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Up for sale\"African Queen\" Katharine Hepburn Hand Written Letter.This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn(May 12, 1907– June 29, 2003) was an American actress and leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, fromscrewball comedyto literary drama, and she receiveda recordfourAcademy AwardsforLead Acting Performances, plus eight further nominations. In 1999, Hepburn was named by theAmerican Film Institutethegreatest female starofClassic Hollywood Cinema. She was known for her fierce independence, spirited personality and pushing boundaries for women. Raised inConnecticutby wealthy,progressiveparents, Hepburn began to act while studying atBryn Mawr College. Favorable reviews of her work onBroadwaybrought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her early years in film were marked with success, including anAcademy Award for Best Actressfor her third picture,Morning Glory(1933), but this was followed by a series of commercial failures culminating in the critically lauded but commercially unsuccessful comedyBringing Up Baby(1938), a pairing withCary Grant. Hepburn masterminded her own comeback, buying outher contractwithRKO Radio Picturesand acquiring the film rights toThe Philadelphia Story, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. That comedy film, again co-starring Grant, was a box office success and landed her a third Academy Award nomination, plus won her other co-star,James Stewart, his only Academy Award. Both movies are now considered among the greatest comedy films. In the 1940s, she began a screen and romantic partnership withSpencer Tracy, which spanned 26 years and nine movies, although the romance with the married Tracy was hidden from the public. The partnership began withWoman of the Year(1942), continued withAdam\'s Rib(1949), both being \"battle of the sexes\" romantic comedies, and concluded with the race-issue dramaGuess Who\'s Coming to Dinner(1967), also starringSidney Poitier; Tracy died shortly after the movie\'s filming. Hepburn challenged herself in the latter half of her life, as she tackledShakespeareanstage productions and a range of literary roles. She found a niche playing middle-aged spinsters, such as inThe African Queen(1951), which landed her another Academy Award nomination.Suddenly, Last Summer(1959) was another commercial and critical success and landed her another Oscar nomination. Hepburn earned three more Oscars for her work inGuess Who\'s Coming to Dinner(1967),The Lion in Winter(1968), andOn Golden Pond(1981), co-starringHenry Fonda, who won his only Academy Award for the movie. In the 1970s, she began appearing in television films, which later became the focus of her career. She made her final screen appearance at the age of 87. After a period of inactivity and ill health, Hepburn died in 2003 at the age of 96. Hepburn famously shunned the Hollywood publicity machine, and refused to conform to society\'s expectations of women. She was outspoken, assertive, and athletic, and wore trousers before they were fashionable for women. She was briefly married as a young woman, but thereafter lived independently. With her unconventional lifestyle and the independent characters she brought to the screen, Hepburn epitomized the \"modern woman\" in the 20th-century United States, and is remembered as an important cultural figure.