Larry Kramer claims Spencer Tracy, Kathare Hepburn were gay

13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTNHAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATE!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017/9:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG1938: AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) RELAX WH HER HANDS BEHD HER HEAD. (PHOTO BY ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG)BY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017 / 9:22 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATHARE HEPBURN WOULD BE TURNG 110 TODAY, WERE THE OSR-WNG IN STILL ALIVE. RUMORS ABOUT HER SEXUALY PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HEPBURN'S LIFE AND, WHILE WE N'T MAKE A FIVE STATEMENT, EVEN SHE'D ADM SHE HAD LTLE E FOR GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM HER TIMATE IENDSHIPS WOMEN TO HER PHYSILY AND FORTHRIGHTNS—EVEN HER FILM CHOIC AND WARDROBE—KATE WAS A QUEER IN BEFORE THE TERM WAS EVEN ED. IN HONOR OF HER BIRTHDAY, WE CELEBRATE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S GAYT IT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BRYN MAWR YEARSBRYN MAWR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN TOOK UP ACTG AT THE ALL-GIRL'S LLEGE 1927, WHEN SHE WAS ST THE MALE ROLE OF OLIVER THE TTH ABOUT BLAYDS. TO BUTCH UP FOR THE PART, SHE CUT HER HAIR WH FGERNAIL SCISSORS. AFTER RECEIVG A REVIEW THAT LLED HER “AN ENGAGG BOY, ROGUISH AND MERRY," SHE PUT ON A PAIR OF WHE TROERS AND A BLAZER AND TOOK GAL PAL (AND MORED LOVER) ALICE PALACHE OUT ON THE TOWN. THE DUO WERE UGHT ON THEIR WAY HOME, AND WARNED NOT TO NOT LEAVE MP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WARRR’S HBAND”WIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS 1932 PLAY WAS ANOTHER EARLY GENR-BENDG ROLE FOR HEPBURN, WHO PLAYED AMAZON CHAMPN ANTPE A WORLD WHERE WOMEN WERE THE FIGHTERS AND MEN STAYED HOME AND TOOK RE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRIENDS REMEMBER HER LOVG THE PART—AND THE ARMOR SHE GOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“CHRISTOPHER STRONG”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER SEND FILM, DIRECTED BY OUT LBIAN FILMMAKER DOROTHY ARZNER, HEPBURN PLAYED A FEMALE AVIATOR. LADY CYNTHIA DARRGTON HAS NEVER BEEN LOVE BEFORE AND HER ON-SCREEN ROMANCE WH A MAN DON’T HAVE A HAPPY ENDG—A RECURRG MOTIF HEPBURN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LADIBUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN (RIGHT) AND MRS. CATHERE HARDG TAYLOR LEAVG PENN STATN. (PHOTO BY BUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN WAS LKED EARLY ON TO SOCIALE LRA HARDG, THOUGH THE AMERIN EXPRS HEIRS WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS HER “IEND” OR “SECRETARY.” IT WAS THE FIRST OF MANY TIMATE RELATNSHIPS WH OTHER WOMEN, CLUDG NANCY HATON, HER UNRSTUDY THE WARRR'S HBAND; ARTIST FRANC RICH, WHO SCULPTED A BT OF HEPBURN, AND PHYLLIS WILBOURN, HER "PANN," OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS. (HEPBURN EVEN JOKGLY REFERRED TO WILBOURN AS "MY ALICE B. TOKLAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER THE WERE LBIAN RELATNSHIPS AS WE UNRSTAND TODAY IS HARD TO P DOWN: "'LBIAN' WAS, FOR HEPBURN, A SPECIFIC TERM TO SCRIBE A VERY BUTCH WOMAN, NOT HER TYPE AT ALL," WROTE CATHERE SHROAD TELEGRAPH.RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN STG THRONE A SCENE OM THE FILM 'MARY OF STLAND', 1936. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN JT WASN'T A HUGE FAN OF SEX, WH MEN OR WOMEN. "THE CHASTENS OF ALMOST ALL HER RELATNSHIPS MEANT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO LIE TOO MUCH ABOUT THEM," ADDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WAS ONLY MARRIED ONCE, AT AGE 21 TO BSMAN LUDLOW OGN SMH, BUT SPL WHEN SHE WENT TO HOLLYWOOD FOUR YEARS LATER. HEPBURN NEVER REMARRIED—SISTG "I LIKED THE IA OF BEG MY OWN SGLE SELF"—AND NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN. "I WOULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE MOTHER," SHE TOLD BGRAPHER A. STT BERG, "BEE I'M BASILLY A VERY SELFISH HUMAN BEG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“LTLE WOMEN”LTLE WOMEN/RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) STANDS BEHD STARS (LEFT TO RIGHT) FRANC DEE (1909 - 2004), JOAN BENT (1910 - 1990), AND JEAN PARKER AS THEY POSE FOR A PUBLICY PORTRA TO PROMOTE THE FILM ADAPTATN OF LOUISA MAY ALTT'S BOOK 'LTLE WOMEN' DIRECTED BY GEE COR, 1933. THE FOUR PLAY THE MARCH GIRLS. (PHOTO BY RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JO MARCH IS ONE OF AMERIN LERATURE’S EARLIT TOMBOYS, SO WHEN HEPBURN PLAYED THE ROLE 1933, WAS EVABLE SHE’D HELP MAKE THE CHARACTER A LBIAN IN. WHO ELSE ULD SO NVCGLY LIVER THE L ABOUT A SHORT HAIRCUT: “WELL 'S BOYISH, BEG AND EASY TO MATA... IF WEARG HAIR UP MEANS BEG A LADY, I'LL WEAR DOWN UNTIL I'M 100 YEARS OLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SYLVIA SRLETT”AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, : PHOTO OF THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN DRSED AS A BOY THE MOVIE "SYLVIA SRLETT" 02 JUNE 1936. AFP PHOTO (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1935, HEPBURN NVCGLY CROSSDRSED AS A N ARTIST’S DGHTER PRETENDG TO BE A BOY TO PE THE LAW THIS GEE COR ADVENTURE-EDY. SHE EVEN ENGAGED A SAME-SEX KISS WH A FLIRTAT MAID WHO THKS SHE'S AN ELIGIBLE BACHELOR. THE HOMOEROTICISM NTUE AS -STARS BRIAN AHERNE AND CARY GRANT ALSO FD THEMSELV STRANGELY ATTRACTED TO "SYLVTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE SYLVIA SRLETT WAS A BOX OFFICE DUD—COR AND HEPBURN REPORTEDLY BEGGED PRODUCERS TO SHELVE THE PICTURE IF THEY AGREED TO MAKE THEIR NEXT FILM FOR EE—ONE REVIEWER LLED HEPBURN “THE HANDSOMT BOY OF THE SEASON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WORE THE PANTSKEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - AUGUST 01: THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN PHOTOGRAPHED ON AUGT 1, 1936, WHILE SHE WAS LEARNG HOW TO ICE SKATE. