"Outstanding....A biography equal to its subject, warm, honest, fascinating."—Newsday
With Charles Higham, Katharine Hepburn first authorized a writer to interview her closest friends and colleagues about her career, life, and behind-the-scenes romantic involvements from Leland Hayward to Spencer Tracy. And she herself tells the deeply moving story of her twenty-five-year love affair with Tracy. Here is a vivid portrait of the most elegant, independent, and tempestuous star to grace the screen. Over a half million copies sold.Book Description
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Full of anecdote and revealing incidents of [Hepburn's] personal and professional life...rich with the wit and excitement of this bright and attractive woman. The story of the great love between her and Spencer Tracy is told tastefully and perceptively. (Los Angeles Times )
Intriguing....A pleasure and a delight! (Houston Chronicle )
Beautiful....It captures the uncapturable Kate! (Gerold Frank, author of Judy )
Distilled with the essence of Hepburn's pioneering life as a liberated woman, both professionally and personally. (Chicago Tribune )
Intriguing....A pleasure and a delight! (Houston Chronicle )
Beautiful....It captures the uncapturable Kate! (Gerold Frank, author of Judy )
Distilled with the essence of Hepburn's pioneering life as a liberated woman, both professionally and personally. (Chicago Tribune )
About the Author
Charles Higham was Hollywood correspondent for the New York Times for many years. He is the author of the best-selling Errol Flynn and other biographies.
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~A Katharine Kind of a Biography~,
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This review is from: Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn (Paperback)
This is a wonderful biography for anyone who want to know everything about Kate. This book focuses a lot on her career and the people she met along the way. After reading this book, I had no idea what kind of a person she was, she was definitely not your average movie star who adored the glamour of Hollywood but a fiesty red-headed women who was charismatic towards whatever she did. A must for any Katharine Hepburn fan or classic movie star fan.
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MY EXPECTATIONS WERE NOT DELIVERED!!!!!!!!!!,
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This review is from: Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn (Paperback)
I expected to read an interesting story regarding this woman who graced the stage and screen as a dynamic actress over numerous years. However, this novel was indeed boring to me. It had no excitement in it as far as I am concerned and believe me I am an avid reader. I was definitely hoping for more and it did not DELIVER at all for me.
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New York, George Cukor, Pan Berman, Alice Adams, Katharine Hepburn, Leland Hayward, Laura Harding, Miss Hepburn, New England, The Philadelphia Story, Cary Grant, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Bill of Divorcement, Ely Landau, Michael Benthall, Philip Barry, Spencer Tracy, Turtle Bay, Constance Collier, David Selznick, Eddie Killey, George Stevens, Tracy Lord, Alan Jay Lerner New!
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New York, George Cukor, Pan Berman, Alice Adams, Katharine Hepburn, Leland Hayward, Laura Harding, Miss Hepburn, New England, The Philadelphia Story, Cary Grant, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Bill of Divorcement, Ely Landau, Michael Benthall, Philip Barry, Spencer Tracy, Turtle Bay, Constance Collier, David Selznick, Eddie Killey, George Stevens, Tracy Lord, Alan Jay Lerner New!
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- The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl. by Dorothy Rlchardson on page 73, page 191, and page 224
- Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter on page 127, and page 129
- Measure for Measure (Signet Classics) by William Shakespeare on page 160, and page 163
- The Lion in Winter (Penguin Plays) by James Goldman on page 205, and page 207
- The Taming of the Shrew (New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare on page 160, and page 163
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- Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A. Scotti in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Katharine Hepburn: Star as Feminist (Film and Culture Series) by Andrew Britton in Back Matter
- You Can Go Home Again: Reconnecting with Your Family by Monica McGoldrick in Back Matter
- Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) by Jeffrey L. Carrier on page 198
- Acting in the Cinema by James Naremore in Back Matter
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