Just heard on CNN that Katharine Hepburn passed away at 96.
RIP Kate - You will be missed

I just heard about that,too. :(

Im still in shock from hearing this. Kate will be VERY missed. :(
I know Im not the only one with a pile of Kleenex in front of their computer about now.

It's sad to hear that she is gone but we can remember her in her great movies. She is one of the great actresses of all time. And to live to be 96 means that she was a very strong and special person. R.I.P. Katharine :( You will be missed

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Those are some great pics MonarC. Before long all the really great classic performers will just be memories. Very few of them are still around now.

Originally posted by Mijada
Those are some great pics MonarC. Before long all the really great classic performers will just be memories. Very few of them are still around now.

Thank you :)

and yeah I agree. All the great actors of the past will be a faded memory. I think it would be a good idea to try and keep their memory alive by watching some great old movies with your kids or younger kids you know and show them how cool old movies can be to watch. Here are a few in memory of Katharine.

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That is very sad. I'll miss her. I think I saw her in the movie "The Lion in Winter" and that was a really good flick.

found this on www.foxnews.com

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. — Katharine Hepburn (search), an icon of feminist strength and spirit who brought a chiseled beauty and patrician bearing to such films as The Philadelphia Story and The African Queen, died Sunday, her executor and town authorities said. She was 96.

Town authorities and the executor of Hepburn's estate, Cynthia McFadden, said Hepburn died Sunday at 2:50 p.m. at her home in Old Saybrook. She had been in declining health in recent years.

During her 60-year career, she won a record four Academy Awards and was nominated 12 times, which stood as a record until Meryl Streep surpassed her nomination total in 2003. Her Oscars were for Morning Glory, 1933; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967; A Lion in Winter, 1968; and On Golden Pond, 1981.

Despite her success, Hepburn always felt she could have done more.

"I could have accomplished three times what I've accomplished," she once said. "I haven't realized my full potential. It's disgusting."

But, she said, "Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy -- and then death. Acting's just waiting for the custard pie. That's all."

Hepburn, the product of a wealthy, freethinking New England family, was forthright in her opinions and unconventional in her conduct.

She dressed for comfort, usually in slacks and sweater, with her red hair caught up in a topknot. She married only once, briefly, and her name was linked to Howard Hughes and other famous men, but the great love of her life was Spencer Tracy. They made nine films together and remained close companions until Tracy's death in 1967.

Her Broadway role in Warrior's Husband brought a movie offer from RKO, and she went to Hollywood at $1,500 a week to star opposite John Barrymore in the 1932 film A Bill of Divorcement. The lean, athletic actress with the well-bred manner became an instant star. The voice Tallulah Bankhead once likened to "nickels dropping in a slot machine" became one of Hollywood's most-imitated.

Hepburn's third movie, Morning Glory, brought her first Oscar. A string of parts followed -- Jo in Little Women, the ill-fated queen in Mary of Scotland, the rich would-be actress in Stage Door, the madcap socialite of Bringing Up Baby, the shy rich girl in Holiday. Then a theater chain owner branded her and other stars "box-office poison" and her film career waned.

Undaunted, Hepburn acquired the rights to a comedy about a spoiled heiress, and, after it was rewritten for her, took it to the New York stage. The Philadelphia Story was a hit.

She returned to Hollywood for the 1940 film version, which featured James Stewart and Cary Grant. Once again she was a top star, with a contract at MGM for Woman of the Year, Keeper of the Flame, Sea of Grass, Dragon Seed, Without Love, State of the Union, Pat and Mike and Adam's Rib.

Her first film with Tracy was Woman of the Year, in 1942. Legend has it that when they met she commented, "I'm afraid I'm a little big for you, Mr. Tracy." His reply: "Don't worry, I'll cut you down to size."

One critic compared them to "the high-strung thoroughbred and the steady workhorse."

Tracy never divorced his wife, who outlived him by 15 years; Hepburn, though she led a PBS tribute to Tracy in 1986, rarely mentioned their private relationship.

"I have had 20 years of perfect companionship with a man among men," she said in 1963. "He is a rock and a protection. I've never regretted it." In another interview, she discussed their special screen magic, saying they represented "the perfect American couple."

