She quickly bought the film rights, and so was able to negotiate her way back to Hollywood on her own terms, including her choice of director and co-stars. With so many flops, she came to be labeled 'box-office poison.' She decided to go back to Broadway to star in 'The Philadelphia Story' (1938), and was rewarded with a smash. From the period 1935-1938, she had only two hits: Alice Adams (1935), which brought her her second Oscar nomination, and Stage Door (1937) the many flops included Break of Hearts (1935), Sylvia Scarlett (1935), Mary of Scotland (1936), Quality Street (1937) and the now-classic Виховання крихітки (1938). When she returned to Hollywood, things didn't get much better. Audiences were shocked at her unconventional behavior instead of applauding it, and so when she returned to Broadway in 1934 to star in 'The Lake', the critics panned her and the audiences, who at first bought up tickets, soon deserted her. But stories were beginning to leak out, of her haughty behavior off- screen and her refusal to play the Hollywood Game, always wearing slacks and no makeup, never posing for pictures or giving interviews. Her fourth, Маленькі жінки (1933), was the most successful picture of its day. For her third, Morning Glory (1933), she won her first Academy Award. The film was a hit, and after agreeing to her salary demands, RKO signed her to a contract. The inevitable film offers followed after make a few screen tests, she was cast in A Bill of Divorcement (1932), opposite John Barrymore. She finally broke into stardom when she took the starring role of the Amazon princess Antiope in 'A Warrior's Husband' (1932). She always attracted attention, especially for her role in 'Art and Mrs. After graduating, she began getting small roles in plays on Broadway and elsewhere. She did attend Bryn Mawr College, where she decided to become an actress, appearing in many of their productions. She became shy around girls her age and was largely schooled at home. For many years afterward, she used his November 8 birthdate as her own.

An athletic tomboy as a child, she was very close to her brother Tom at 14 she was devastated to find him dead, the apparent result of accidentally hanging himself while practicing a hanging trick their father had taught them.

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential.

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