Claim: Katharine Hepburn is a professional actress.

Morning Glory is a 1933 Pre-Code American drama film which tells the story of an eager would-be actress and her journey to stardom , and what she loses as a result . The picture stars Katharine Hepburn , Douglas Fairbanks , Jr. , and Adolphe Menjou , was adapted by Howard J. Green from a then not yet stage produced play with the same name by Zoë Akins , and was directed by Lowell Sherman . Hepburn won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this movie . Morning Glory was remade in 1958 under the title Stage Struck .