10 ELEMENTS
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Birthplace and Place:
Katharine was born on May 12th, 1907 in Connecticut on 22 Hudson Street. Her family was living in Connecticut for the convenience of it being close to the hospital that her father was working at.
Family Members:
Katharine was born to Katharine Houghton whom was born February 2nd, 1878 and Dr. Thomas Hepburn whom was born on December 18th, 1879. Her father was a doctor and her mother fought for the rights of woman. Over the course of fifteen years, Katharines’ parents had six children. The order of the siblings goes; Tom (1905), Kath (1907), Dick (1911), Bob (1913), Marion (1918), and Peg (1920). When Kath was only fourteen and her brother Tom was sixteen, Tom had “accidentally” hung himself to see if her could master the trick of escaping a death trap like his father, but failed. Kath had went to check on him, and found her brother hanging by a cloth wrapped around his neck. She then told her aunt, who had been watching the kids while their parents were away. When they came home and everything became real for Katharine’s mother she later died of shock and depression due to the loss of his son. 
Childhood and School Life:
Katharine was the fearless child of the group of kids she hung out with in her neighborhood. She was considered a tomboy and loved to adventure and climb in trees and play with the boys. Her brothers and boys around the neighborhood nicknamed her Tom.
Hobbies, Interests and Activities:
As a child Katharine enjoyed diving, climbing in trees and adventuring with the neighborhood kids and siblings. She was known as a tomboy and would go by Tom. When she got older and went to college she sparked an interest for acting, and that is how she became famous.
Anecdotes:
When Katharine was 14, her aunt was watching her aunt was watching her and her siblings while her parents were away on vacation. Katharine went up to talk to her brother Tom to find that he had hung himself in the rafters. The family figured that he was trying to escape it like his father was able to.
Throughout Katharines acting career she had been hired and fired from many different shows, plays, and even movies. It took her many years to land to land a steady acting job. She never took getting let go from a job personally.
Career:
After she got out of college she decided that she wanted to be an actress. Her father never really approved of acting as a job for his daughter, but he loved her so much that he invested in her acting career and helped her out as much as he could. Katharine spent almost all of her time trying to fit her personality into her parts that she was playing in order to be the best at that part!
Reason for Fame:
She became well known as a child because of both of her parents being involved in the suffragists movement. She then went to school for a while, but wanted to pursue acting instead. Her father did not approve of this, but had always promised to support her in anything and everything she did. She became famous for acting in her twenties.
Later Life/ Old Age:
She left her home in California and she enjoyed her later years very much. She lived lavishly, but humbly as well. She spent much of her time thinking about her loved ones that had passed away. Although she was a well known actress, she was never honored.
Death:
Katharine Hepburn died on June 29th, 2003 in Fenwick, Connecticut. She spent all of her summers there. Katharine had died of natural causes/
Photos:
There are many famous photos of Katharine from her movies and scenes and also simple photos with her family.
