Another 13 years passed before Hepburn won her fourth and final Best Actress prize for the sentimental weepy “On Golden Pond” (1981), which also brought Henry Fonda his long overdue prize in Best Actor.
Just one year later, she clenched a third Best Actress prize for the royal drama “The Lion in Winter” (1968), famously tying with Barbra Streisand (“Funny Girl”). It took 34 years before Hepburn won her second Oscar for the interracial marriage message movie “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” (1967), the last film she made with frequent leading man Spencer Tracy, who died shortly after filming.
She returned to theater with “The Philadelphia Story,” and the 1940 film version provided her with a big screen comeback from which she never faltered. Despite this early success, Hepburn found herself labeled “box office poison” after a series of flops throughout the decade. With four Oscars victories in Best Actress, Katharine Hepburn holds the record for the most wins by any performer, but how many of her titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 20 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.īorn in 1907, Hepburn got her start on the stage before setting her sights on Hollywood, winning her first Oscar for playing an aspiring Broadway star in “Morning Glory” (1933).
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