What was Katharine Hepburn’s early life like?
Katharine Hepburn’s father was a wealthy and prominent Connecticut surgeon, and her mother was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. From early childhood Hepburn was continually encouraged to expand her intellectual horizons, speak nothing but the truth, and keep herself in top physical condition. She was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College.
How did Katharine Hepburn become famous?
Despite winning an Academy Award for her performance in
Morning Glory (1933) and sparkling in the screwball comedy
Bringing Up Baby (1938), Katharine Hepburn had a reputation as box-office poison until she jump-started her film career with the commercially and critically successful comedy