Hepburn, Katharine

Cultural  

1. A twentieth-century American actress. She has appeared in films over several decades and won Academy Awards in 1933, 1967, 1968, and 1981. She often costarred with Spencer Tracy. The Philadelphia Story and The African Queen are two of her best-remembered pictures.

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Example Sentences

When told he had the opportunity to costume Hepburn, Mr. Givenchy was under the impression it was a different famous Hepburn — Katharine Hepburn.

From Washington Post

Clarke gamely tries hard but tends to overact and sometimes seems to have picked the wrong Hepburn - Katharine, not Audrey - to model her accent.

From Seattle Times

Looking uncannily like her aunt Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton gives a tenderly well-wrought performance that has beauty, feeling and intensity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Looking uncannily like her aunt Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton gives a tender, well-wrought performance that has beauty, feeling and intensity.

From Time Magazine Archive