Katharine HepburnAwards

Born:
May 12, 1907 in Hartford, CT
Occupation:
Actor
Birth name:
Katharine Houghton Hepburn
Biography:
"I'm a personality as well as an actress," Katharine Hepburn once declared. "Show me an actress who isn't a personality, and you'll show me a woman who isn't a star." Hepburn's bold, distinctive personality was apparent almost from birth. She inherited from her doctor father and suffragette mother...Read More

  • On Golden Pond

    Best Actress

    Won
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    1982

  • On Golden Pond

    Best Actress

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1981

  • On Golden Pond

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1981

  • The Lion in Winter

    Best Actress

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1968

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Best Actress

    Won
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    1968

  • The Lion in Winter

    Best Actress

    Won
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    1968

  • The Lion in Winter

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1968

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Best Actress

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1967

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1967

  • Long Day's Journey into Night

    Best Actress

    Won
    Cannes Film Festival
    1962

  • Long Day's Journey into Night

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1962

  • Long Day's Journey into Night

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1962

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1959

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1959

  • The Rainmaker

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1956

  • The Rainmaker

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1956

  • Summertime

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1955

  • Pat and Mike

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1952

  • The African Queen

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1951

  • Woman of the Year

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1942

  • The Philadelphia Story

    Best Actress

    Won
    New York Film Critics Circle
    1940

  • The Philadelphia Story

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1940

  • Alice Adams

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1935

  • Little Women

    Best Actress

    Won
    Venice International Film Festival
    1934

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