ABSTRACT
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907, the second of the six children of Katharine 'Kit' Hepburn and Thomas Hepburn. The Hepburn family's social conscience was not, however, guided solely by Kit Hepburn. Hepburn played the supporting role of Antiope, an Amazon warrior, in the Broadway production of The Warrior's Husband. Throughout her career, Katharine Hepburn has pushed herself to explore the limits of her ability and of the motion picture medium. In 1928, before her graduation from Bryn Mawr, Katharine Hepburn's persistence overrode Edwin H. Knopf's objections, and he hired her to play one of six ladies-in-waiting in a production of The Czarina. With a career spanning most of the twentieth century, Katharine Hepburn has, from her early career days, embodied wit, independence, and charm to the American public. Hepburn was one of the first actresses to break down Hollywood's stereotype of women, and she has served as a model of grit and beauty throughout her career.