"The ideal American man is certainly Spencer -- sports loving, man's man, strong-looking, big sort of head, boar neck and so forth. And I think I represent a woman. I needle him, and I irritate him, and I try to get around him, and if he put a big paw out and put it on my head, he could squash me. And I think that is the romantic ideal picture of the male and female in this country."

After leaving MGM in 1951, Hepburn divided her time between the stage -- she appeared in Shaw's The Millionairess and Shakespeare's As You Like It -- and film. She coolly braved a jungle for The African Queen and did her own balloon flying in the low-budget Olly Olly Oxen Free.

She co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in Suddenly Last Summer, with Jason Robards Jr. in Long Day's Journey Into Night, with Laurence Olivier in the TV movie Love Among the Ruins and with Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond, which won both of them Oscars.

She coaxed the ailing Tracy back onto the set for their roles as wealthy, liberal parents faced with the interracial marriage of their daughter in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Tracy died before the film's release.

Though an early appearance in The Lake promoted Dorothy Parker's famously scathing remark that Hepburn "ran the gamut of emotions from A to B," she worked as tirelessly on stage as in movies.

She starred in the musical Coco in 1969. When she broke an ankle during A Matter of Gravity in 1976, she went on in a wheelchair. Fans flocked to see her on Broadway in West Side Waltz, in 1982, and when the show moved on to Boston, Hepburn displayed her outspokenness by ordering out a spectator who disturbed her by taking pictures.

Hepburn nearly lost a foot in a car accident in late 1982 and spent almost three weeks in a hospital. But by the end of the year she was back before the cameras, co-starring with Nick Nolte in Grace Quigley, a comedy about a woman teaming with a hit man to help old people who want to die.

"I don't believe in shocking people, but if I got sick and was no longer of any use to myself or anyone else, I would find a way of ending it," she once said.

For many years, she divided her time between New York and Connecticut. Even well into her 70s, she was restless with energy, arising at dawn and going to bed at 7 p.m. when she wasn't appearing in a play or making another film.

She took to writing; her first book, The Making of 'The African Queen': Or, How I Went To Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind made her a best-selling author at 77. She followed it up with Me: Stories of My Life in 1991.

In 1994, Warren Beatty persuaded a reluctant Hepburn to fly out to Los Angeles and play his aunt in the romantic comedy Love Affair. She also appeared in a television movie, One Christmas.

Among the honors coming her way in later years: In 1999, a survey of screen legends by the American Film Institute ranked her No. 1 among actresses.

She was born in Hartford, Conn., on May 12, 1907, one of six children of Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn, a noted urologist and pioneer in social hygiene, and Katharine Houghton Hepburn, who worked for birth control and getting the vote for women.

"My parents were much more fascinating, as people, than I am," the actress once said. "Mother was really left of center; women's suffrage was her great cause, and I remember appearing at all the local fairs carrying huge flocks of balloons that said 'Votes for Women.' I almost went up with them."

Young Kate was educated by tutors and at private schools, entering Bryn Mawr in 1924. After graduating, she joined a stock company in Baltimore.

She made her New York debut in These Days in 1928, the same year she married Philadelphia socialite Ludlow Ogden Smith. She divorced him in 1934 and later remarked, "I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical to love, honor and obey. If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract."

But she also lauded "Luddy" for opening doors in New York for a raw young actress. She berated herself as behaving like "a pig" toward him.

"At the beginning I had money; I wasn't a poor little thing. I don't know what I would have done if I'd had to come to New York and get a job as a waiter or something like that.

"I think I'm a success, but I had every advantage -- I should have been," she said.

She had various health problems in later years, including hip replacement surgery and tremors similar to Parkinson's disease.

In a 1990 interview, she told The Associated Press:



"I'm what is known as gradually disintegrating. I don't fear the next world, or anything. I don't fear hell, and I don't look forward to heaven." "There comes a time in your life when people get very sweet to you," she said in another interview. "I don't mind people being sweet to me. In fact, I'm getting rather sweet back at them.

