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Her [[Star-Making Role|first real success]] was in the 1933 release of ''[[Little Women]]'', playing Jo March; Hepburn broke box office records as the feisty, red-haired heroine. Before ''Little Women'' was ever released, however, she had already won her first Oscar. She wouldn't win her next for over thirty years, but when she did, she went an unheard-of three for three on her last three nominations, nominated (and winning) in 1967, 1968 (one of only two actresses to win back-to-back), and 1981.
After ''[[Little Women]]'', Hepburn unfortunately hit a rough patch. For a number of years, she was given unsuitable roles by RKO, in films such as ''The Little Minister'', ''[[Mary of Scotland (film)|Mary of Scotland]]'', ''Sylvia Scarlet'', and ''Quality Street''. Even parts well-regarded now, such as her turn as the title character in ''Alice Adams'', Susan Vance in ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', Terry Randall in ''Stage Door'' (which provided her [[Signature Line]], "The calla lilies are in bloom again..."), and Linda Seton in ''Holiday'' failed to break her reputation as "box office poison." However, 1939 marked her triumphant return as Tracy Lord in ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]''. A long string of memorable films followed, among them ''[[The African Queen]]'' (opposite the legendary [[Humphrey Bogart]]), ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night]]'', ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', and ''[[The Lion in Winter]]''. She also made nine films -- largely romantic comedies -- with [[Spencer Tracy]], whom she met on the set of their first film, ''[[Woman of the Year]]''. The couple [[Romance on the Set|became romantically involved during that film]] and, in spite of Tracy's marriage to another woman whom he refused to divorce, remained together until Tracy's death in 1967. Hepburn categorically refused to watch ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'', their last film together, because the memories of Tracy were too painful for her.
Hepburn is famous for winning four Oscars out of twelve nominations, all for Best Actress. Her next closest competitor, the great [[Meryl Streep]], has seventeen nominations under her belt -- fourteen for Best Actress, three for Best Supporting Actress -- and three wins, two for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress. ([[Ingrid Bergman]] has also won three Academy Awards, but only two of them were for Best Actress.) [[Frances McDormand]] has won four Academy Awards out of seven nominations as of 2021, with three of the wins for Best Actress and the other for Best Picture... but she's still an active actress, so it might only be a matter of time before she matches Katharine Hepburn's record.
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* ''Song of Love'', as [[Clara Schumann]] (1947) -- A [[Biopic]] of [[Dichter and Denker|German composer]] [[Robert Schumann]]
* ''State of the Union'', as Mary Matthews (1948) -- The fifth of her films with Spencer Tracy
* ''[[Adam's Rib]]'', as Amanda Bonner, one of a married couple of contending lawyers (1949) -- The sixth of her films with Spencer Tracy
* ''[[The African Queen]]'', as Rose Sayer (1951)
* ''Pat and Mike'', as Patricia Pemberton (1952) -- The seventh of her films with Spencer Tracy
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* ''Desk Set'', as Bunny Watson (1957) -- The eighth of her films with Spencer Tracy
* ''[[Suddenly, Last Summer]]'' as Violet Venable (1959)
* ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night]]'', as [[The Alcoholic]] Mary Tyrone (1962)
* ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', as Christina Drayton (1967) -- The ninth and last of her films with Spencer Tracy -- The second of her [[Academy Award]]-winning parts
* ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'', as Eleanor of Aquitaine (1968) -- The third of her [[Academy Award]]-winning roles
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