Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
88.3 TOPICAL actor score · #41 of 1,977 actors
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) has a TOPICAL actor score of 88.3 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and career standing. They've won 5 acting honours from 7 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. Their best ten-year run was 1933-1942. Best films: The Philadelphia Story (1940), The African Queen (1951), Bringing Up Baby (1938).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours98
Prime92
Their movies94
Credits55
Career standing98
- Acting honours5 wins, 7 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actress; Kennedy Center Honors; Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- Prime1933-1942
- Credits57 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 20 scored films (19 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 130 languages
“In 1999, the American Film Institute named Hepburn the "greatest American screen legend" among females.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Katharine Hepburn's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | The Philadelphia Story | 1940 | 2 |
| 226 | The African Queen | 1951 | 2 |
| 320 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 1967 | 3 |
| 539 | On Golden Pond | 1982 | 1 |
| 584 | The Lion in Winter | 1968 | 2 |
| 607 | Bringing Up Baby | 1938 | 1 |
| 1,047 | Adam's Rib | 1949 | 2 |
| 1,132 | Woman of the Year | 1942 | 2 |
| 1,279 | Suddenly, Last Summer | 1959 | 2 |
| 1,367 | Stage Door | 1937 | 1 |
| 1,606 | Little Women | 1933 | 1 |
| 1,748 | Holiday | 1938 | 1 |
| 2,410 | Summertime | 1955 | 1 |
| 2,451 | Alice Adams | 1935 | 1 |
| 3,069 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | 1962 | 1 |
| 3,356 | Morning Glory | 1933 | 1 |
| 3,383 | Pat and Mike | 1952 | 2 |
| 3,400 | The Rainmaker | 1956 | 2 |
| 4,626 | Dragon Seed | 1944 | 1 |
| 5,463 | Quality Street | 1937 | 1 |