10 Movie Roles That Show Why We'll Never Have Another Katharine Hepburn

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June 29 marks the tenth anniversary of Katharine Hepburn's death.

Ten years after her death, the spirited actress Katharine Hepburn perseveres as a timeless cultural icon.
Hepburn, star of classics such as "Bringing Up Baby" and "The African Queen," was known for her spunk. And her hatred of skirts.

She once threatened to walk around the set naked when film executives confiscated her pants — which weren't socially appropriate for women to wear in the 1930s — according to the biography, "Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic."

"Though she only stripped down as far as her silk underwear before stepping out of her dressing room, she made her point," fashion writer Nancy MacDonnel wrote, "and she got her trousers back."

"Morning Glory" (1933): Katharine receives her first Academy Award for Best Actress as Eva Lovelace, a wildly optimistic aspiring actress who goes into a frenzy after tasting fame.


"Bringing Up Baby" (1938): In a role written for her, Katharine played Susan, a flighty heiress with a pet leopard and a crush on a paleontologist. The film tanked upon its first release, but is today considered a classic screwball comedy.


"A Philadelphia Story" (1940): After a few consecutive flops, Katharine was labeled "box office poison." She redeemed herself as a haughty socialite trying to get rid of her playboy ex-husband, played by Cary Grant.

[BrotherIvan]

1. The Lion in Winter is one of my all-time favorites

We won't have another Hepburn because studios don't greenlight movies with smart, tough women. Jodie Foster was the only one who could get those movies made, and after they tanked, the studios said no more. They only care about box office and have no idea how to market to women. Now it's Sex in the City in Dubai. Studio execs, especially the ones coming up, are Seth McFarlane on steroids. They are the biggest misogynists because without their money and power they could never get a date.

[Marr]

3. Same here.

"Of course he has a knife. He always has a knife. We all have knives. It's 1183 and we're barbarians."

[BrotherIvan]

4. Priceless

The scenes between she and O'Toole are just epic. You can tell how much they are loving it. And it also shows that Timothy Dalton wasn't half bad and was slightly cheated in the Bond films with cringe-worthy writing. Ah, I think it's time for another viewing of that incredible movie.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. I adored her from the get go..what a marvelous role model she was.

I used to be so proud that her birthday and mine were the same day, and was crushed when years later she said she had lied about the month and year she was born.

good interview with her: