Talk:Katharine Hepburn

(Lack of) relationship with Audrey Hepburn
I previously thought these two actresses were related. Maybe others do too? Could be worth pointing out somewhere in the article that they are not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.198.122 (talk) 00:37, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * There's a few comments in Archives 1.


 * It seems it was in the article. It mentions that the Audrey page got embellished. I'm guessing it's been removed (from here) because it's no longer a “common question”.
 * MBG02 (talk) 03:59, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Never Katherine.
ChatGPT and Perplexity (AI chat bots) have both [WRONGLY] just told me that: she changed the spelling of her first name to "Katharine" with an "a".

ChatGPT said:
 * it occurred around 1932 and it's believed that she wanted a more unique spelling of her name to stand out in the entertainment industry.
 * Additionally, she wanted to differentiate herself from another actress named Katherine Hepburn, who was already established in Hollywood.
 * ChatGPT doesn't cite references.

Perplexity cites references: it claimed;
 * Katharine Hepburn came up with her stage name during the early years of her acting career. After her Broadway debut, she appeared under the alias "Katharine Burns." However, she later changed the spelling of her first name to "Katharine" with an "a" to avoid being associated with potential scandals in the future.


 * The “Burns” bit is in the reference . The “scandals” bit refers to dialogue from a character she played (that changed her name!).

MBG02 (talk) 04:00, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Tremor
Today the article says "By the 1980s, Hepburn had developed a noticeable tremor, giving her a permanently shaking head." Is it just me—or isn't this already obvious in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, in 1967, well before the 1980s? I also have the uncertain recollection that she mentioned this in her talk with Dick Cavett, in the fall of 1973.

President Lethe (talk) 23:18, 17 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I thought I recalled it even during Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), although I haven't watched that film in quite a while. Perhaps the traumatic shoot and infuriating Monty treatment triggered it, or even added some elasticity to Hepburn's projectile expectoration aimed towards Mankiewicz—my fave Hollywood folktale. --Cinemaniac86TalkStalk 00:28, 18 June 2024 (UTC)