Katharine Hepburn is shown in this 1934 photo in the film

Hollywood star-to-be Katharine Hepburn and co-star Adolphe Menjou are pictured in the 1933 film,

Screen actress Katharine Hepburn is shown in her film debut opposite John Barrymore in the 1932 film

Jan 01, 1930 - Paris, FRANCE - An iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence, KATHARINE HEPBURN fires a cigarette to a work colleague CLARK GABLE. Gable was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Jan 01, 1930 - Paris, FRANCE - A screen legend, KATHARINE HEPBURN holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from twelve nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1975 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins, and was nominated for four other Emmys and two Tony Awards during the course of her more than 70-year acting career. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Hepburn as the number one female star in their Greatest American Screen Legends list (AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars). Hepburn had a famous and longtime romance with Spencer Tracy, both on- and off-screen. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine