10 Things You Should Know About Ruth Hussey

Here are 10 things you should know about Ruth Hussey, born 109 years ago today. Hussey specialized in portraying smart women who had a way with a wisecrack; we think she was swell.

10 Things You Should Know About Dan Tobin

Here are 10 things you should know about Dan Tobin, both 113 years ago today. He enjoyed success on the stage and in pictures before turning his focus to television.

10 Things You Should Know About Joseph Cotten

Here are 10 things you should know about Joseph Cotten, born 117 years ago today. He enjoyed success on stage, in pictures, in radio and in television.

10 Things You Should Know About Katharine Hepburn

Here are 10 things you should know about Katharine Hepburn, born 114 years ago today. Fiercely independent and inimitable, she quickly shook things up when she arrived in Hollywood and there’s been no one else like her since.

Happy Birthday, Katharine Hepburn!

Katharine Hepburn was born, well, Katharine Houghton Hepburn (what, you expected her to resort to the artifice of a screen name?) 113 years ago today in Hartford, Connecticut. It’s almost startling to be reminded on such occasions that Ms. Hepburn passed on in 2003, as it’s difficult to imagine any malady or even the passing of time itself prevailing over her strong will. We’re fully prepared to believe that she left us then, at age 96, only because she was ready to go and gave the okay.

Katharine Hepburn