Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars

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Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 3, 2017 0:02:39 GMT

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Screen Legend Katharine Hepburn is recognised by the American Film Institute as perhaps the greatest American actress of all time, ranking number 1 in their famous '25 Stars' list. When I was young, nobody thought Hepburn's Oscar records could ever fall - a staggering 12 nominations & 4 wins. Meryl Streep has not only beaten Hepburn's record for nominations, she's shattered it, with 20 nominations and counting (Jack Nicholson has equalled her tally with 12). But Hepburn is still the only performer with 4 acting awards, a major achievement that may never be matched.

If you could cast the deciding vote at the Academy, which 4 performances given by Katharine Hepburn would you have given her 4 Oscars for? Or would you stick with the Academy's choice quartet?

Hepburn was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:

6th Academy Awards (1934): Best Actress, win, for Morning Glory
8th Academy Awards (1936): Best Actress, nomination, for Alice Adams
13th Academy Awards (1941): Best Actress, nomination, for The Philadelphia Story
15th Academy Awards (1943): Best Actress, nomination, for Woman of the Year
24th Academy Awards (1952): Best Actress, nomination, for The African Queen
28th Academy Awards (1956): Best Actress, nomination, for Summertime
29th Academy Awards (1957): Best Actress, nomination, for The Rainmaker
32nd Academy Awards (1960): Best Actress, nomination, for Suddenly, Last Summer
35th Academy Awards (1963): Best Actress, nomination, for Long Day's Journey into Night
40th Academy Awards (1968): Best Actress, win, for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
41st Academy Awards (1969): Best Actress, win, for The Lion in Winter (shared with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl)
54th Academy Awards (1982): Best Actress, win, for On Golden Pond

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."

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Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 3, 2017 1:17:55 GMT petrolino likes this

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I am OK with her “Morning Glory” win, but she plays a very similar character in “Bringing Up Baby” (a motor-mouth bubblehead, although other details are very different). I might, if omnipotent, substitute BUB for MG because “Baby” is a much better picture overall and Kate’s character is much better written.

I am fine with “The Lion In Winter.”

Her turn as Mary Tyrone in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is one of the finest performances in film history, so that is my third choice.

Last, I will go with her privileged but anguished upper-crust rebel in “Holiday.”

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Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 3, 2017 2:40:41 GMT

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Sept 3, 2017 1:17:55 GMT mikef6 said:

I am OK with her “Morning Glory” win, but she plays a very similar character in “Bringing Up Baby” (a motor-mouth bubblehead, although other details are very different). I might, if omnipotent, substitute BUB for MG because “Baby” is a much better picture overall and Kate’s character is much better written.

I am fine with “The Lion In Winter.”

Her turn as Mary Tyrone in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is one of the finest performances in film history, so that is my third choice.

Last, I will go with her privileged but anguished upper-crust rebel in “Holiday.”

'Holiday' is an excellent choice.

You mention Hepburn's work under Sidney Lumet's direction in 'Long Day’s Journey Into Night'. Have you seen Lumet's picture 'Stage Struck' (1958)? It's a remake of 'Morning Glory', adapted from the play by Zoe Akins. Susan Strasberg's performance seems to divide opinion.

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Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 3, 2017 3:01:30 GMT petrolino likes this

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Sept 3, 2017 2:40:41 GMT petrolino said:

Sept 3, 2017 1:17:55 GMT mikef6 said:

You mention Hepburn's work under Sidney Lumet's direction in 'Long Day’s Journey Into Night'. Have you seen Lumet's picture 'Stage Struck' (1958)? It's a remake of 'Morning Glory', adapted from the play by Zoe Akins. Susan Strasberg's performance seems to divide opinion.

I know OF the movie but haven't been able to get hold of it yet. Someday...! I do like Susan Strasberg in the few things I've seen her in.

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Sept 3, 2017 3:01:30 GMT mikef6 said:

Sept 3, 2017 2:40:41 GMT petrolino said:

You mention Hepburn's work under Sidney Lumet's direction in 'Long Day’s Journey Into Night'. Have you seen Lumet's picture 'Stage Struck' (1958)? It's a remake of 'Morning Glory', adapted from the play by Zoe Akins. Susan Strasberg's performance seems to divide opinion.

I know OF the movie but haven't been able to get hold of it yet. Someday...! I do like Susan Strasberg in the few things I've seen her in.

Susan Strasberg rocks. Big shoes to fill, so she wisely goes her own way.

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kijii Elite Member @kijii Posts: 20,134 Likes: 3,518	Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 3, 2017 5:48:16 GMT petrolino likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kijii on Sept 3, 2017 5:48:16 GMT Draw The African Queen for her range in the movie. Discard - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner .........to keep it at 4.
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Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 5, 2017 20:26:37 GMT

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Sept 3, 2017 5:48:16 GMT kijii said:

Draw The African Queen for her range in the movie.
Discard - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
.........to keep it at 4.

I'd discard 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' too. Bette Davis said Hepburn deserved the Oscar for 'Alice Adams' (1935) over her performance in 'Dangerous' (1935).

"Alice Adams remains one of Katharine Hepburn’s most memorable performances and it’s the role that defined her in the 1930s. Hepburn’s characterization of the Booth Tarkington character is the one that launched a thousand Hepburn impersonations, with Kate’s memorable line ( “Really I do, really”) becoming the words used to “channel” an impression of her, though she never speaks the line quite that way; see the above capture with her actual words. It’s attributed to her like “You, you dirty rat” is for James Cagney and the “Judy Judy Judy” routine is for Cary Grant."

- C.K. Dexter Haven, Hollywood Dreamland

Like William Faulkner and John Updike, the novelist Booth Tarkington won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice.

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Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 8, 2017 5:22:20 GMT twothousandonemark and petrolino like this

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Post by louise on Sept 8, 2017 5:22:20 GMT

the African Queen - i thought she was excellent in that.

i personally don't care much for Guess Who's coming to Dinner, none of the characters really appealed to me, including hers.

gunshotwound Junior Member @gunshotwound Posts: 1,146 Likes: 481	Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 8, 2017 9:57:21 GMT petrolino likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gunshotwound on Sept 8, 2017 9:57:21 GMT The African Queen Summertime Long Day's Journey into Night The Lion in Winter (shared with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl)
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petrolino Revered Member "People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. @petrolino Posts: 27,825 Likes: 21,324	Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars Sept 10, 2017 4:12:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by petrolino on Sept 10, 2017 4:12:45 GMT Sept 8, 2017 9:57:21 GMT gunshotwound said: The African Queen Summertime Long Day's Journey into Night The Lion in Winter (shared with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl) She's great in 'Summertime'.
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Katharine Hepburn's Record 4 Oscars

Post by petrolino on Sept 3, 2017 0:02:39 GMT

Post by mikef6 on Sept 3, 2017 1:17:55 GMT

Post by petrolino on Sept 3, 2017 2:40:41 GMT

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Post by petrolino on Sept 3, 2017 3:06:22 GMT

Post by kijii on Sept 3, 2017 5:48:16 GMT

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Post by petrolino on Sept 10, 2017 4:12:45 GMT