Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) was an Academy Award-winning movie and stage star known for her portrayals of strong women in diverse genres, from playing Jo in Little Women to screwball comedies (Bringing Up Baby and others) and her many pairings with Spencer Tracy to Mary of Scotland (in the title role) and her Oscar nominated turn as repressed missionary Rose Sayer in The African Queen. She won a total of four Academy Awards for Best Actress (including for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and On Golden Pond). On stage, she was in The Philadelphia Story before reprising the part for film and performed in several Shakespeare productions. Out of character, in interviews and appearing as herself, she often displayed the wry humor and frankness that surfaced in her portrayals.
Hepburn was considered, at least in wish list terms, for guest appearances in Muppet productions. She was on Jim Henson's dream list of guest stars for The Muppet Show.Jones, Brian Jay. Jim Henson: The Biography. p. 266 The early outline by Tony Geiss for what would become Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting suggested having Hepburn as one of several celebrities singing "C is for Cookie" at different junctures.Tony Geiss papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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* In the "Beauty" chapter of Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, she discusses how conventionally pretty faces like any Miss America winner cannot be called to mind as images, "But now try to picture Lauren Bacall. Or Katharine Hepburn. Or moi. You see? I rest my case." 
* A 1989 Sesame Street insert has the Count asking Kathleen Turner to star in his scripted movie. After she refuses (and turns out to be the 325th actress to do so), the Count says he has to go off to lunch with Kate Hepburn, hoping she'll be 326.
* In a July 1999 online chat with TVGuide.com, Miss Piggy was asked about her mentors: "Moi pays a debt of gratitude to Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, and Jackie Chan."
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