 by Stephanie Zacharek (Salon.com, June 30, 2003)
bullet The Great Kate by Chris Dashiell (CineScene, June 2003)
bullet Hepburn: An Inestimable Self by Verlyn Klinkenborg (New York Times, July 1, 2003)
bullet 'Shoot! How can you explore in a dress?' by Sarah Standing (The Daily Telegraph, July 1, 2003)
bullet The divine Ms H by Zadie Smith (The Guardian, July 1, 2003)
bullet Katharine Hepburn by David Thomson (The Guardian, July 1, 2003)
bullet Katharine Hepburn by Gilbert Adair (The Independent, July 1, 2003)
bullet Remembering Hepburn, Floppy Pants and All By Lillian Ross (New York Times, July 2, 2003)
bullet Hepburn made the misfit into a star by Johanna Schneller (The Globe and Mail, July 4, 2003)
bullet From Katharine to Julia and Sharon by Elvis Mitchell (New York Times, July 6, 2003)
bullet Katharine Hepburn: 1907-2003 by Richard Corliss (Time, July 14, 2003)
bullet Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck and American filmmaking by David Walsh (WSWS, July 16, 2003)
bullet Absolute Definition: Katharine Hepburn by Lesley Chow (Senses of Cinema, July-August 2003)


HEPBURN: Hartford Courant special supplement, published June 30, 2003

bullet Complete 28-page supplement PDF, 31.0 MB
bullet Excerpt: p. 11-13, A Woman of the Theater PDF, 2.3 MB
bullet Excerpt: p. 14-23, A Life in Film PDF, 13.0 MB
bullet Excerpt: p. 24-26, An American Original & Style Icon PDF, 2.3 MB


NEWS & ARTICLES ARCHIVE:

bullet Katharine Hepburn, Spirited Actress, Dies at 96 by Caryn James (New York Times, June 30, 2003)
bullet Katharine Hepburn, film star for 60 years, dies at 96 by David Teather (The Guardian, June 30, 2003)


VINTAGE ARTICLES:

bullet The Real Reason for Hepburn's Amazing Behavior (Modern Screen, May 1933) PDF, 1.8 MB
bullet The Private Life of Katharine Hepburn (Liberty, January 6, 1934) PDF, 2.7 MB
bullet The Hepburn Legend (Women's Home Companion, June 1934) PDF, 11.9 MB
bullet The Hepburn Story - Part 1 (Saturday Evening Post, November 29, 1941)
bullet The Hepburn Story - Part 2 (Saturday Evening Post, December 6, 1941)
bullet The Hepburn Story - Part 3 (Saturday Evening Post, December 13, 1941)
bullet The Hepburn Story - Part 4 (Saturday Evening Post, December 27, 1941)
bullet The Hepburn Story (Time, September 1, 1952)


INTERVIEWS:

bullet Transcript: The Dick Cavett Show (October 2-3, 1973)


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

bulletNewquist, Roy, A Special Kind of Magic. New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1967.
bulletDickens, Homer, The Films of Katharine Hepburn. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, 1971.
bulletKanin, Garson, Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir. New York: Viking, 1971.
bulletMarill, Alvin H., Katharine Hepburn. New York: Pyramid, 1973.
bulletHigham, Charles, Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1975.
bulletLatham, Caroline. Katharine Hepburn: Her Life & Stage Career. London & New York: Proteus, 1982.
bulletBritton, Andrew, Katharine Hepburn: Star as Feminist. Newcastle: Tyneside Cinema, 1983.
bulletCarey, Gary, Katharine Hepburn: A Biography. London: Robson, 1983.
bulletFreedland, Michael, Katharine Hepburn. London: W.H. Allen, 1984.
bulletMorley, Sheridan, Katharine Hepburn: A Celebration. London: Pavilion, 1984.
bulletSpada, James, Hepburn: Her Life in Pictures. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1984.
bulletEdwards, Anne, A Remarkable Woman: A Biography of Katharine Hepburn. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1985.
bulletHepburn, Katharine. The Making of The African Queen: Or How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
bulletAnderson, Christopher, Young Kate. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1988.
bulletBryson, John, The Private World of Katharine Hepburn. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1990.
bulletHepburn, Katharine, Me: Stories of My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
bulletHodge, Jessica, Katharine Hepburn. London: Bison, 1992.
bulletTarshis, Lauren, Kate: The Katharine Hepburn Album. New York: Perigee, 1993.
bulletParker Danielson, Sarah, Katharine Hepburn: A Hollywood Portrait. Greenwich, CT: Brompton, 1993.
bulletLeaming, Barbara, Katharine Hepburn. New York: Crown, 1995.
bulletBergan, Ronald, An Independent Woman: Katharine Hepburn. London: Bloomsbury, 1996.
bulletPrideaux, James, Knowing Hepburn and Other Curious Experiences. Boston: Faber & Faber, 1996.
bulletAnderson, Christopher, An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1997.
bulletKaranikas Harvey, Diana and Jackson Harvey, Katharine Hepburn: A Life in Pictures. New York: Friedman/Fairfax, 1998.
bulletHollands, Barbara, Katharine Hepburn. New York: Park Lane, 1998.
bulletRyan, Joal, Katharine Hepburn: A Stylish Life. New York: St. Martin's, 1999.
bulletBerg, A. Scott, Kate Remembered. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.



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