Katharine Hepburn

Katherine Houghton, Lady Harrison (born May 12, 1907) is an British–American actress. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received a record of four Academy Awards for Best Actress. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

Hepburn's career originally ran from 1928 until 1994 but had returned to small roles between 2008 and 2013 and again in 2017 but plans to retire once and for all after one final TV appearance in 2019. She is the only actress on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list to reach 100. In 1927 aged 19 she married British actor James Harrison and in early 2018 they became the longest married couple of all-time and were the first to reach 91 years of marriage. In 2017 she joined her husband as the only people on the AFI's 100 Stars list to reach 110.