Katharine Hepburn

In 1975, Katharine won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy playing Jessica Medlicott on Love Among the Ruins.

The American Film Institute voted her the greatest American female screen legend of all time.

Katharine almost became a professional tennis player.

Katharine was the winner of the Best Actress Oscar 4 times.

Katharine was nominated for Academy Awards 12 times during her life.

In 1958, Katharine was named the Woman of the Year from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

In 1989, Katharine was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Comedy Awards.

Katharine won an Academy Award for the third film she made, 1933's Morning Glory.

Her only marriage was to Ludlow Ogden Smith in 1928. The two divorced in 1934.

In 1928, Katharine received a Bachelor of the Arts degree in History and Philosophy from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

In 1928, Katharine received a Bachelor of the Arts degree in History and Philosophy from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Katharine's mother, Katharine Houghton was a co-founder of Planned Parenthood.

Katharine was of English and Scottish descent.

Katharine was actually a natural red head.

She was once voted the "2nd Greatest Movie Star of All Time" by Entertainment Weekly.

Katharine made 9 films with Spencer Tracy, the first of which was the 1942 film Woman of the Year.

Katharine turned down the role of Marilla in the 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables , but recommended her great-niece, Schuyler Grant for the role of Anne. Schuyler ended up playing Diana instead.

Katharine was a direct descendant of Britain's King John through one of his illegitimate children.

In 1990, Katharine was recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor.

She won four Best Actress Oscars: in 1933, 1967, 1968 and 1982.

Katharine admitted to using her brother's birthdate as her own for years.

Katharine was the great-aunt of Schuyler Grant who played Diana Barry in the Anne of Green Gables miniseries that aired in the 1980's.