Introduction
What follows is a chronological listing of Katharine Hepburn's feature film appearances, include the name of the character she played, her leading man, and her director. Also featured here is a detailed listing of her Academy Award nominations and wins.
Features
Short subjects
Year | # | Title | Role |
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1941 | 1 | Women in Defense | Narrator |
1946 | 2 | American Creed | Narrator |
1949 | 3 | Some of the Best |
Academy Awards
During her career as a motion picture actress, Katharine Hepburn received a total of 12 Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a leading role. Out of these 12 nominations she won 4 times. Below is a complete list of her nominations along with her fellow nominees.
- 1932–1933 Katharine Hepburn – Morning Glory as Eva Lovelace
- May Robson – Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
- Diana Wynyard – Cavalcade as Jane Marryot
(Note: The Academy also announced that Robson came in second, and Wynyard last).
- 1935 Bette Davis – Dangerous as Joyce Heath
- Elisabeth Bergner – Escape Me Never as Gemma Jones
- Claudette Colbert – Private Worlds as Dr. Jane Everest
- Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams as Alice Adams
- Miriam Hopkins – Becky Sharp as Becky Sharp
- Merle Oberon – The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane
(Note: The Academy also announced that Hepburn came in second, and Bergner third).
- 1940 Ginger Rogers – Kitty Foyle as Kitty Foyle
- Bette Davis – The Letter as Leslie Crosbie
- Joan Fontaine – Rebecca as The Second Mrs. de Winter
- Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story as Tracy Lord
- Martha Scott – Our Town as Emily Webb
- 1942 Greer Garson – Mrs. Miniver as Mrs. Miniver
- Bette Davis – Now, Voyager as Charlotte Vale
- Katharine Hepburn – Woman of the Year as Tess Harding
- Rosalind Russell – My Sister Eileen as Ruth Sherwood
- Teresa Wright – The Pride of the Yankees as Eleanor Twitchell
- 1951 Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche DuBois
- Katharine Hepburn – The African Queen as Rose Sayer
- Eleanor Parker – Detective Story as Mary McLeod
- Shelley Winters – A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp
- Jane Wyman – The Blue Veil as Louise Mason
- 1955 Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo as Serafina Delle Rose
- Susan Hayward – I'll Cry Tomorrow as Lillian Roth
- Katharine Hepburn – Summertime as Jane Hudson
- Jennifer Jones – Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Dr. Han Suyin
- Eleanor Parker – Interrupted Melody as Marjorie 'Margie' Lawrence
- 1956 Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia as Anna Koreff / Anastasia
- Carroll Baker – Baby Doll as Baby Doll Meighan
- Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker as Lizzie Curry
- Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed as Christine Penmark
- Deborah Kerr – The King and I as Anna Leonowens
- 1959 Simone Signoret – Room at the Top as Alice Aisgill
- Doris Day – Pillow Talk as Jan Morrow
- Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story as Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)
- Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer as Violet Venable
- Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer as Catherine Holly
- 1962 Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker as Annie Sullivan
- Bette Davis – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Baby Jane Hudson
- Katharine Hepburn – Long Day's Journey Into Night as Mary Tyrone
- Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth as Alexandra Del Lago
- Lee Remick – Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
- 1967 Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Christina Drayton
- Anne Bancroft – The Graduate as Mrs. Robinson
- Faye Dunaway – Bonnie and Clyde as Bonnie Parker
- Edith Evans – The Whisperers as Maggie Ross
- Audrey Hepburn – Wait Until Dark as Susy Hendrix
- 1968 Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter as Eleanor of Aquitaine (tie) Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl as Fanny Brice
- Patricia Neal – The Subject was Roses as Nettie Cleary
- Vanessa Redgrave – Isadora as Isadora Duncan
- Joanne Woodward – Rachel, Rachel as Rachel Cameron
- 1981 Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer
- Diane Keaton – Reds as Louise Bryant
- Marsha Mason – Only When I Laugh as Georgia
- Susan Sarandon – Atlantic City as Sally Matthews
- Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sarah / Anna