Answer: Kate's full name is Katharine Houghton Hepburn. Houghton was her mother's maiden name, and it is also the middle name of Kate's other five siblings.
A: Kate's real birthday is May 12th, 1907. For years she assumed her older brother Tom's birthday of November 8th. She also cut two years off her real age by saying she was born in 1909.
A: Kate has won four Academy Awards, which is the most won by an actress. She won her first Award in 1933 for Morning Glory, her second in 1967 for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, her third in 1968 for The Lion in Winter (that year she tied with Barbara Streisand who won for Hello, Dolly), and in 1981 she won her forth Award for On Golden Pond.
A: Yes, Kate married Ludlow Ogden Smith ("Luddy") in 1928. They were divorced in 1934.
A: Yes, Kate graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1928, with a BA in drama.
A: Kate made 9 movies with Specner Tracy.
*Woman of the Year (1942)
*Keeper of the Flame (1943)
*Without Love (1945)
*The Sea of Grass (1947)
*State of the Union (1948)
*Adam's Rib (1949)
*Pat and Mike (1952)
*Desk Set (1957)
*Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A: Yes, Kate did stand on her head. From what I know she was still standing on her head well into her 80's. She even talks about it in her autobiography Me.
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