"her most commercially successful picture to that point. She won her second Best Actress Award at the Oscars, 34 years after winning her first. Hepburn felt the award was not just for her, but was also given to honor Tracy. Hepburn quickly returned to acting after Tracy's death, choosing to preoccupy herself as a remedy against grief. She received numerous scripts and chose to play Eleanor of Aquitaine in ""The Lion in Winter"" (1968), a part she called ""fascinating"". She read extensively in preparation for the role, in which she starred opposite Peter O'Toole. Filming took place in Montmajour Abbey"
"British Academy Awards, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Independent Spirit Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Helpmann Awards, six Australian Academy Awards, and awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, and Venice Film Festival. Her performance as Katharine Hepburn in ""The Aviator"" made her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor. Blanchett is only the third actress, after Jessica Lange and Meryl Streep, to win Best Actress after winning Best Supporting Actress. She is"
"Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received a record of four Academy Awards for Best Actress. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while studying at Bryn Mawr College. After four years"
"features Hepburn in 1938, after being labeled ""box office poison"", and the second act in 1983, where she reflects on her life and career. It premiered in 2002 at the Hartford Stage. Hepburn has been portrayed in ""Tea at Five"" by Kate Mulgrew, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Charles Busch. Feldshuh also appeared as Hepburn in ""The Amazing Howard Hughes"", a 1977 television movie, while Mearle Ann Taylor later portrayed her in ""The Scarlett O'Hara War"" (1980). In Martin Scorsese's 2004 biopic of Howard Hughes, ""The Aviator"", Hepburn was portrayed by Cate Blanchett, who won the Academy Award for Best"
"sympathize with her"", which Hepburn felt was crucial in ""recreating"" her public image. ""The Philadelphia Story"" was one of the biggest hits of 1940, breaking records at Radio City Music Hall. The review in ""Time"" declared, ""Come on back, Katie, all is forgiven."" Herb Golden of ""Variety"" stated, ""It's Katharine Hepburn's picture ... The perfect conception of all flighty, but characterful, Main Line socialite gals rolled into one, the story without her is almost inconceivable."" Hepburn was nominated for her third Academy Award for Best Actress, and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Hepburn was"
"in the theatre, favorable reviews of her work on Broadway brought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her early years in the film industry were marked with success, including an Academy Award for her third picture, ""Morning Glory"" (1933), but this was followed by a series of commercial failures that led her to be labeled ""box office poison"" in 1938. Hepburn masterminded her own comeback, buying out her contract with RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to ""The Philadelphia Story"", which she sold on the condition that she be the star. In the 1940s, she was contracted to"
"of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture); the Ron Howard-directed western-thriller ""The Missing""; Jim Jarmusch's ""Coffee and Cigarettes"" – playing two roles (both against herself) – for which she received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination; and the biographical film ""Veronica Guerin"", which earned her a Golden Globe Best Actress Drama nomination. In 2005, she won her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her acclaimed portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's ""The Aviator"". This made Blanchett the first actor to garner an Academy Award for"
"on to star in a number of successful films, such as ""Sabrina"" (1954), ""The Nun's Story"" (1959), ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), ""Charade"" (1963), ""My Fair Lady"" (1964), and ""Wait Until Dark"" (1967), for which she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In recognition of her film career, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from BAFTA, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and the Special Tony Award. She remains one of only 15 people who have"
"Glory"", she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She had seen the script on the desk of producer Pandro S. Berman and, convinced that she was born to play the part, insisted that the role be hers. Hepburn chose not to attend the awards ceremony—as she would not for the duration of her career—but was thrilled with the win. Her success continued with the role of Jo in the film ""Little Women"" (1933). The picture was a hit, one of the film industry's biggest successes to date, and Hepburn won the Best Actress prize at the Venice Film Festival."
"of genres, including screwball comedies, period dramas, and adaptations of works by top American playwrights. She appeared on the stage in every decade from the 1920s to the 1980s, performing plays by Shakespeare and Shaw, and a Broadway musical. Select filmography: Select theatre roles: Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received a record of four"
"romantically pursued his. The film turned out to be a positive experience for him; he said, ""All I want for Christmas is another picture with Audrey Hepburn."" The role earned Hepburn her third, and final, competitive BAFTA Award, and another Golden Globe nomination. Critic Bosley Crowther was less kind to her performance, stating that, ""Hepburn is cheerfully committed to a mood of how-nuts-can-you-be in an obviously comforting assortment of expensive Givenchy costumes."" Hepburn reteamed with her ""Sabrina"" co-star William Holden in ""Paris When It Sizzles"" (1964), a screwball comedy in which she played the young assistant of a Hollywood screenwriter,"
"was more free and happy than he had ever seen her, and he credited that to co-star Albert Finney. The second, ""Wait Until Dark"", is a suspense thriller in which Hepburn demonstrated her acting range by playing the part of a terrorised blind woman. Filmed on the brink of her divorce, it was a difficult film for her, as husband Mel Ferrer was its producer. She lost fifteen pounds under the stress, but she found solace in co-star Richard Crenna and director Terence Young. Hepburn earned her fifth and final competitive Academy Award nomination for Best Actress; Bosley Crowther affirmed,"
"her a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Nine years later, Hepburn played Maid Marian opposite Sean Connery as Robin Hood in ""Robin and Marian"". Her final film appearance was a cameo as an angel in Steven Spielberg's ""Always"" (1989). Hepburn's final screen role was as the host of the television documentary series ""Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn"" (1993) for which she posthumously received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming. In recognition of her career, Hepburn earned the Special Award from BAFTA, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement"
"Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe. A film sequel, ""Rooster Cogburn"", was made in 1975, with Wayne reprising his role and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams up with him. The plot has been described as a rehash of the original ""True Grit"" with elements of the Bogart-Hepburn film ""The African Queen"". A further made-for-television sequel titled """" appeared in 1978, starring Warren Oates as Rooster Cogburn and Lisa Pelikan as Mattie Ross and featuring subsequent adventures of the valiant pair. In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen directed another adaptation of the novel."