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN TODAY, SOMEONE LIKE ELLEN DEGENER CHEWG DRS GARNERS NOTICE. IN THE 1930S, WHEN HEPBURN DID , WAS DOWNRIGHT REVOLUTNARY. “I PUT ON PANTS 50 YEARS AGO AND CLARED A SORT OF MIDDLE ROAD,” SHE TOLD BARBARA WALTERS A 1981 TERVIEW. "I HAVE NOT LIVED AS A WOMAN. I HAVE LIVED AS A MAN. I'VE JT DONE WHAT I DAMN WELL WANTED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SHE NEVER F TO NVENTNAL WOMANHOOD," BGRAPHER WILLIAM MANN TOLD OUTSMART. "AND CERTALY BEE OF HER BODY, SHE DIDN’T LIVE AS A MAN. SO SHE KD OF DID LIVE THIS MIDDLE ROAD."IMAGNO/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHY, AROUND 1935. (PHOTO BY IMAGNO/GETTY IMAG) [KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHIE, UM 1935.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE NEVER QUIET A HARD BUTCH, HEPBURN ALSO EMBRACED AN ATHLETICISM UALLY RERVED FOR MEN, ENJOYG TENNIS, SHOOTG, DIVG AND HORSEBACK RIDG. GOLF WAS A PARTICULAR PASSN: SHE TOOK DAILY LSONS AND EVEN REACHED THE SEMI-FALS OF THE CONNECTICUT YOUNG WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPNSHIP.HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) PLAYS A GAME OF GOLF WH A IEND. (PHOTO BY HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STAGE DOOR”RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN LOOKG UP AT GGER ROGERS A SCENE OM THE FILM 'STAGE DOOR', 1937. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN AND GGER ROGERS PLAYED ASPIRG ACTRS WHO LIVE TOGETHER A BOARDG HOE THIS 1937 FILM, ADAPTED OM THE PLAY BY EDNA FERBER (HERSELF SOMETHG OF A QUEER IN).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO QUARREL CSANTLY AND MAKE UP OVER AND OVER—EXHIBG A SEXUAL TENSN NOTICEABLE TO ANYONE WHO DIDN’T FEEL THE NEED TO IGNORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PHILALPHIA STORY”SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTORS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) AND CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) STAR THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS THIS 1940 ROM- HEPBURN’S BIG EBACK AFTER SEVERAL FLOPS, SHE TOOK CHARGE OM THE START—BUYG THE RIGHTS FOR THE STAGE PLAY (WHICH SHE STARRED ) TO BRG TO HOLLYWOOD. THE PHILALPHIA STORY RE-PAIRED HEPBURN WH GAY DIRECTOR GEE COR AND BISEXUAL MOVIE STAR CARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN ALSO TOOK THE RES WHEN ME TO WARDROBE: SHE IGNORED MALE PRODUCERS' MANDS SHE WEAR A DRS THE OPENG SCENE, OPTG TO WEAR PANTS STEAD.METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN A SCENE OM THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HER IENSHIP WH GEE CORSILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM DIRECTOR GEE COR (1899 - 1983, LEFT) DIRECTS ACTORS (LEFT TO RIGHT) JOHN HOWARD (1913 - 1995), CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) AND KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) DURG FILMG OF 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN WILY HOLLYWOOD AS A "WOMAN'S DIRECTOR" AND A GAY MAN, COR WAS ONE OF HEPBURN'S CLOST IENDS, AND HELMED SOME OF HER BIGGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS THE KD OF MAN SHE ADORED," SAID MANN. "HE WAS SMART. HE WAS WTY. HE THREW GREAT PARTI. HE RPECTED THE PLEXY OF HER OWN LIFE WHOUT EVER NEEDG TO PUT A FN ON HER. AND THAT’S WHAT SHE NEED. SHE WASN’T LIKE DIETRICH OR SOMEONE WHO YOU ULD THROW OUT THE WORD 'LBIAN' AND THEY’D LOVE , THE MP OF . COR ACCEPTED WHO SHE WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE MILLNAIRS”KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) ON HER ARRIVAL LONDON TO PLAY THE LEAD GB SHAW'S 'THE MILLNAIRS'. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN STARRED THE 1952 WT END PRODUCTN OF GEE BERNARD SHAW’S PLAY AS EPIFANIA, YET ANOTHER SGLE WOMAN WHO N’T FD THE RIGHT MAN. (GO FIGURE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LBIAN HOLLWYOOD TELL-ALL THE SEWG CIRCLE SCRIBED HEPBURN THE MILLNAIRS AS “BUTCH": "IN SLACKS, TURTLENECKS, AND SUAL JACKETS, [SHE] TOLD CHAT-SHOW DIENC CLIPPED HUMORO AND DISDAFUL PRONOUNCEMENTS WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF WOMEN’S LIB, MARRIAGE, HER NEED FOR PRIVACY AND CREASG FEAR OF EVERYTHG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SUDNLY LAST SUMMER”SUDNLY LAST SUMMER/COLUMBIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A TENNSEE WILLIAMS PLAY ADAPTED BY GORE VIDAL STARRG HEPBURN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND CLOSETED ACTOR MONTGOMERY CLIFT. DO GET ANY GAYER THAN THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DO, ACTUALLY: HEPBURN PLAYED VLET VENABLE, A SOCIALE WHO "PROCUR" YOUNG MEN FOR HER GAY SON, SEBASTIAN. 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THIS WAS HEPBURN AND TRACY'S FIRST ON-SCREEN PAIRG AND EARNED HER AN AMY AWARD NOMATN. AFP PHOTO/HO/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, EVEN ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST CED ROMANC HAD A QUEER TGE. TO HEAR LARRY KRAMER TELL , THE TWO INS WERE THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HEPBURN AND SPENCER TRACY WERE BOTH GAY," HE TOLD THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 2015. "THEY WERE PUBLICLY PAIRED TOGETHER BY THE STUD. EVERYONE HOLLYWOOD KNOWS THIS IS TE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
LARRY KRAMER CLAIMS SPENCER TRACY, KATHARE HEPBURN WERE GAY
WAS KATHARE HEPBURN GAY?
MISS INPENNT: KATHARE HEPBURN’S OBSSIVE ORIGALYIN THE LATT OLD HOLLYWOOD BOOK CLUB, WE VIS THE LIFE AND TIM OF KATHARE HEPBURN.BY HADLEY HALL MEAROCTOBER 7, 2022BY ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“NOW WE E TO ME,” KATHARE HEPBURN WR CHEEKILY HER 1991 TOBGRAPHY OF THE SAME NAME.SHE KNOWS WHAT HER DIENCE WANTS, AND THE SELF-NFSED EGOTIST IS HAPPY TO OBLIGE. THE FOUR-TIME OSR-WNG ACTRS, STAR OF UNTLS CLASSICS, CLUDG BRGG UP BABY, PAT AND MIKE, AND THE LN WTER, SURVIVED FOR S BY DOG HER OWN WAY, AND BEME AN AMERIN STUTN THE PROCS. “I HAVE BEE A FAIAR,” SHE WR. “I AM VERY AWARE OF THAT NOW. I’M LIKE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.”IN ME: STORI OF MY LIFE, THE HEPBURN PERSONA IS ON FULL DISPLAY—NVERSATNAL, WTY, STUBBORN, WEIRD, STTERED, PETIVE, BG, UNIQUE, AND SURPRISGLY WARM. THE REAR FEELS CHARMED YET SNOWED UNR AS HEPBURN REUNTS HER NUMERO ATHLETIC EXPLOS, HER ROMANC, HER CSH ON JOHN WAYNE, LGHG OM MORNG TO NIGHT WH CARY GRANT, A MUTE SCRIPTN OF HER BT IEND GEE COR’S HOE, AND EVEN THE RECIPE FOR HER FAVORE CURRANT KE.BUT THROUGH ALL HEPBURN, A FAN OF LD BATHS AND SWIMMG THE ICY SEA, IS A REALIST WHO UNTS HER BLSGS, AWARE SHE HAS LED A CHARMED LIFE. “I AM HAPPY,” SHE WR. “I HAVE A HAPPY NATURE—I LIKE THE RA—I LIKE THE SUN—THE HEAT—THE LD—THE MOUNTAS, THE SEA—THE FLOWERS, THE—WELL, I LIKE LIFE AND I’VE BEEN SO LUCKY. WHY SHOULDN’T I BE HAPPY? I DON’T LOCK DOORS. I DON’T HOLD GDG. REALLY THE ONLY THG I’M NOT MAD ABOUT IS WD. I FD DISTURBG.”TO THE MANOR BORNKATHARE HOUGHTON HEPBURN WAS BORN 1907, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. UNLIKE MOST OF HER NTEMPORARI, SHE WAS OM MONEY—PATRICIAN, BLUE BLOOD NORTHEASTERN ARISTOCRACY—OF WHICH SHE WAS CLEARLY ORDATELY PROUD.BUT HEPBURN WAS MOST PROUD OF HER RADILLY LIBERAL, TELLECTUAL PARENTS, AND IS WHEN SHE WR ABOUT THEM THAT HER REAL HUMANY SH THROUGH THE PATTER. HER FATHER, DR. THOMAS HEPBURN, FOUND THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATN, WHICH TED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE THEN-TABOO ISSUE OF VENEREAL DISEASE. BUT THE TE SUPERSTAR OF THE FAY WAS HER MOTHER, KATHARE, WHO FOUGHT FOR BIRTH NTROL ACCS AND WAS THE HEAD OF THE CONNECTICUT WOMAN SUFAGE ASSOCIATN.THE FEARLS HEPBURN AND HER FIVE RAMBUNCT SIBLGS GREW UP MPAIGNG FOR THE VOTE WH HER MOTHER, PASSG OUT PRO-SUFAGE BALLOONS AT THE UNTY FAIR. HEPBURN PATS HER CHILDHOOD AS ONE FILLED WH TELLECTUAL STIMULATN, PETIVE SPORTS, AND EEDOM RARE FOR A RICH GIRL EDWARDIAN AMERI.“THERE WAS A HEMLOCK TREE ON THE WT SI OF THE PROPERTY,” SHE RELLS. “THAT WAS THE TREE I ED TO CLIMB. THE NEIGHBORS ED TO LL MOTHER. ‘K! KATHY IS THE TOP OF THE HEMLOCK!’ ‘Y, I KNOW. DON’T SRE HER. SHE DON’T KNOW THAT ’S DANGERO.’”DES LATER, HEPBURN’S LOVE FOR HER REMARKABLE PARENTS N STILL BRG THE REAR TO TEARS. “HOW I MISS YOU TWO,” SHE WR. “I WAS SO ED TO TURNG TO YOU. IT WAS HEAVEN. ALWAYS TO HAVE YOU TWO TO TURN TO SPAIR, JOY. THERE YOU WERE: STRONG—FUNNY. TWO ROCKS. WHAT YOU DID FOR ME—WOW! WHAT LUCK TO BE BORN OUT OF LOVE AND TO LIVE AN ATMOSPHERE OF WARMTH AND TERT.”TOMBUT THERE WAS A DARK SI TO THIS PICTURE-PERFECT PORTRAYAL. ACRDG TO WILLIAM J. MANN, THOR OF THE GOSSIPY AND AT TIM MEAN-SPIRED KATE: THE WOMAN WHO WAS HEPBURN, DR. THOMAS HEPBURN WAS AN EXACTG FATHER WH AN EXPLOSIVE TEMPER, WHOSE WIFE PLATED HIM AT EVERY TURN.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHJIM GAFFIGAN SPARS WH JOE ROGAN OVER WHO IS MORE SATANIC: BIN OR TMP?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISWHILE HEPBURN HERSELF IS HONT THAT HER FAY’S ACTIVISM MA THEM OUTSTS PROPER SOCIETY, SHE IS MUM ABOUT HOW HER PARENTS’ EMPHASIS ON PRCIPLED PERFECTNISM MAY HAVE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED HER AND HER SIBLGS. THERE WAS CERTALY TROUBLE BREWG HER OLR BROTHER TOM, A SENSIVE, ATHLETIC BOY WHO WAS THE 14-YEAR-OLD HEPBURN’S NSTANT PANN.IN APRIL 1921, THE TWO SIBLGS WERE ON AN ADVENTURE NEW YORK CY, STAYG WH A FAY IEND. ONE NIGHT, THEY WENT TO SEE A CONNECTICUT YANKEE KG ARTHUR’S COURT ON BROADWAY. “AS I LATER TOLD THE STORY,” HEPBURN WR, “I SAID THAT TOM HAD LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, ’YOU’RE MY GIRL, AREN’T YOU? YOU’RE MY FAVORE GIRL THE WHOLE WORLD.’ WHY DID I SAY THIS? WAS TE? I MEAN, DID TOM REALLY SAY ? I DON’T KNOW ANY LONGER.”IN MUDDLED, REMOVED PROSE, HEPBURN SCRIB THE “FACTS” AS SHE RELLS THEM. “NEXT MORNG, I WENT UPSTAIRS TO WAKE HIM UP. THERE HE WAS—NEXT TO THE BED—HIS KNE BENT—HANGED BY A TORN PIECE OF SHEETG. IT WAS TIED TO A RAFTER. HE WAS AD. STRANGLED. IT MA NO SENSE. IN A STATE OF NUMB SHOCK, I CUT HIM DOWN AND LAID HIM ON THE BED.”THE HEPBURN FAY’S RPONSE TO TOM’S APPARANT SUICI IS SHOCKG TO MORN SENSIBILI. HER FATHER WROTE TO THE PAPERS, CLAIMG HIS SON HAD SIMPLY BEEN DOG A ROPE TRICK. THE FAY RARELY IF EVER SPOKE OF HIM AGA.SEVENTY YEARS LATER, HEPBURN REMAED NON-MTAL AND UNWILLG TO CRICIZE HER FAY’S RPONSE OR EVEN ADM THAT TOM DIED BY SUICI. BUT SHE IS HONT ABOUT THE EFFECT TOM’S ATH HAD ON HER. “THIS CINT SEEMED TO SORT OF SEPARATE ME OM THE WORLD AS I’D KNOWN ,” SHE WR. “I TRIED SCHOOL BUT…I FELT ISOLATED. I KNEW SOMETHG THAT THE GIRLS DID NOT KNOW: TRAGEDY.”KATHARE OF ARROGANCEAFTER GRADUATG OM BRYN MAWR, HEPBURN KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED—TO BE A SENSATN. “IT WAS ALL OR NOTHG FOR ME ME ME,” SHE RELLS. “I WAS JT FULL OF THE JOY OF LIFE AND OPPORTUNY AND A WILD SIRE TO BE ABSOLUTELY FASCATG.”THIS BLD AMBN WAS TEMPERED WH A SURPRISGLY NAïVE, SHELTERED VIEW OF LIFE. HER SCRIPTN OF LOSG HER VIRGY TO HER PERFECTLY NAMED HBAND, LUDLOW OGN SMH, IS HILAR FOR S RETICENCE AND Y HONTY:I GUS THAT I KNEW THAT LUDDY WAS LOVE WH ME. BUT YOU SEE MY HCH WAS THAT I WAS LOVE WH MYSELF ...I WANTED TO BE A BIG STAR…ANYWAY, LUDDY AND I WERE ALONE THE APARTMENT AND THERE WAS THE BED AND THERE DIDN’T SEEM TO BE ANY REASON NOT TO. WELL — WHAT I’M TRYG TO SAY IS THAT — THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. I MEAN — WE DID … AND THAT WAS THE END OF MY VIRTUE.WH REHG NDOR AND SELF-PRETG HUMOR, HEPBURN REUNTS WHAT AN “ABSOLUTE PIG” SHE WAS TO SWEET, LOYAL LUDDY, WHO SHE MARRIED 1928 (THEY DIVORCED 1942). AND SOME OF THE FUNNIT BS THE TOBGRAPHY TAIL HOW HER HARD-HTG NFINCE GOT HER FIRED OM NUMERO STAGE PRODUCTNS.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHJIM GAFFIGAN SPARS WH JOE ROGAN OVER WHO IS MORE SATANIC: BIN OR TMP?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISWHEN SHE ARRIVED HOLLYWOOD 1932 TO STAR HER FIRST MOVIE, A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, AN ADMTEDLY HGHTY HEPBURN STEPPED OFF THE TRA A RIDICULOLY EXPENSIVE HIGH-NECKED FFLED RIDG AT, A BIZARRE HAT PERCHED ON HER HEAD, AND ONE EYE SWOLLEN SHUT 90-GREE HEAT.ACRDG TO HEPBURN, THE STUD EXECUTIV THERE TO MEET HER WERE DISMAYED, EXCLAIMG THEIR NEW FD LOOKED LIKE A DAVER. THGS DIDN’T GET BETTER UNTIL HER EQUALLY “ODD,” BUT “GENERO” -STAR JOHN BARRYMORE TOOK THE UNNVENTNAL, HEADSTRONG NOVICE UNR HIS WG AFTER AN UNSUCCSFUL ATTEMPT AT SCTN:HE ASKED ME TO E TO HIS DRSG ROOM ON THE LOT ONE DAY. I WENT. KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. HE SAID, “COME .” I DID. AND THERE HE WAS, LYG ON HIS UCH —WHAT SHALL I SAY?—PARATIVE DISARRAY. I MT HAVE LOOKED TOTALLY BLANK. THERE WAS A PSE. A QUICK SHUFFLE OF BLANKETS. “OH. I AM SORRY. SEE YOU LATER.” I WENT. OH MY, HOW VERY STRANGE. ANYWAY, HE WAS AN ANGEL AFTER THAT ONE FEEBLE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL . HIS MA OBJECT AFTER THAT SEEMED TO BE TO BE CERTA THAT I MA A BIG H.BOX OFFICE POISONHEPBURN’S STAR QUICKLY ROSE, THOUGH THE HOLLYWOOD MUNY WAS AT A LOSS TO UNRSTAND HER. AS HEPBURN NOT, SHE WAS A HOMEBODY WHO WORE THREADBARE MEN’S CLOTHG, DARED TO LIVE WH CLOSE FEMALE PANNS (LEADG TO MORS SHE WAS A LBIAN), AND HAD A EP ATTACHMENT TO HER FAY (HER FATHER MANAGED HER MONEY, SENDG HER AN ALLOWANCE TO HER 50S).NOW A MOVIE STAR, HEPBURN STARTED A THREE-YEAR RELATNSHIP WH THE EQUALLY QUIRKY HOWARD HUGH, WHO SHE TREATS WH GENERO SYMPATHY HER BOOK. THE TWO HAD MUCH MON, CLUDG A SELF-PROCLAIMED “WILD SIRE TO BE FAMO.” HUGH TGHT THE ADVENTURO HEPBURN TO FLY AND DISPLAYED AN IMPULSIVENS SHE SHARED. “WHEN WE ED A SEAPLANE, SOMETIM IF WAS HOT WE WOULD STOP THE MIDDLE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND ANCHOR THE PLANE, TAKE OFF OUR CLOTH, DIVE OFF A WG NAKED TO OL OFF,” SHE RELLS. “IT WAS FUN.”BUT HER REER CRASHED 1938, WHEN THE INPENNT THEATER OWNERS OF AMERI CLARED THAT PENNT, SELF-SUFFICIENT FEMALE STARS, CLUDG HEPBURN, GRETA GARBO, JOAN CRAWFORD, AND MARLENE DIETRICH, WERE “BOX OFFICE POISON.” ACRDG TO ANNE EDWARD’S SIGHTFUL, ENGROSSG KATHARE HEPBURN: A REMARKABLE WOMAN, THE LIST’S PUBLITN LED TO A GOOD-NATURED FIGHT BETWEEN HEPBURN AND DIETRICH, ON A TRIP BACK EAST COLE PORTER’S TRA R, OVER WHO WAS THE “BIGGT” BOX OFFICE POISON.HOWEVER, HEPBURN WASN’T DOWN FOR THE UNT FOR LONG. SHE CREDS HUGH WH ENURAGG HER TO BUY THE FILM RIGHTS TO THE PLAY THE PHILALPHIA STORY. THE STAGE PRODUCTN AND 1940 MOVIE WERE SMASH HS, AND HEPBURN WAS BACK ON TOP—ON HER OWN TERMS.SPENCE“NOW I’M GOG TO TELL YOU ABOUT SPENCER. YOU MAY THK YOU’VE WAED A LONG TIME. BUT LET’S FACE , SO DID I. I WAS THIRTY-THREE,” HEPBURN WR, AFTER THEATRILLY SAVG THE STORY OF THEIR LEGENDARY LOVE STORY TILL THE END OF THE BOOK. “I DISVERED WHAT ‘I LOVE YOU’ REALLY MEANS. IT MEANS I PUT YOU AND YOUR TERTS AND YOUR FORT AHEAD OF MY OWN TERTS AND MY OWN FORT BEE I LOVE YOU…LOVE HAS NOTHG TO DO WH WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTG TO GET—ONLY WH WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTG TO GIVE—WHICH IS EVERYTHG.”MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHJIM GAFFIGAN SPARS WH JOE ROGAN OVER WHO IS MORE SATANIC: BIN OR TMP?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISBY HER OWN ACUNT, HEPBURN GAVE EVERYTHG TO HER 27-YEAR CLANSTE RELATNSHIP WH THE MARRIED SPENCER TRACY, WHO SHE HAD LONG ADMIRED OM AFAR. ACRDG TO HEPBURN, TRACY IALLY BALKED AT APPEARG 1942’S WOMAN OF THE YEAR, EXCLAIMG, “HOW N I DO A PICTURE WH A WOMAN WHO HAS DIRT UNR HER FGERNAILS AND WHO IS OF AMBIGUO SEXUALY AND ALWAYS WEARS PANTS.”HEPBURN’S TENR, VULNERABLE, ACHG SI OUT AS SHE GH OVER TRACY—HIS GENI, HIS HUMOR, HIS TELLECT. SHE IS ALSO HONT ABOUT HIS PRIVATE TORMENTS, HIS BATTLE WH ALHOLISM AND PRSN, AND HER CHOICE TO PUT HER OWN REER ASI TO SOOTHE AND NURSE A MAN WHO ULD NEVER RT, LYG ON THE FLOOR BI HIM, TALKG HIM TO SLEEP AS HE BATTLED SOMNIA.WHILE HEPBURN PRENTS THEIR UNEQUAL RELATNSHIP AS SOLELY HER CHOICE, APPEARS TO BE A CLASSIC AL-ANON RELATNSHIP, WH THE PRACTIL, STRINT PARTNER BEG ED BY A MENTALLY ILL PARTNER. AS EDWARDS NOT, TRACY ULD BE REMARKABLY CEL TO HEPBURN, “SQUASHG” HER DOWN ONT OF IENDS AND -WORKERS. MANN BELIEV TRACY WAS FACT GAY OR BISEXUAL, AND THAT HEPBURN EXAGGERATED THE EXTENT OF THEIR ROMANCE.WHATEVER THE TTH, HEPBURN’S PTH OF FEELG FOR TRACY IS CLEAR. IT WAS SHE WHO FOUND HIM AD 1967, AND HER SORROW IS PALPABLE. “HE LOOKED SO HAPPY TO BE DONE WH LIVG, WHICH FOR ALL HIS ACPLISHMENTS HAD BEEN A IGHTFUL BURN TO HIM,” SHE WR. “I NEVER KNEW HIM, I THK. AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER KNEW ME—WHO WAS ONTO ME. I THK I WAS A FORT TO HIM. I HOPE. DEAR FRIEND.”AS EDWARD WR, AFTER TRACY’S ATH HEPBURN PROUDLY ME OUT OF THE SHADOWS, REUNTG THEIR SECRET LOVE STORY TO ONE AND ALL. IT MAY HAVE BEEN PAYBACK AGAST TRACY’S SATED WIDOW, LOUISE, WHOSE RELS MENT TO HER, “I THOUGHT YOU WERE ONLY A MOR,” ADMTEDLY CUT HER TO THE RE:AFTER NEARLY THIRTY YEARS? A MOR? WHAT ULD BE THE ANSWER TO THAT? IT WAS A EP AND FUNDAMENTAL WOUND—EPLY SET—NEVER TO BE BUDGED. ALMOST THIRTY YEARS SPENCE AND I HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER—THROUGH GOOD AND BAD TIM. SOME MOR.THE FIGHTER“AS ONE GO THROUGH LIFE ONE LEARNS THAT IF YOU DON’T PADDLE YOUR OWN NOE, YOU DON’T MOVE,” HEPBURN WR.HEPBURN RETAED HER FIGHTG SPIR TILL THE END, THOUGH SHE CLEARLY SOFTENS THE EDG. ACRDG TO EDWARDS, AFTER FEELG MISTREATED BY DIRECTOR JOE MANKIEWICZ 1959’S SUDNLY LAST SUMMER, SHE PROVED SHE WAS NOT ONE TO MS WH. “WHEN MANKIEWICZ HAD LLED THE FAL ‘CUT’ ON THE FILM, KATE STRO ACROSS THE SOUND STAGE TO HIM,” EDWARDS WR. “’ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WON’T NEED MY SERVIC ANYMORE?’ SHE ASKED. ‘Y, I AM SURE.’ ‘ABSOLUTELY?’ ‘ABSOLUTELY.’ THEN, ONT OF THE SHOCKED PANY, SHE LEANED FORWARD AND SPAT STRAIGHT TO HIS EYE.”ON THE SET OF 1981’S ON GOLN POND, THE 74-YEAR-OLD HEPBURN RELLED TNTG THE EQUALLY STRONG JANE FONDA (WHOM SHE ADORED). “ONE MOMENT THE PICTURE JANE HAD TO DO A BACK SOMERSLT TO THE WATER OFF A SPRGBOARD. I WOULD TORTURE HER BY SAYG, ‘IF YOU N’T DO , AR, I’LL DO FOR YOU,’” SHE WR. “‘IT’S ONE OF MY SPECIALTI.’ YOU MAY BE SURE THAT SHE DID HERSELF.”SHE NTUED TO WORK FOR PROGRSIVE , MPAIGNG FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD THE 1980S HONOR OF HER EXTRAORDARY MOTHER. SHE DIED HER FAY HOME FENWICK, CONNECTICUT, 2003, SURROUND BY HER BELOVED FAY. “YOU SUDNLY REALIZE WHAT A TREMENDO OPPORTUNY IS JT TO BE ALIVE,” SHE WROTE OF SURVIVG TO OLD AGE. “THE POTENTIAL. IF YOU N KEEP A-GO’—YOU ACTUALLY N DO . SO JT KEEP A-GO’—YOU N W. IT’S WHEN YOU STOP THAT YOU’RE DONE.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)HADLEY HALL MEAR
SO, CARY GRANT AND KATHARE HEPBURN HAD GAY LOVE AFFAIRS. AND?

13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTNHAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATE!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017/9:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG1938: AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) RELAX WH HER HANDS BEHD HER HEAD. (PHOTO BY ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG)BY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017 / 9:22 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATHARE HEPBURN WOULD BE TURNG 110 TODAY, WERE THE OSR-WNG IN STILL ALIVE. RUMORS ABOUT HER SEXUALY PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HEPBURN'S LIFE AND, WHILE WE N'T MAKE A FIVE STATEMENT, EVEN SHE'D ADM SHE HAD LTLE E FOR GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM HER TIMATE IENDSHIPS WOMEN TO HER PHYSILY AND FORTHRIGHTNS—EVEN HER FILM CHOIC AND WARDROBE—KATE WAS A QUEER IN BEFORE THE TERM WAS EVEN ED. IN HONOR OF HER BIRTHDAY, WE CELEBRATE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S GAYT IT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BRYN MAWR YEARSBRYN MAWR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN TOOK UP ACTG AT THE ALL-GIRL'S LLEGE 1927, WHEN SHE WAS ST THE MALE ROLE OF OLIVER THE TTH ABOUT BLAYDS. TO BUTCH UP FOR THE PART, SHE CUT HER HAIR WH FGERNAIL SCISSORS. AFTER RECEIVG A REVIEW THAT LLED HER “AN ENGAGG BOY, ROGUISH AND MERRY," SHE PUT ON A PAIR OF WHE TROERS AND A BLAZER AND TOOK GAL PAL (AND MORED LOVER) ALICE PALACHE OUT ON THE TOWN. THE DUO WERE UGHT ON THEIR WAY HOME, AND WARNED NOT TO NOT LEAVE MP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WARRR’S HBAND”WIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS 1932 PLAY WAS ANOTHER EARLY GENR-BENDG ROLE FOR HEPBURN, WHO PLAYED AMAZON CHAMPN ANTPE A WORLD WHERE WOMEN WERE THE FIGHTERS AND MEN STAYED HOME AND TOOK RE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRIENDS REMEMBER HER LOVG THE PART—AND THE ARMOR SHE GOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“CHRISTOPHER STRONG”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER SEND FILM, DIRECTED BY OUT LBIAN FILMMAKER DOROTHY ARZNER, HEPBURN PLAYED A FEMALE AVIATOR. LADY CYNTHIA DARRGTON HAS NEVER BEEN LOVE BEFORE AND HER ON-SCREEN ROMANCE WH A MAN DON’T HAVE A HAPPY ENDG—A RECURRG MOTIF HEPBURN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LADIBUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN (RIGHT) AND MRS. CATHERE HARDG TAYLOR LEAVG PENN STATN. (PHOTO BY BUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN WAS LKED EARLY ON TO SOCIALE LRA HARDG, THOUGH THE AMERIN EXPRS HEIRS WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS HER “IEND” OR “SECRETARY.” IT WAS THE FIRST OF MANY TIMATE RELATNSHIPS WH OTHER WOMEN, CLUDG NANCY HATON, HER UNRSTUDY THE WARRR'S HBAND; ARTIST FRANC RICH, WHO SCULPTED A BT OF HEPBURN, AND PHYLLIS WILBOURN, HER "PANN," OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS. (HEPBURN EVEN JOKGLY REFERRED TO WILBOURN AS "MY ALICE B. TOKLAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER THE WERE LBIAN RELATNSHIPS AS WE UNRSTAND TODAY IS HARD TO P DOWN: "'LBIAN' WAS, FOR HEPBURN, A SPECIFIC TERM TO SCRIBE A VERY BUTCH WOMAN, NOT HER TYPE AT ALL," WROTE CATHERE SHROAD TELEGRAPH.RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN STG THRONE A SCENE OM THE FILM 'MARY OF STLAND', 1936. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN JT WASN'T A HUGE FAN OF SEX, WH MEN OR WOMEN. "THE CHASTENS OF ALMOST ALL HER RELATNSHIPS MEANT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO LIE TOO MUCH ABOUT THEM," ADDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WAS ONLY MARRIED ONCE, AT AGE 21 TO BSMAN LUDLOW OGN SMH, BUT SPL WHEN SHE WENT TO HOLLYWOOD FOUR YEARS LATER. HEPBURN NEVER REMARRIED—SISTG "I LIKED THE IA OF BEG MY OWN SGLE SELF"—AND NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN. "I WOULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE MOTHER," SHE TOLD BGRAPHER A. STT BERG, "BEE I'M BASILLY A VERY SELFISH HUMAN BEG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“LTLE WOMEN”LTLE WOMEN/RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) STANDS BEHD STARS (LEFT TO RIGHT) FRANC DEE (1909 - 2004), JOAN BENT (1910 - 1990), AND JEAN PARKER AS THEY POSE FOR A PUBLICY PORTRA TO PROMOTE THE FILM ADAPTATN OF LOUISA MAY ALTT'S BOOK 'LTLE WOMEN' DIRECTED BY GEE COR, 1933. THE FOUR PLAY THE MARCH GIRLS. (PHOTO BY RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JO MARCH IS ONE OF AMERIN LERATURE’S EARLIT TOMBOYS, SO WHEN HEPBURN PLAYED THE ROLE 1933, WAS EVABLE SHE’D HELP MAKE THE CHARACTER A LBIAN IN. WHO ELSE ULD SO NVCGLY LIVER THE L ABOUT A SHORT HAIRCUT: “WELL 'S BOYISH, BEG AND EASY TO MATA... IF WEARG HAIR UP MEANS BEG A LADY, I'LL WEAR DOWN UNTIL I'M 100 YEARS OLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SYLVIA SRLETT”AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, : PHOTO OF THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN DRSED AS A BOY THE MOVIE "SYLVIA SRLETT" 02 JUNE 1936. AFP PHOTO (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1935, HEPBURN NVCGLY CROSSDRSED AS A N ARTIST’S DGHTER PRETENDG TO BE A BOY TO PE THE LAW THIS GEE COR ADVENTURE-EDY. SHE EVEN ENGAGED A SAME-SEX KISS WH A FLIRTAT MAID WHO THKS SHE'S AN ELIGIBLE BACHELOR. THE HOMOEROTICISM NTUE AS -STARS BRIAN AHERNE AND CARY GRANT ALSO FD THEMSELV STRANGELY ATTRACTED TO "SYLVTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE SYLVIA SRLETT WAS A BOX OFFICE DUD—COR AND HEPBURN REPORTEDLY BEGGED PRODUCERS TO SHELVE THE PICTURE IF THEY AGREED TO MAKE THEIR NEXT FILM FOR EE—ONE REVIEWER LLED HEPBURN “THE HANDSOMT BOY OF THE SEASON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WORE THE PANTSKEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - AUGUST 01: THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN PHOTOGRAPHED ON AUGT 1, 1936, WHILE SHE WAS LEARNG HOW TO ICE SKATE. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN TODAY, SOMEONE LIKE ELLEN DEGENER CHEWG DRS GARNERS NOTICE. IN THE 1930S, WHEN HEPBURN DID , WAS DOWNRIGHT REVOLUTNARY. “I PUT ON PANTS 50 YEARS AGO AND CLARED A SORT OF MIDDLE ROAD,” SHE TOLD BARBARA WALTERS A 1981 TERVIEW. "I HAVE NOT LIVED AS A WOMAN. I HAVE LIVED AS A MAN. I'VE JT DONE WHAT I DAMN WELL WANTED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SHE NEVER F TO NVENTNAL WOMANHOOD," BGRAPHER WILLIAM MANN TOLD OUTSMART. "AND CERTALY BEE OF HER BODY, SHE DIDN’T LIVE AS A MAN. SO SHE KD OF DID LIVE THIS MIDDLE ROAD."IMAGNO/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHY, AROUND 1935. (PHOTO BY IMAGNO/GETTY IMAG) [KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHIE, UM 1935.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE NEVER QUIET A HARD BUTCH, HEPBURN ALSO EMBRACED AN ATHLETICISM UALLY RERVED FOR MEN, ENJOYG TENNIS, SHOOTG, DIVG AND HORSEBACK RIDG. GOLF WAS A PARTICULAR PASSN: SHE TOOK DAILY LSONS AND EVEN REACHED THE SEMI-FALS OF THE CONNECTICUT YOUNG WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPNSHIP.HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) PLAYS A GAME OF GOLF WH A IEND. (PHOTO BY HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STAGE DOOR”RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN LOOKG UP AT GGER ROGERS A SCENE OM THE FILM 'STAGE DOOR', 1937. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN AND GGER ROGERS PLAYED ASPIRG ACTRS WHO LIVE TOGETHER A BOARDG HOE THIS 1937 FILM, ADAPTED OM THE PLAY BY EDNA FERBER (HERSELF SOMETHG OF A QUEER IN).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO QUARREL CSANTLY AND MAKE UP OVER AND OVER—EXHIBG A SEXUAL TENSN NOTICEABLE TO ANYONE WHO DIDN’T FEEL THE NEED TO IGNORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PHILALPHIA STORY”SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTORS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) AND CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) STAR THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS THIS 1940 ROM- HEPBURN’S BIG EBACK AFTER SEVERAL FLOPS, SHE TOOK CHARGE OM THE START—BUYG THE RIGHTS FOR THE STAGE PLAY (WHICH SHE STARRED ) TO BRG TO HOLLYWOOD. THE PHILALPHIA STORY RE-PAIRED HEPBURN WH GAY DIRECTOR GEE COR AND BISEXUAL MOVIE STAR CARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN ALSO TOOK THE RES WHEN ME TO WARDROBE: SHE IGNORED MALE PRODUCERS' MANDS SHE WEAR A DRS THE OPENG SCENE, OPTG TO WEAR PANTS STEAD.METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN A SCENE OM THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HER IENSHIP WH GEE CORSILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM DIRECTOR GEE COR (1899 - 1983, LEFT) DIRECTS ACTORS (LEFT TO RIGHT) JOHN HOWARD (1913 - 1995), CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) AND KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) DURG FILMG OF 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN WILY HOLLYWOOD AS A "WOMAN'S DIRECTOR" AND A GAY MAN, COR WAS ONE OF HEPBURN'S CLOST IENDS, AND HELMED SOME OF HER BIGGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS THE KD OF MAN SHE ADORED," SAID MANN. "HE WAS SMART. HE WAS WTY. HE THREW GREAT PARTI. HE RPECTED THE PLEXY OF HER OWN LIFE WHOUT EVER NEEDG TO PUT A FN ON HER. AND THAT’S WHAT SHE NEED. SHE WASN’T LIKE DIETRICH OR SOMEONE WHO YOU ULD THROW OUT THE WORD 'LBIAN' AND THEY’D LOVE , THE MP OF . COR ACCEPTED WHO SHE WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE MILLNAIRS”KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) ON HER ARRIVAL LONDON TO PLAY THE LEAD GB SHAW'S 'THE MILLNAIRS'. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN STARRED THE 1952 WT END PRODUCTN OF GEE BERNARD SHAW’S PLAY AS EPIFANIA, YET ANOTHER SGLE WOMAN WHO N’T FD THE RIGHT MAN. (GO FIGURE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LBIAN HOLLWYOOD TELL-ALL THE SEWG CIRCLE SCRIBED HEPBURN THE MILLNAIRS AS “BUTCH": "IN SLACKS, TURTLENECKS, AND SUAL JACKETS, [SHE] TOLD CHAT-SHOW DIENC CLIPPED HUMORO AND DISDAFUL PRONOUNCEMENTS WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF WOMEN’S LIB, MARRIAGE, HER NEED FOR PRIVACY AND CREASG FEAR OF EVERYTHG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SUDNLY LAST SUMMER”SUDNLY LAST SUMMER/COLUMBIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A TENNSEE WILLIAMS PLAY ADAPTED BY GORE VIDAL STARRG HEPBURN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND CLOSETED ACTOR MONTGOMERY CLIFT. DO GET ANY GAYER THAN THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DO, ACTUALLY: HEPBURN PLAYED VLET VENABLE, A SOCIALE WHO "PROCUR" YOUNG MEN FOR HER GAY SON, SEBASTIAN. 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THIS WAS HEPBURN AND TRACY'S FIRST ON-SCREEN PAIRG AND EARNED HER AN AMY AWARD NOMATN. AFP PHOTO/HO/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, EVEN ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST CED ROMANC HAD A QUEER TGE. TO HEAR LARRY KRAMER TELL , THE TWO INS WERE THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HEPBURN AND SPENCER TRACY WERE BOTH GAY," HE TOLD THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 2015. "THEY WERE PUBLICLY PAIRED TOGETHER BY THE STUD. EVERYONE HOLLYWOOD KNOWS THIS IS TE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In the new documentary Stty and the Secret History of Hollywood, former V.F. edor Matt Tyrner sh a light on the sexual fixer who tered to secretly gay Goln Age stars * was kate hepburn gay *

He worked at a gas statn on the rner of North Van Ns Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, out of which, he says, he and a dre of his male and female iends serviced Hollywood celebri—many of them closeted homosexuals.

* was kate hepburn gay *

They provid a safety zone for people whose reers would have been ed if the tth about them emerged the s before gay rights and the AIDS crisis.

In honor of her birthday, we celebrate one of Hollywood’s gayt It Bryn Mawr yearsHepburn took up actg at the all-girl's llege 1927, when she was st the male role of Oliver The Tth About Blayds. The homoeroticism ntue as -stars Brian Aherne and Cary Grant also fd themselv strangely attracted to "Sylvter. The Philalphia Story re-paired Hepburn wh gay director Gee Cor and bisexual movie star Cary Grant.

WAS KATHARE HEPBURN GAY?

Hepburn also took the res when me to wardrobe: She ignored male producers' mands she wear a drs the openg scene, optg to wear pants ienship wh Gee CorKnown wily Hollywood as a "woman's director" and a gay man, Cor was one of Hepburn's clost iends, and helmed some of her biggt hs. Do get any gayer than this? It do, actually: Hepburn played Vlet Venable, a sociale who "procur" young men for her gay son, Sebastian.

)Released 1959, Summer never overtly mentns homosexualy directly, but the Productn Co Admistratn gave filmmakers a "special dispensatn" to pict Sebastian as a predatory Legn of Decency nclud, "Sce the film illtrat the horrors of such a liftyle, n be nsired moral theme even though als wh sexual perversn. "Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were both gay, " he told The Hollywood Reporter 2015.

MISS INPENNT: KATHARE HEPBURN’S OBSSIVE ORIGALYIN THE LATT OLD HOLLYWOOD BOOK CLUB, WE VIS THE LIFE AND TIM OF KATHARE HEPBURN.BY HADLEY HALL MEAROCTOBER 7, 2022BY ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE“NOW WE E TO ME,” KATHARE HEPBURN WR CHEEKILY HER 1991 TOBGRAPHY OF THE SAME NAME.SHE KNOWS WHAT HER DIENCE WANTS, AND THE SELF-NFSED EGOTIST IS HAPPY TO OBLIGE. THE FOUR-TIME OSR-WNG ACTRS, STAR OF UNTLS CLASSICS, CLUDG BRGG UP BABY, PAT AND MIKE, AND THE LN WTER, SURVIVED FOR S BY DOG HER OWN WAY, AND BEME AN AMERIN STUTN THE PROCS. “I HAVE BEE A FAIAR,” SHE WR. “I AM VERY AWARE OF THAT NOW. I’M LIKE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.”IN ME: STORI OF MY LIFE, THE HEPBURN PERSONA IS ON FULL DISPLAY—NVERSATNAL, WTY, STUBBORN, WEIRD, STTERED, PETIVE, BG, UNIQUE, AND SURPRISGLY WARM. THE REAR FEELS CHARMED YET SNOWED UNR AS HEPBURN REUNTS HER NUMERO ATHLETIC EXPLOS, HER ROMANC, HER CSH ON JOHN WAYNE, LGHG OM MORNG TO NIGHT WH CARY GRANT, A MUTE SCRIPTN OF HER BT IEND GEE COR’S HOE, AND EVEN THE RECIPE FOR HER FAVORE CURRANT KE.BUT THROUGH ALL HEPBURN, A FAN OF LD BATHS AND SWIMMG THE ICY SEA, IS A REALIST WHO UNTS HER BLSGS, AWARE SHE HAS LED A CHARMED LIFE. “I AM HAPPY,” SHE WR. “I HAVE A HAPPY NATURE—I LIKE THE RA—I LIKE THE SUN—THE HEAT—THE LD—THE MOUNTAS, THE SEA—THE FLOWERS, THE—WELL, I LIKE LIFE AND I’VE BEEN SO LUCKY. WHY SHOULDN’T I BE HAPPY? I DON’T LOCK DOORS. I DON’T HOLD GDG. REALLY THE ONLY THG I’M NOT MAD ABOUT IS WD. I FD DISTURBG.”TO THE MANOR BORNKATHARE HOUGHTON HEPBURN WAS BORN 1907, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. UNLIKE MOST OF HER NTEMPORARI, SHE WAS OM MONEY—PATRICIAN, BLUE BLOOD NORTHEASTERN ARISTOCRACY—OF WHICH SHE WAS CLEARLY ORDATELY PROUD.BUT HEPBURN WAS MOST PROUD OF HER RADILLY LIBERAL, TELLECTUAL PARENTS, AND IS WHEN SHE WR ABOUT THEM THAT HER REAL HUMANY SH THROUGH THE PATTER. HER FATHER, DR. THOMAS HEPBURN, FOUND THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATN, WHICH TED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE THEN-TABOO ISSUE OF VENEREAL DISEASE. BUT THE TE SUPERSTAR OF THE FAY WAS HER MOTHER, KATHARE, WHO FOUGHT FOR BIRTH NTROL ACCS AND WAS THE HEAD OF THE CONNECTICUT WOMAN SUFAGE ASSOCIATN.THE FEARLS HEPBURN AND HER FIVE RAMBUNCT SIBLGS GREW UP MPAIGNG FOR THE VOTE WH HER MOTHER, PASSG OUT PRO-SUFAGE BALLOONS AT THE UNTY FAIR. HEPBURN PATS HER CHILDHOOD AS ONE FILLED WH TELLECTUAL STIMULATN, PETIVE SPORTS, AND EEDOM RARE FOR A RICH GIRL EDWARDIAN AMERI.“THERE WAS A HEMLOCK TREE ON THE WT SI OF THE PROPERTY,” SHE RELLS. “THAT WAS THE TREE I ED TO CLIMB. THE NEIGHBORS ED TO LL MOTHER. ‘K! KATHY IS THE TOP OF THE HEMLOCK!’ ‘Y, I KNOW. DON’T SRE HER. SHE DON’T KNOW THAT ’S DANGERO.’”DES LATER, HEPBURN’S LOVE FOR HER REMARKABLE PARENTS N STILL BRG THE REAR TO TEARS. “HOW I MISS YOU TWO,” SHE WR. “I WAS SO ED TO TURNG TO YOU. IT WAS HEAVEN. ALWAYS TO HAVE YOU TWO TO TURN TO SPAIR, JOY. THERE YOU WERE: STRONG—FUNNY. TWO ROCKS. WHAT YOU DID FOR ME—WOW! WHAT LUCK TO BE BORN OUT OF LOVE AND TO LIVE AN ATMOSPHERE OF WARMTH AND TERT.”TOMBUT THERE WAS A DARK SI TO THIS PICTURE-PERFECT PORTRAYAL. ACRDG TO WILLIAM J. MANN, THOR OF THE GOSSIPY AND AT TIM MEAN-SPIRED KATE: THE WOMAN WHO WAS HEPBURN, DR. THOMAS HEPBURN WAS AN EXACTG FATHER WH AN EXPLOSIVE TEMPER, WHOSE WIFE PLATED HIM AT EVERY TURN.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHJIM GAFFIGAN SPARS WH JOE ROGAN OVER WHO IS MORE SATANIC: BIN OR TMP?