"But I'm a madly irritating person, and I irritated them for years. Anything definite is irritating -- and stimulating. I think they're beginning to think I'm not going to be around much longer. And what do you know -- they'll miss me, like an old monument. Like the Flatiron Building."

The only movie I remember seeing her with her in is Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, which was really good. RIP

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That's sad. RIP, Katherine. :(

At least she had a long and productive life, though.

She was one of the greatest............ I loved her so... :(

I saw the news cast of her death on CNN when I was flipping through channels, and I thought I'd take a couple pics- I know how quite a few people on here were big fans of hers.

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I don't think I've ever seen her in anything? :confused: I don't watch many old movies. But: R.I.P :(

:(

Terrible news :(


I know she's a famed "old time" actress but I loved her so much in On Golden Pond. That movie was wonderful.

rip:(:( she was a very talented actress

That's sad. A friend of mine and I were just talking about her longevity a few days ago. She had a great life, and will certainly be missed.

My favorite Katharine Hepburn movie: "On Golden Pond."

It is SO sad, she was really the last adult star from the 1930s. The only other ones I can name were Micky Rooney and Shirley Temple. Kate Hepburn was so fabulous - she never turned in anything less than a perfect performance.

It's impossible to pick one favorite Kate Hepburn movie. I love Bringing Up Baby, The Lion in Winter, Little Women, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner... and about a thousand more. :)

Her niece, Katharine Houghton (Joey from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) was on Larry King last night and she said that Hepburn knew how old she was, and she knew she didn't have much time left. It sounds like she was ready. I hope she went peacefully, and now she's with Spencer.

Rest in Peace, Kate.

Rest in Peace Kath, you are definatly the best actress out there. You will be greatly missed by so many.. I was in great shock when I heard she died, I thought she was doing just dandy last week!!! Even her neice said she was doing just fine on Larry King...... damn now im crying again :(

wasnt she gorgeous??

I heard about that - it's really sad. :( For some reason I thought she had already died... Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, you know? hmm.

RIP. :(

Originally posted by Montana Ponine
I heard about that - it's really sad. :( For some reason I thought she had already died... Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, you know? hmm.

RIP. :(

awww hehe, and the funny thing is ... is that they werent even related same last name though. I can understand where you would get confused!

I read that when Audrey Hepburn went to her first serious audition, the people read "Miss Hepburn" and thought it was Katharine at first.

hehe Cara!! Ive heard that too!! :D. Has anyone read her biography called Me yet?? Its amazing!!!

Larry King's rerun last night was with her niece, Katarine Houghton. Hope she is/does write a book.

Originally posted by mcgwirefan
Larry King's rerun last night was with her niece, Katarine Houghton. Hope she is/does write a book.

I hope so too!! Turner Classic Movies just did a great tribute commercial type thing to her.. the music made me cry.. i know im really pathetic :(

It's a shame many old classic actors are dying out now, I can't remember seeing any of Katherine's films, I think one of her films was remade possibly? anyway- were Katherine and Audrey Hepburn relations?:wave:

Originally posted by webuster
It's a shame many old classic actors are dying out now, I can't remember seeing any of Katherine's films, I think one of her films was remade possibly? anyway- were Katherine and Audrey Hepburn relations?:wave:

Several of her films were remade. The two that spring to mind right away are LITTLE WOMEN and THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. Little Women has of course been made a few times, with June Allyson and then again Winona Ryder (and a few other versions, but those are the most famous). The Philadelphia Story was remade only about 15 years after the original as the musical HIGH SOCIETY with Grace Kelly (who's also gone, sadly). The story is that when High Society was released a reporter interviewed Kate Hepburn and said "You know, Miss Kelly supposedly watched your film many, many times and studied your performance." To which Kate remarked "She didn't study enough." :lol: Typical Kate Hepburn! ;)

No, Katharine and Audrey Hepburn were not related. Audrey's real name was Edda Kathleen Hepburn van Heemstra - so no, she was no relation. It was none other than designer Hubert de Gevinchy who originally looked at the name Hepburn, and thought it was Katharine. He and Audrey became lifelong friends, always joking about their fist meeting. Audrey died in 1993.