"Supporting Actress. This marked the first instance where the portrayal of an Academy Award-winning actress itself won an Academy Award. Hepburn won four Academy Awards, the record number for a performer, and a total of 12 Oscar nominations for Best Actress—a number surpassed only by Meryl Streep. Hepburn also holds the record for the longest time span between first and last Oscar nominations, at 48 years. She received two awards and five nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, one award and six nominations from the Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe nominations, two Tony Award nominations, and awards from the"
"Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the People's Choice Awards, and others. Hepburn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. She also won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979 and received the Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, in 1990. Hepburn was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances: During her 66-year career, Hepburn appeared in 44 feature films, 8 television movies, and 33 plays. Her movie career covered a range"
"Award, and the Special Tony Award. Audrey Hepburn on screen and stage Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress who had an extensive career in film, television, and on the stage from 1948 to 1993. Considered by some to be one of the most beautiful women of all time, she was ranked as the third greatest screen legend in American cinema by the American Film Institute. Hepburn is also remembered as both a film and style icon. Her debut was as a flight stewardess in the 1948 Dutch film ""Dutch in Seven Lessons"". Hepburn"
"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where her career focused on an alliance with Spencer Tracy. The screen partnership spanned 25 years and produced nine movies. Hepburn challenged herself in the latter half of her life, as she regularly appeared in Shakespearean stage productions and tackled a range of literary roles. She found a niche playing middle-aged spinsters, such as in ""The African Queen"" (1951), a persona the public embraced. Three more Oscars came for her work in ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"" (1967), ""The Lion in Winter"" (1968), and ""On Golden Pond"" (1981). In the 1970s, she began appearing in television films, which became"
"of critically acclaimed and influential films. ""Roman Holiday"" (1953) introduced Audrey Hepburn to American audiences in her first starring role, winning her an Academy Award for Best Actress. Wyler said of Hepburn years later, when describing truly great actresses, ""In that league there's only ever been Garbo, and the other Hepburn, and maybe Bergman. It's a rare quality, but boy, do you know when you've found it."" The film was an instant hit, also winning for Best Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Writing (Dalton Trumbo). Hepburn would eventually do three movies with Wyler, who her son said was one"
"considered to be one of Barry's best depictions of an affluent American family and its confrontation with less convention-bound values. ""The New Yorker"" writer Brendan Gill called it ""a kindly comedy, whose precepts are Barry's own."" It was filmed twice, first in 1930 where it garnered an Academy Award nomination for actress Ann Harding, and then, notably, in a 1938 version by George Cukor starring Katharine Hepburn as the elder daughter of a stiff-necked wealthy businessman and Cary Grant as the younger daughter's quirky, charismatic suitor who has no plans, once he makes enough money to live happily, to spend"
"in the south of France, an experience she loved despite being—according to director Anthony Harvey—""enormously vulnerable"" throughout. John Russell Taylor of ""The Times"" suggested that Eleanor was ""the performance of her ... career"", and proved that she was ""a growing, developing, still surprising actress"". The movie was nominated in all the major categories at the Academy Awards, and for the second year running Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress (shared with Barbra Streisand for ""Funny Girl""). The role, combined with her performance in ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"", also received a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress."
"Best Actress (Hepburn) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Thompson). Henry Fonda won his only competitive Oscar with this film and at the age of 76 became the oldest winner in the Best Actor category, while Katharine Hepburn won her fourth Best Actress award, extending her own record for the most Oscars won by a thespian. ""On Golden Pond"" is also one of the few movies to earn the nominations for five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay). An aging couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer, continue the long tradition of spending each summer at their cottage on a"
"$25,314,189 in the US. Streep was named Best Actress at the Valladolid International Film Festival for her performance. Heartburn (film) Heartburn is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. The screenplay, written by Nora Ephron, is based on her novel of the same name, a semi-biographical account of her marriage to Carl Bernstein. The song ""Coming Around Again"" was performed and written by Carly Simon, and became one of her ""Billboard"" hits, reaching #18 on the Hot 100 and #5 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The film was released in"
"was deemed a perfect showcase for the actress, and the play was popular despite poor reviews. It later went on a successful nationwide tour. During its Los Angeles run, Hepburn fractured her hip, but she chose to continue the tour performing in a wheelchair. That year, she was voted ""Favorite Motion Picture Actress"" by the People's Choice Awards. After three years away from the screen, Hepburn starred in the 1978 film ""Olly Olly Oxen Free"". The adventure comedy was one of the biggest failures of her career—the screenwriter James Prideaux, who worked with Hepburn, later wrote that it ""died at"
"social ladder. Hepburn loved the book and was delighted to be offered the role. The film was a hit, one of Hepburn's personal favorites, and gave the actress her second Oscar nomination. She received the second most votes, after winner Bette Davis. Given the choice of her next feature, Hepburn decided to star in George Cukor's new project, ""Sylvia Scarlett"" (1935), which paired her for the first time with Cary Grant. Her hair was cut short for the part, as her character masquerades as a boy for much of the film. Critics disliked ""Sylvia Scarlett"" and it was unpopular with"
"as a chorus girl in the musicals ""High Button Shoes"" (1948), and ""Sauce Tartare"" (1949). Two years later she made her Broadway debut as the title character in the play ""Gigi"". Hepburn's Hollywood debut as a runaway princess in William Wyler's ""Roman Holiday"" (1953) opposite Gregory Peck made her a star. For her performance she received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1954 she played a chauffeur's daughter caught in a love triangle in Billy Wilder's romantic comedy"
"won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. Hepburn appeared in fewer films as her life went on, devoting much of her later life to UNICEF. She had contributed to the organisation since 1954, then worked in some of the poorest communities of Africa, South America and Asia between 1988 and 1992. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in December 1992. A month later, Hepburn died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Switzerland at the age of 63. Audrey Hepburn was born Audrey Kathleen Ruston or Edda Kathleen"
"won three Academy Awards: Best Actress (Holly Hunter), Best Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) and Best Original Screenplay (Jane Campion). Anna Paquin was the second youngest person (after Tatum O'Neal) to win an Academy Award. The score for the film was written by Michael Nyman, and included the acclaimed piece ""The Heart Asks Pleasure First""; additional pieces were ""Big My Secret"", ""The Mood That Passes Through You"", ""Silver Fingered Fling"", ""Deep Sleep Playing"" and ""The Attraction of the Peddling Ankle"". This album is rated in the top 100 soundtrack albums of all time and Nyman's work is regarded as a key"
"Katharine Hepburn's socialite mother in the movie version of ""The Philadelphia Story"" (1940). She played a supporting role in the 1936 Academy Award-winning film ""Come and Get It"" and had a featured role in the 1944 film, ""In the Meantime, Darling"". In 1918, she wed French actor, writer and director Jose Ruben (1888–1969); they divorced after a brief marriage. Mary Nash Mary Nash (born Mary Honora Ryan, August 15, 1884 – December 3, 1976) was an American actress. Mary and her younger sister, writer/actress Florence, were born to James H. Ryan, a lawyer, and his wife, Ellen Frances (née McNamara)."
"and then performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions. Following minor appearances in several films, Hepburn starred in the 1951 Broadway play ""Gigi"", after being spotted by French novelist Colette, on whose work the play was based. She shot to stardom after playing the lead role in ""Roman Holiday"" (1953), for which she was the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. That same year, Hepburn won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in ""Ondine"". She went"
"named executor of her estate, along with her two Swiss attorneys. Audrey Hepburn's legacy has endured long after her death. The American Film Institute named Hepburn third among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. She is one of few entertainers who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards. She won a record three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In her last years, she remained a visible presence in the film world. She received a tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1991 and was a frequent presenter at the Academy Awards."
"Award for Best Actress, making her the first actress to win an Oscar for portraying three personalities (Eve White, Eve Black and Jane). ""The Three Faces of Eve"" also became the first film since 1936 to win the Best Actress award without getting nominated in another category after Bette Davis won for ""Dangerous"" (1935). In 1952, Eve White is a timid, self-effacing wife and mother who has severe and blinding headaches and occasional blackouts. Eventually she is sent to see a personality psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and while having a conversation, a ""new personality"", the wild, fun-loving Eve Black, emerges. Eve"
"Audrey Hepburn in films such as ""Sabrina"" (for which Edith Head claimed the Academy Award), ""How to Steal a Million"", and ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". In 1953, Audrey Hepburn and Hubert De Givenchy met by the intermediary of Gladys de Segonzac in a way to create her costumes in Sabrina by Billy Wilder. As Gladys de Segonzac had organized the meeting with ‘Miss Hepburn’, the fashion designer thought that he was going to receive Katharine Hepburn. Dressed in a pink and white gingham privateer, a T-shirt and a gondolier hat, the British actress received some prototypes of the future collection. Audrey"