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Katharine Hepburn Acting Filmography (99)

True Blue
2025·(Archive Footage)
Call Me Kate
2023·Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021·Self (archive footage)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019·(archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018·Self (archive footage)
In Search of Tracy Lord
2017·Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
2017·Self (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014·Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010·Self / Rose Sayer (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010·Self (archive footage)
Early Directors on Directing
2009·Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004·Coco Chanel (segment "Coco")
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004·Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003·Self (Archive Footage)
Complicated Women
2003·Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997·Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997·Self (Archival Footage)
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1996·Self (voice) (uncredited)
Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
1996·Self
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995·Self
Love Affair
1994·Ginny
One Christmas
1994·Cornelia Beaumont
This Can't Be Love
1994·Marion Bennett
That's Entertainment! III
1994·(archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994·Mrs. Venable (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
1993·Self
Roots of Roe
1993·Katharine Houghton-Hepburn (voice)
The Man Upstairs
1992·Victoria Brown
Fonda on Fonda
1992·Self (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III
1990·Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989·Self
Laura Lansing Slept Here
1988·Laura Lansing
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988·Self
Bacall on Bogart
1988·Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988·Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988·Self (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987·Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987·Self
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
1986·Margaret Delafield
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986·Self – Host
Grace Quigley
1985·Grace Quigley
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985·Self
On Golden Pond
1981·Ethel Thayer
The Corn Is Green
1979·Miss Lilly Moffat
Olly Olly Oxen Free
1978·Miss Pudd
Love Among the Ruins
1976·Jessica Medlicott
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·(archive footage)
Rooster Cogburn
1975·Eula Goodnight
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974·(archive footage) (uncredited)
A Delicate Balance
1973·Agnes
The Glass Menagerie
1973·Amanda Wingfield
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972·Self (archive footage)
The Trojan Women
1971·Hecuba
Directed by John Ford
1971·Self
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969·Contessa Aurelia
The Lion in Winter
1968·Eleanor of Aquitaine
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967·Christina Drayton
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964·Tracy Lord (archive footage)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1962·Mary Tyrone
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961·Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959·Violet Venable
Desk Set
1957·Bunny Watson
The Iron Petticoat
1956·Captain Vinka Kovalenko
The Rainmaker
1956·Lizzie Curry
Summertime
1955·Jane Hudson
Pat and Mike
1952·Patricia "Pat" Pemberton
The African Queen
1951·Rose Sayer
The Costume Designer
1950·Self (archive footage)
Adam's Rib
1949·Amanda Bonner
State of the Union
1948·Mary Matthews
The Sea of Grass
1947·Lutie Cameron Brewton
Song of Love
1947·Clara Wieck Schumann
Undercurrent
1946·Ann Hamilton
Without Love
1945·Jamie Rowan
Dragon Seed
1944·Jade Tan
Twenty Years After
1944·(archive footage)
Keeper of the Flame
1943·Christine Forrest
Stage Door Canteen
1943·Katharine Hepburn
Woman of the Year
1942·Tess Harding
Women in Defense
1941·Narrator (voice)
The Philadelphia Story
1940·Tracy Lord
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940·Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940·Self
Bringing Up Baby
1938·Susan Vance
Holiday
1938·Linda Seton
Stage Door
1937·Terry Randall
Quality Street
1937·Phoebe Throssel
Mary of Scotland
1936·Mary Stuart
A Woman Rebels
1936·Pamela 'Pam' Thistlewaite
Sylvia Scarlett
1935·Sylvia Scarlett
Alice Adams
1935·Alice Adams
Break of Hearts
1935·Constance Dane Roberti
The Little Minister
1934·Barbara 'Babbie'
Spitfire
1934·Trigger Hicks
Morning Glory
1933·Eva Lovelace
Christopher Strong
1933·Lady Cynthia Darrington
Little Women
1933·Jo
A Bill of Divorcement
1932·Sydney Fairfield