KATHARINE HEPBURN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 252677
Price: $900.00
KATHARINE HEPBURN
The actress known for her professional and personal relationship with fellow
actor Spencer Tracy signed this handwritten letter of thanks
Autograph Letter Signed: "Katharine Hepburn", Two pages, 3¾x5, conjoined
leaves. No place, no date. To Mr. Crabtree. In full: "What a very nice letter - I to
know about the M.G.H. work & know Robert Young who is one of the men working
on the project - it is mainly successful with hands - but we shall see what we shall
see - Your Grandma & my Grandpa - How decent of you to be interested- as I
know Raymond Adams & Young I shall not call Dr Wolf but I appreciate very much
your thoughts & his. Thank you." Dr. Robert Young led the genitourinary
pathology group providing diagnostic services to patients at Massachusetts
General Hospital (M.G.H.). Dr. Raymond Adams was a Senior Neurologist at
M.G.H. Stage, screen, and television actress Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
was nominated for 12 Academy Awards for Best Actress, winning four:
Morning Glory (1934), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in
Winter (1969) and On Golden Pond (1982). She won an Emmy for Love
Among the Ruins (1975). Altogether, she notched 12 Oscar, 4 Emmy and 2
Tony nominations. Like many film actors and actresses, she first broke into
show business on the stage, making her first appearances on Broadway in 1928
with roles in Night Hostess and These Days. She returned to Broadway
frequently throughout her career, sometimes to rehabilitate her public image. Her
final role on Broadway was in the comedy The West Side Waltz (1982), which
she starred in. In 1932, she made her first appearance in a film, starring in A Bill
of Divorcement alongside John Barrymore. Over the decades, she played
opposite most of her era's biggest stars, including Cary Grant, Humphrey
Bogart, John Wayne, Laurence Olivier, Henry Fonda, and Spencer Tracy, the
latter of whom she made nine films with. Her intimate relationship with Tracy
spanned 26 years (until his death in 1967) and is the most famous extramarital
affair in the history of Hollywood. Tracy was married to Louise Tracy, and the
two had been estranged for years. Later in life, Hepburn starred in several
television movies, the last being One Christmas (1994). In 1991, she published
an autobiography titled Me: Stories of My Life. To the present day, Hepburn
remains a significant cultural icon due to her prolific career and disregard for the
Hollywood social scene and its conventions at the time. After she divorced in
1934, she never married again, choosing to live independently for the rest of her
life. Her career floundered at times, particularly in the years just before WWII
broke out from 1934-1940. This can be partially attributed to her poor
relationship with the press, whom she refused to deal with cordially in many
cases. She was named the greatest female star in the history of Hollywood by
the American Film Institute in 1999, although naturally some disagree.
Slightly creased. Ink smudged at 2 words on second page (all legible). Lightly
soiled, lightly toned at mid-vertical fold. Otherwise, fine condition.
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