Katharine Hepburn awards and nominationsHepburn in 1942
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^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
Hepburn's four Academy Awards for Best Actress , which are on display in the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career spanned 67 years through eight decades (1928–1995), during which she was honored with many of the industry's top awards. Hepburn was nominated for a total of 12 Academy Awards for Best Actress , and won four – the record number of wins for a performer. She received two awards and five nominations from the British Academy Film Awards , one award and six nominations from the Emmy Awards , eight Golden Globe nominations, and two Tony Award nominations.
Hepburn won four Academy Awards , the record number for a performer, and received a total of 12 Oscar nominations for Best Actress — a number surpassed only by Meryl Streep .[ 1] Hepburn also holds the record for the longest time span between first and last Oscar nominations, at 48 years.[ 1] She won for Best Actress for her roles as an actress on her journey to stardom in Morning Glory (1933), a mother who's shocked when her daughter is engaged a black man in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1968), and an elderly woman in On Golden Pond (1981). She was Oscar-nominated for Alice Adams (1935), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), The African Queen (1951), Summertime (1955), The Rainmaker (1956), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), and Long Day's Journey into Night (1962).
International awards from the Cannes Film Festival , Venice Film Festival , the New York Film Critics Circle Awards , the People's Choice Awards , and others. Hepburn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. She also won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979, and received the Kennedy Center Honors , which recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, in 1990.[ 2] [ 3]
She also won awards from the Cannes Film Festival , Venice Film Festival , and Montréal World Film Festival ; the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards; the People's Choice Awards , the Laurel Awards , the Golden Apple Awards , the American Movie Awards, the American Comedy Awards , and the David di Donatello Awards . Hepburn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. She also received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1979, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1990.
Outside of acting, Hepburn also received recognition from the American Humanist Association and the Council of Fashion Designers of America . In 2000, at age 93, she was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema .
Miscellaneous awards [ edit ]
Notes
^ a b "Academy Awards Best Actress" . filmsite. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2011 .
^ "Katharine Hepburn – Awards" . Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011 .
^ "List of Kennedy Center Honorees" . The Kennedy Center. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2011 .
^ "6th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "8th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "13th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "15th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "24th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "28th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "29th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "32nd Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "35th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "40th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "41st Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "54th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1974 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1975 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1979 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1986 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1993 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Katharine Hepburn - Golden Globes" . Golden Globe Awards . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "30th Annual Grammy Awards" . Recording Academy . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "34th Annual Grammy Awards" . Recording Academy . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "1979 Screen Actors Guild Awards" . Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved August 18, 2024 .
^ "1st Screen Actors Guild Awards" . Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "The 1970 Tony Award Nominations" . American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "The 1982 Tony Award Nominations" . American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 31, 2024 .
^ "Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists" (PDF) . New York Times .
^ "17th Screen Actors Guild Awards" . Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved August 18, 2024 .
Awards for Katharine Hepburn
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1946–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
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