Film Theory: Biography of Katharine Hepburn

She was the daughter of a doctor and a suffragette, both of whom encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully and exercise. She had a brother named Tom, who she loved very much and after his accidental death she started to use his birthday as her own. She was mostly home-schooled but she did attend Bryn Mawr College, where she realized that she wanted to be an actress. After having roles in Broadway, movie offers started to appear. She became famous after a contract with RKO but, after a few months, people started to know about her hard attitude towards filmmakers and directors, earning her the nickname of box-office poison, because during that time she didnt make any movie role or broadway film that was a hit. Wanting to make things right, she strangely went back to Broadway to start in the play "The Philadelphia Story" which turned to be a huge success. Buying the play rights, she convinced a producer friend of her to produce the movie, but with her choosing of actors, directors, etc. The film was a box hit and earned her the respect of a acclaimed movie star.
She married and divorced, but started to have a relationship with Spencer Tracy, one that lasted until his death.
Katharine was known for her attitude and way of thinking. She was one of the few actresses who opposed to the fashion during that time, wearing pants and slacks only with no makeup.
She was nomintated 12 times for the Academy Award and won it 4 times (all for the lead role), being that a record on film history that no one has beated yet.
Katharine died in 2003 and she will always be known to be the best actress of the Golden Film Era. Some of the films she made were: The Philadelphia Story, Adams Rib, Bringing Up Baby, Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner (last film with and of Spencer Tracy), On Golden Pond, Woman oif the Year, The Lion in Winter, Suddenly, Last Summer, The African Queen, Little Women, etc.