American actress (1907–2003)
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She won four Oscars for Best Actress — a record no one else holds — and spent sixty years playing women who didn't apologize, didn't soften, and didn't wait for permission.
Raised by progressive parents in Connecticut, Hepburn caught Hollywood's eye after strong Broadway notices and won her first Academy Award for her third film, Morning Glory, in 1933. A string of box-office failures followed, including the now-beloved Bringing Up Baby in 1938, and the studios wrote her off. She engineered her own comeback by buying out her RKO contract, securing the rights to The Philadelphia Story, and selling them only if she could star — the film succeeded and restored her footing. Through the 1940s she formed a twenty-six-year screen partnership with Spencer Tracy across ni…
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My beautiful Grandmother -- Caroline Garlinghouse -- came from Pittsburgh -- my mother's mother.
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