List of awards and nominations received by Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn awards and nominations
	Hepburn in 1942
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
Totals
Wins	50
Nominations	100
	Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination. ;

Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career spanned 67 years through eight decades (1928–1995), during which she was honored with many of the industry's top awards.

In 2000, at age 93, she was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema.

Awards synopsis

Hepburn was nominated for a total of 12 Academy Awards for Best Actress, and won four – the record number of wins for a performer. She received two awards and five nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, one award and six nominations from the Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe nominations, and two Tony Award nominations.

She also won awards from the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Montréal World Film Festival; the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards; the People's Choice Awards, the Laurel Awards, the Golden Apple Awards, the American Movie Awards, the American Comedy Awards, and the David di Donatello Awards.

Hepburn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. She also won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979, and received the Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, in 1990. Outside of acting, Hepburn also received recognition from the American Humanist Association and the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Hepburn won four Academy Awards, the record number for a performer, and received a total of 12 Oscar nominations for Best Actress — a number surpassed only by Meryl Streep.^[1] Hepburn also holds the record for the longest time span between first and last Oscar nominations, at 48 years.^[1] International awards from the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the People's Choice Awards, and others. Hepburn was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. She also won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1979, and received the Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize a lifetime of accomplishments in the arts, in 1990.^[2]^[3]

Recognitions

List of awards and nominations received by Katharine Hepburn
Organizations^[a]	Year^[b]	Category	Work	Result
Academy Awards	1934	Best Actress	Morning Glory	Won
	1936		Alice Adams	Nominated
	1941		The Philadelphia Story	Nominated
	1943		Woman of the Year	Nominated
	1952		The African Queen	Nominated
	1956		Summertime	Nominated
	1957		The Rainmaker	Nominated
	1960		Suddenly, Last Summer	Nominated
	1963		Long Day's Journey into Night	Nominated
	1968		Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Won
	1969		The Lion in Winter^[c]	Won
	1982		On Golden Pond	Won
BAFTA Film Awards	1953	Best Foreign Actress	The African Queen	Nominated
	1956		Summertime	Nominated
	1958		The Rainmaker	Nominated
	1969	Best Actress	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The Lion in Winter	Won
	1983	Best Actress	On Golden Pond	Won

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. Hepburn has received eight nominations, including one in Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, six from Best Actress in a Drama, and one from Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.

Year	Category	Film	Result	Winner
1953	Best Actress - Musical or Comedy	Pat and Mike	Nominated	Susan Hayward (With a Song in My Heart)
1957	Best Actress - Drama	The Rainmaker	Nominated	Ingrid Bergman (Anastasia)
1960		Suddenly, Last Summer	Nominated	Elizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer)
1963		Long Day's Journey into Night	Nominated	Geraldine Page (Sweet Bird of Youth)
1968		Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Nominated	Edith Evans (The Whisperers)
1969		The Lion in Winter	Nominated	Joanne Woodward (Rachel, Rachel)
1982		On Golden Pond	Nominated	Meryl Streep (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
1993	Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film	The Man Upstairs	Nominated	Laura Dern (Afterburn)

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, is an annual award show presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry. The ceremonial event was first held on May 4, 1959.

Year	Category	Work	Result	Winner
1992	Best Spoken Word Album	Me: Stories of My Life	Nominated	Ken Burns (The Civil War)

Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American prime time television programming. First given in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the Emmy Awards or Emmy.

Year	Category	Film	Result	Winner
1974	Best Actress in a Drama	The Glass Menagerie	Nominated	Cicely Tyson (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman)
1975	Best Actress in a Special - Drama or Comedy	Love Among the Ruins	Won	—
1979	Best Actress in a Limited Series or Special	The Corn is Green	Nominated	Bette Davis (Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter)
1986	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Special	Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry	Nominated	Marlo Thomas (Nobody's Child)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special\|Outstanding Informational Special]]	The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn	Nominated	Robert B. Weide and Ronald J. Fields (W. C. Fields: Straight Up)
	1993	Katharine Hepburn: All About Me	Nominated	Lucie Arnaz, Laurence Luckinbill, and Don Buford (Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie)

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known informally as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.

Year	Category	Play	Result	Winner
1970	Best Actress in a Musical	Coco	Nominated	Lauren Bacall (Applause)
1982	Best Actress in a Play	The West Side Waltz	Nominated	Zoe Caldwell (Medea)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result	Winner
1979	Lifetime Achievement Award	—	Won	—
1995	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	One Christmas	Nominated	Joanne Woodward (Breathing Lessons)

Festival awards

Year	Award	Film	Result	Winner
1934	Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress	Little Women	Won	—
1962	Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress	Long Day's Journey into Night	Won	—
1984	Montréal World Film Festival, Special Prize of the Jury	Grace Quigley	Won	—

Critics awards

Year	Award	Film	Result	Winner
1940	New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress	The Philadelphia Story	Won	—
1965	Mexican Cinema Journalists Award for Best Foreign Actress	Long Day's Journey Into Night	Won	—
1973	Kansas City Film Critics Award for Best Actress	The Trojan Women	Won	—

People's Choice Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result	Winner
1976	Favorite Motion Picture Actress	—	Won	—
1983	Favorite Motion Picture Actress	—	Won	—

Laurel Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result	Winner
1960	Top Female Dramatic Performance	Suddenly, Last Summer	Nominated	Elizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer)
1963		Long Day's Journey into Night	Nominated	Lee Remick (Days of Wine and Roses)
1970		The Lion in Winter	Won	—
Top Female Star	—	Won	—
1971	Top Female Star	—	Won	—

Golden Apple Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result	Winner
1975	Female Star of the Year	—	Won	—
1982	Female Star of the Year	—	Won	—

Other

Year	Award	Film	Result	Winner
1958	Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year	—	Won	—
1960	Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame	—	Won	—
1968	David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Won	—
1979	Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame^[4]	—	Won	—
1982	American Movie Award for Best Actress	On Golden Pond	Won	—
1985	American Humanist Association, Humanist Arts Award	—	Won	—
1985	Council of Fashion Designers of America, Lifetime Achievement Award	—	Won	—
1989	American Comedy Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy	—	Won	—
1990	Kennedy Center Honors	—	Won	—

Noted

^ Awards, festivals, honors and other miscellaneous organizations are listed in alphabetical order.
^ Year in which award ceremony was held.
^ Tied with Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl); one of two women (along with Luise Rainer) to win the Best Actress Oscar in consecutive years.

References

"Katharine Hepburn Academy Awards history". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
"Katharine Hepburn - Awards". Internet Movie Database.
"Katharine Hepburn Emmy Awards history". Primetime Emmy Awards.
"Katharine Hepburn Golden Globe Awards history". The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14.
"Past Winners". Council of Fashion Designers of America. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05.
"List of Kennedy Center Honorees". The Kennedy Center. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09.
Dickens, Homer (1990). The Films of Katharine Hepburn. Citadel Pr; 1st Carol Pub. ISBN 0-8065-1175-3.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Academy Awards Best Actress". filmsite. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
^ "Katharine Hepburn – Awards". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
^ "List of Kennedy Center Honorees". The Kennedy Center. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
^ "Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists" (PDF). New York Times.

[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[5] Awards, festivals, honors and other miscellaneous organizations are listed in alphabetical order.

[6] Year in which award ceremony was held.

[7] Tied with Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl); one of two women (along with Luise Rainer) to win the Best Actress Oscar in consecutive years.

[film_site-2] "Academy Awards Best Actress". filmsite. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2011.

[3] "Katharine Hepburn – Awards". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.

[4] "List of Kennedy Center Honorees". The Kennedy Center. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2011.

[8] "Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists" (PDF). New York Times.

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