No Kate and Audrey were not related ;) Just the same last names, and TCM will be hosting a great Tribute to Kate on July 10th here is the schedule if anyone is interested :

Schedule for July 10th:
6:00 AM Mary of Scotland ('36)
8:15 AM Holiday ('38)
10:00 AM Woman of the Year ('42)
12:00 PM Adam's Rib ('49)
2:00 PM Pat and Mike ('52)
4:00 PM The Lion in Winter ('68)
6:30 PM Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
8:00 PM Bringing Up Baby ('38)
10:00 PM The Philadelphia Story ('40)
12:00 AM Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? ('67)
2:00 AM Little Women ('33)
4:00 AM Undercurrent ('46)

Thanks, Love Lucy! Those times are Eastern, I assume? I gotta make my mom tape that for me. I love TCM, they always put together such great tributes when a great star passes on. It makes it easier, somehow. :) I know it sounds corny, but it's true. Every January they put together a tribute of every actor/entertainer that passed away the previous year, and they always do it with such respect. You know they'll never be forgotten. Sadly this year has already had so many losses. :(

She was also related to actress Schyler Grant (from Anne of Green Gables) as well as Katharine Houghton. It's so hard to believe she's gone. I always wanted to meet her - although I knew it wasn't likely - but that doesn't stop me from missing her. :( Just remembered another great film of hers, THE AFRICAN QUEEN.

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Originally posted by Liza
Thanks, Love Lucy! Those times are Eastern, I assume? I gotta make my mom tape that for me. I love TCM, they always put together such great tributes when a great star passes on. It makes it easier, somehow. :) I know it sounds corny, but it's true. Every January they put together a tribute of every actor/entertainer that passed away the previous year, and they always do it with such respect. You know they'll never be forgotten. Sadly this year has already had so many losses. :(


Yes Liza they are Est time!! :) If you want go to their site www.turnerclassicmovies.com man I wish I could work for TCM! LOL whatta dream job. :D

RIP Kate :(

To me the world has just lost a very special person.

I loved Katherine's movies. She was a talented actress and a very classy lady.

RIP Kate. I'll miss you! :(

Originally posted by Love, Lucy
Yes Liza they are Est time!! :) If you want go to their site www.turnerclassicmovies.com man I wish I could work for TCM! LOL whatta dream job. :D

OMG, I know! As a film student, it's my dream to work for such a great company :) (BTW, do u think Robert Osbourne needs an assistant?) :lol:

Originally posted by Liza
OMG, I know! As a film student, it's my dream to work for such a great company :) (BTW, do u think Robert Osbourne needs an assistant?) :lol:


LOLOL... yes I think he does!!! haha I would give my arm and leg to work there!!

I heard about that :(

:( oh god thats terrible. i loved Katherine Hepburn. she was such a great actress.

me too......... i miss her so much already! :(. They are dimming the lights on broadway tonight at 8:00 for her... just incase you all didnt know.

:( She was a classic actress, she'll never be forgotten.

Originally posted by Love, Lucy
me too......... i miss her so much already! :(. They are dimming the lights on broadway tonight at 8:00 for her... just incase you all didnt know.

aww :(

I left flowers at Bryn Mahr College


OT but I also saw her niece on Larry King the other day when they replayed it and she looks a LOT like her.

Glad to hear they're dimming the lights for her - a lady who truly deserves that type of tribute.

Did anyone see Larry King last night? It was a tribute to her, with Schyler Grant (her great-niece), Dr. Hepburn (her younger brother), and tributes from Richard Chamberlain, Robert Wagner, Jayne Meadows, and Ann Miller. This woman was loved by everyone. I stayed up until 4am to watch it. :)

Originally posted by Titania
aww :(

I left flowers at Bryn Mahr College


OT but I also saw her niece on Larry King the other day when they replayed it and she looks a LOT like her.

Lucky!!! And thanks babe for leaving me some too! i owe you a favor ;). I agree I think Kathy looks alot like Kate too!

Today, TCM UK put on one of Kate's films- Adam's Rib. It was the first time I'd seen that film, and I can't remember recognising her from any other films, maybe years ago. Anyway- that film was hilarious at most parts, she really was a great actress- her wit when she was doing comedy was real funny.:eek: