List of awards and nominations received by Katharine Hepburn explained

Katharine Hepburn awards and nominations
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Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career spanned 67 years through eight decades (1928 - 1995), during which she was honored with many of the industry's top awards.

In 2000, at age 93, she was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema.

Awards synopsis

Hepburn was nominated for a total of 12 Academy Awards for Best Actress, and won four  - the record number of wins for a performer. She received two awards and five nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, one award and six nominations from the Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe nominations, and two Tony Award nominations.

She also won awards from the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Montréal World Film Festival; the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards; the People's Choice Awards, the Laurel Awards, the Golden Apple Awards, the American Movie Awards, the American Comedy Awards, and the David di Donatello Awards.

Hepburn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. She also won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979, and received the Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, in 1990. Outside of acting, Hepburn also received recognition from the American Humanist Association and the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Hepburn won four Academy Awards, the record number for a performer, and received a total of 12 Oscar nominations for Best Actress — a number surpassed only by Meryl Streep.[1] Hepburn also holds the record for the longest time span between first and last Oscar nominations, at 48 years. International awards from the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the People's Choice Awards, and others. Hepburn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. She also won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979, and received the Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, in 1990.[2] [3]

Recognitions

List of awards and nominations received by Katharine Hepburn
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1934Best ActressMorning Glory
1936Alice Adams
1941The Philadelphia Story
1943Woman of the Year
1952The African Queen
1956Summertime
1957The Rainmaker
1960Suddenly, Last Summer
1963Long Day's Journey into Night
1968Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1969The Lion in Winter
1982On Golden Pond
1953Best Foreign ActressThe African Queen
1956Summertime
1958The Rainmaker
1969Best ActressGuess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Lion in Winter
1983On Golden Pond

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. Hepburn has received eight nominations, including one in Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, six from Best Actress in a Drama, and one from Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.

YearCategoryFilmResultWinner
1953Best Actress - Musical or ComedyPat and MikeSusan Hayward (With a Song in My Heart)
1957Best Actress - DramaThe RainmakerIngrid Bergman (Anastasia)
1960Suddenly, Last SummerElizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer)
1963Long Day's Journey into NightGeraldine Page (Sweet Bird of Youth)
1968Guess Who's Coming to DinnerEdith Evans (The Whisperers)
1969The Lion in WinterJoanne Woodward (Rachel, Rachel)
1982On Golden PondMeryl Streep (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
1993Best Actress - Miniseries or Television FilmThe Man UpstairsLaura Dern (Afterburn)

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, is an annual award show presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry. The ceremonial event was first held on May 4, 1959.

Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American prime time television programming. First given in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the Emmy Awards or Emmy.

YearCategoryFilmResultWinner
1974Best Actress in a DramaThe Glass MenagerieCicely Tyson (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman)
1975Best Actress in a Special - Drama or ComedyLove Among the Ruins
1979Best Actress in a Limited Series or SpecialThe Corn is GreenBette Davis ()
1986Best Actress in a Miniseries or SpecialMrs. Delafield Wants to MarryMarlo Thomas (Nobody's Child)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or SpecialOutstanding Informational Special]]The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine HepburnRobert B. Weide and Ronald J. Fields (W. C. Fields: Straight Up)
1993Katharine Hepburn: All About MeLucie Arnaz, Laurence Luckinbill, and Don Buford (Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie)

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known informally as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.

YearCategoryPlayResultWinner
1970Best Actress in a MusicalCocoLauren Bacall (Applause)
1982Best Actress in a PlayThe West Side WaltzZoe Caldwell (Medea)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

YearCategoryFilmResultWinner
1979Lifetime Achievement Award
1995Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV MovieOne ChristmasJoanne Woodward (Breathing Lessons)

Festival awards

YearAwardFilmResultWinner
1934Venice Film Festival Award for Best ActressLittle Women
1962Cannes Film Festival Award for Best ActressLong Day's Journey into Night
1984Montréal World Film Festival, Special Prize of the JuryGrace Quigley

Critics awards

YearAwardFilmResultWinner
1940New York Film Critics Award for Best ActressThe Philadelphia Story
1965Mexican Cinema Journalists Award for Best Foreign ActressLong Day's Journey Into Night
1973Kansas City Film Critics Award for Best ActressThe Trojan Women

People's Choice Awards

YearCategoryFilmResultWinner
1976Favorite Motion Picture Actress
1983

Laurel Awards

YearCategoryFilmResultWinner
1960Top Female Dramatic PerformanceSuddenly, Last SummerElizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer)
1963Long Day's Journey into NightLee Remick (Days of Wine and Roses)
1970The Lion in Winter
Top Female Star
1971Top Female Star

Golden Apple Awards

YearCategoryFilmResultWinner
1975Female Star of the Year
1982

Other

YearAwardFilmResultWinner
1958Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
1960Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1968David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign ActressGuess Who's Coming to Dinner
1979Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame[4]
1982American Movie Award for Best ActressOn Golden Pond
1985American Humanist Association, Humanist Arts Award
1985Council of Fashion Designers of America, Lifetime Achievement Award
1989American Comedy Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy
1990Kennedy Center Honors

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Academy Awards Best Actress. filmsite. October 16, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211063526/http://www.filmsite.org/bestactress.html. February 11, 2015.
  2. Web site: Katharine Hepburn – Awards . Internet Movie Database . September 27, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004074300/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000031/awards . October 4, 2011.
  3. Web site: List of Kennedy Center Honorees. The Kennedy Center. October 16, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20150114061915/http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history.cfm. January 14, 2015.
  4. News: Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists. New York Times.