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Katharine Hepburn. 

"When I started out, I didn't have any desire
to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."

Is it any wonder that her autobiography is entitled "Me"?
 

 

But how can you blame her?

 As an actress her professional life was so robust and long-lasting, spanning over half a century:

A Bill of Divorcement (1932) 
Christopher Strong (1933) 
Morning Glory (1933) 
Little Women (1933) 
Spitfire (1934) 
The Little Minister (1934) 
Break of Hearts (1935) 
Alice Adams (1935) 
Sylvia Scarlett (1936) 
Mary of Scotland (1936) 
A Woman Rebels (1936) 
Quality Street (1937) 
Stage Door (1937) 
Bringing Up Baby (1938) 
Holiday (1938) 
The Philadelphia Story (1940) 
Woman of the Year (1942) 
Keeper of the Flame (1942) 
Stage Door Canteen (1943) 
Dragon Seed (1944) 
Without Love (1945) 
Undercurrent (1946) 
The Sea of Grass (1947) 
Song of Love (1947) 
State of the Union (1948) 
Adam's Rib (1949) 
The African Queen (1951) 
Pat and Mike (1952) 
Summertime (1955) 
The Rainmaker (1956) 
The Iron Petticoat (1956) 
Desk Set (1957) 
Suddenly Last Summer (1959) 
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) 
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 
The Lion in Winter (1968) 
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) 
The Trojan Women (1971) 
A Delicate Balance (1973) 
Rooster Cogburn (1975) 
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978) 
On Golden Pond (1981) 
The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley (1985) 
Love Affair (1994) 

She received twelve Academy Award nominations and was honored as the Best Actress four times, for her roles in Morning Glory, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, and On Golden Pond.

Over the course of her life Hepburn was married to or maintained intimate relationships with Ludlow Ogden Smith, Leland Hayward, Howard Hughes, and Spencer Tracy.