Kate : the woman who was Hepburn / William J. Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, William J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003.

Hepburn, Katharine.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 621 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : H. Holt, 2006.

Summary:

The first major Katharine Hepburn biography independent of her control reveals the smart, complicated, and sophisticated woman behind the image.

Contents:

Preface: Catch Her If You Can xiii

1 A Sea Change 1

2 Such a Good Fairy-Tale Teller 15

3 Nobody Likes Crybabies 23

4 Jimmy Was Her Name 36

5 Some People Are New York 47

6 Taking What Life Has to Offer 57

7 Never a Member of the Club 69

8 Getting Her Balance 79

9 Flying Up onto a Pink Cloud 96

10 Ecstasy 111

11 The End of Her Virtue 129

12 All the Sort of Highbrow Customs 141

13 The Beautiful Scent of Orange Blossoms 160

14 Liking Everything About the Movies 178

15 No Secrets from the World 197

16 A Terrible Price for Fame 215

17 A Young Man Wearing Lipstick 234

18 Thinking a Thousand Things 247

19 People Who Want to Be Famous 265

20 They Say She's a Has-Been 284

21 Simply Ahead of the Times 303

22 What Was It, Spence? 321

23 Silencing the Most Articulate Voice 344

24 Fancy Her, a Heroine 365

25 Somehow Very Right About Things 386

26 Quality Comes First 407

27 Dear, Dear Friend 425

28 Kissing Her in the Street 439

29 Proving She's the Best Guy 457

30 Always Discreet Until Now 475

31 On the Top of the World 493

32 Apotheosis 516.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [533]-589) and index.

ISBN:

0805076255

OCLC:

64594508

Publisher Number:

9780805076257

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