Katharine Hepburn
American
Katharine Hepburn was a notable American actress. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Norval Thomas Hepburn
- Mother Katharine Martha Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn was a notable American actress. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1907/05/12 | Katharine Martha Hepburn, wife of Thomas Norval Hepburn, gives birth to a daughter, Katharine Houghton Hepburn, in Hartford, Connecticut. | Born | |||||
| 1921/03/30 | Staying with a friend of their mother's in New York City's Greenwich Village over the Easter break, Tom Hepburn and his sister Kate, discover the body of their brother dead who had apparently hung himself from a curtain sash tied around a beam. | Family | |||||
| 1924/09/00 | Kate Hepburn enrolls at Bryn Mawr College in eastern Pennsylvania. | Education | Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr, PA | |||
| 1928/06/00 | Katharine Hepburn graduates from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in history and philosophy. | Education | Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr, PA | |||
| 1931/00/00 | Ludlow Ogden Smith and his wife, Kate, rent 244 E 49th Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood. | Home | Hepburn Smith Townhouse | New York City | |||
| 1934/00/00 | Ludlow Ogden Smith and Katharine Hepburn divorce. | Bride | |||||
| 1936/00/00 | "Mary of Scotland " is released. | Actress | Mary of Scotland | ||||
| 1937/00/00 | Katharine Hepburn purchase her Turtle Bay Gardens townhouse. She will live here until the 1990s. | Home | Hepburn Smith Townhouse | New York City | |||
| 1938/00/00 | Katharine Hepburn visits Randolph-Macon College, an all-male campus. | Visitor | Randolph-Macon College Buildings | Ashland | |||
| 1938/02/18 | "Bringing Up Baby " is released. | Actress | Bringing Up Baby (film) | ||||
| 1939/00/00 | Hepburn's summer home is rebuilt at a cost of $275,000 to $300,000. According to Dr Robert Hepburn, the design was inspired by a fanciful structure the family once assembled from blocks and dominoes. | Home | Hepburn Estate | Old Saybrook | |||
| 1939/03/00 | With support from Howard Hughes, the Theatre Guild, and playwright Philip Barry, actress Katharine Hepburn acquires the film rights to "The Philadelphia Story", securing control of the property that will revive her screen career. | Owner | The Philadelphia Story | ||||
| 1956/12/13 | "The Rainmaker" is released as an American feature film directed by Joseph Anthony starring Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn. Integrated into the Paramount studios backlot, the Lasky-DeMille Barn is used in the film as a train station. | Actress | Lasky-DeMille Barn, LA | Los Angeles | |||
| 2003/06/29 | Katharine Hepburn dies by cardiac arrest at her home in Fenwick, Connecticut. Requesting there not to be a memorial service, Kate is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. | Died | Hepburn Estate | Old Saybrook |
2 Creative Works by Katharine Hepburn »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Mary of Scotland | Actress | Film | 1936/00/00 | |
| Bringing Up Baby (film) | Actress | Film | 1938/02/18 |
|
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.