description: Katharine Hepburn: grande dame of American actresses, fierce individualist, and living legend. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winner of four, Hepburn achieved stardom against formidable odds. The woman behind the legend emerges in this sympathetic yet clear-eyed portrait of her exceptional life and loves--now updated with an epilogue that brings Hepburn's story up to date. Filled with accounts of her relationships with Spencer Tracy, Howard Hughes, and many others, here is the fascinating story of a determined and invincible woman. From her ferociously guarded private life to Broadway's lights and Hollywood's Golden Age, Katharine Hepburn reveals a star whose courage and magnetism knew no bounds.
language: English
title: Katharine Hepburn
titlecomplete: Katharine Hepburn
characters: Katharine Hepburn
genres: Autobiography, Film, American History, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, American, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 370
publisher: Random House Value Publishing