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISWHILE HEPBURN HERSELF IS HONT THAT HER FAY’S ACTIVISM MA THEM OUTSTS PROPER SOCIETY, SHE IS MUM ABOUT HOW HER PARENTS’ EMPHASIS ON PRCIPLED PERFECTNISM MAY HAVE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED HER AND HER SIBLGS. THERE WAS CERTALY TROUBLE BREWG HER OLR BROTHER TOM, A SENSIVE, ATHLETIC BOY WHO WAS THE 14-YEAR-OLD HEPBURN’S NSTANT PANN.IN APRIL 1921, THE TWO SIBLGS WERE ON AN ADVENTURE NEW YORK CY, STAYG WH A FAY IEND. ONE NIGHT, THEY WENT TO SEE A CONNECTICUT YANKEE KG ARTHUR’S COURT ON BROADWAY. “AS I LATER TOLD THE STORY,” HEPBURN WR, “I SAID THAT TOM HAD LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, ’YOU’RE MY GIRL, AREN’T YOU? YOU’RE MY FAVORE GIRL THE WHOLE WORLD.’ WHY DID I SAY THIS? WAS TE? I MEAN, DID TOM REALLY SAY ? I DON’T KNOW ANY LONGER.”IN MUDDLED, REMOVED PROSE, HEPBURN SCRIB THE “FACTS” AS SHE RELLS THEM. “NEXT MORNG, I WENT UPSTAIRS TO WAKE HIM UP. THERE HE WAS—NEXT TO THE BED—HIS KNE BENT—HANGED BY A TORN PIECE OF SHEETG. IT WAS TIED TO A RAFTER. HE WAS AD. STRANGLED. IT MA NO SENSE. IN A STATE OF NUMB SHOCK, I CUT HIM DOWN AND LAID HIM ON THE BED.”THE HEPBURN FAY’S RPONSE TO TOM’S APPARANT SUICI IS SHOCKG TO MORN SENSIBILI. HER FATHER WROTE TO THE PAPERS, CLAIMG HIS SON HAD SIMPLY BEEN DOG A ROPE TRICK. THE FAY RARELY IF EVER SPOKE OF HIM AGA.SEVENTY YEARS LATER, HEPBURN REMAED NON-MTAL AND UNWILLG TO CRICIZE HER FAY’S RPONSE OR EVEN ADM THAT TOM DIED BY SUICI. BUT SHE IS HONT ABOUT THE EFFECT TOM’S ATH HAD ON HER. “THIS CINT SEEMED TO SORT OF SEPARATE ME OM THE WORLD AS I’D KNOWN ,” SHE WR. “I TRIED SCHOOL BUT…I FELT ISOLATED. I KNEW SOMETHG THAT THE GIRLS DID NOT KNOW: TRAGEDY.”KATHARE OF ARROGANCEAFTER GRADUATG OM BRYN MAWR, HEPBURN KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED—TO BE A SENSATN. “IT WAS ALL OR NOTHG FOR ME ME ME,” SHE RELLS. “I WAS JT FULL OF THE JOY OF LIFE AND OPPORTUNY AND A WILD SIRE TO BE ABSOLUTELY FASCATG.”THIS BLD AMBN WAS TEMPERED WH A SURPRISGLY NAïVE, SHELTERED VIEW OF LIFE. HER SCRIPTN OF LOSG HER VIRGY TO HER PERFECTLY NAMED HBAND, LUDLOW OGN SMH, IS HILAR FOR S RETICENCE AND Y HONTY:I GUS THAT I KNEW THAT LUDDY WAS LOVE WH ME. BUT YOU SEE MY HCH WAS THAT I WAS LOVE WH MYSELF ...I WANTED TO BE A BIG STAR…ANYWAY, LUDDY AND I WERE ALONE THE APARTMENT AND THERE WAS THE BED AND THERE DIDN’T SEEM TO BE ANY REASON NOT TO. WELL — WHAT I’M TRYG TO SAY IS THAT — THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. I MEAN — WE DID … AND THAT WAS THE END OF MY VIRTUE.WH REHG NDOR AND SELF-PRETG HUMOR, HEPBURN REUNTS WHAT AN “ABSOLUTE PIG” SHE WAS TO SWEET, LOYAL LUDDY, WHO SHE MARRIED 1928 (THEY DIVORCED 1942). AND SOME OF THE FUNNIT BS THE TOBGRAPHY TAIL HOW HER HARD-HTG NFINCE GOT HER FIRED OM NUMERO STAGE PRODUCTNS.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHJIM GAFFIGAN SPARS WH JOE ROGAN OVER WHO IS MORE SATANIC: BIN OR TMP?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISWHEN SHE ARRIVED HOLLYWOOD 1932 TO STAR HER FIRST MOVIE, A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, AN ADMTEDLY HGHTY HEPBURN STEPPED OFF THE TRA A RIDICULOLY EXPENSIVE HIGH-NECKED FFLED RIDG AT, A BIZARRE HAT PERCHED ON HER HEAD, AND ONE EYE SWOLLEN SHUT 90-GREE HEAT.ACRDG TO HEPBURN, THE STUD EXECUTIV THERE TO MEET HER WERE DISMAYED, EXCLAIMG THEIR NEW FD LOOKED LIKE A DAVER. THGS DIDN’T GET BETTER UNTIL HER EQUALLY “ODD,” BUT “GENERO” -STAR JOHN BARRYMORE TOOK THE UNNVENTNAL, HEADSTRONG NOVICE UNR HIS WG AFTER AN UNSUCCSFUL ATTEMPT AT SCTN:HE ASKED ME TO E TO HIS DRSG ROOM ON THE LOT ONE DAY. I WENT. KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. HE SAID, “COME .” I DID. AND THERE HE WAS, LYG ON HIS UCH —WHAT SHALL I SAY?—PARATIVE DISARRAY. I MT HAVE LOOKED TOTALLY BLANK. THERE WAS A PSE. A QUICK SHUFFLE OF BLANKETS. “OH. I AM SORRY. SEE YOU LATER.” I WENT. OH MY, HOW VERY STRANGE. ANYWAY, HE WAS AN ANGEL AFTER THAT ONE FEEBLE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL . HIS MA OBJECT AFTER THAT SEEMED TO BE TO BE CERTA THAT I MA A BIG H.BOX OFFICE POISONHEPBURN’S STAR QUICKLY ROSE, THOUGH THE HOLLYWOOD MUNY WAS AT A LOSS TO UNRSTAND HER. AS HEPBURN NOT, SHE WAS A HOMEBODY WHO WORE THREADBARE MEN’S CLOTHG, DARED TO LIVE WH CLOSE FEMALE PANNS (LEADG TO MORS SHE WAS A LBIAN), AND HAD A EP ATTACHMENT TO HER FAY (HER FATHER MANAGED HER MONEY, SENDG HER AN ALLOWANCE TO HER 50S).NOW A MOVIE STAR, HEPBURN STARTED A THREE-YEAR RELATNSHIP WH THE EQUALLY QUIRKY HOWARD HUGH, WHO SHE TREATS WH GENERO SYMPATHY HER BOOK. THE TWO HAD MUCH MON, CLUDG A SELF-PROCLAIMED “WILD SIRE TO BE FAMO.” HUGH TGHT THE ADVENTURO HEPBURN TO FLY AND DISPLAYED AN IMPULSIVENS SHE SHARED. “WHEN WE ED A SEAPLANE, SOMETIM IF WAS HOT WE WOULD STOP THE MIDDLE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND ANCHOR THE PLANE, TAKE OFF OUR CLOTH, DIVE OFF A WG NAKED TO OL OFF,” SHE RELLS. “IT WAS FUN.”BUT HER REER CRASHED 1938, WHEN THE INPENNT THEATER OWNERS OF AMERI CLARED THAT PENNT, SELF-SUFFICIENT FEMALE STARS, CLUDG HEPBURN, GRETA GARBO, JOAN CRAWFORD, AND MARLENE DIETRICH, WERE “BOX OFFICE POISON.” ACRDG TO ANNE EDWARD’S SIGHTFUL, ENGROSSG KATHARE HEPBURN: A REMARKABLE WOMAN, THE LIST’S PUBLITN LED TO A GOOD-NATURED FIGHT BETWEEN HEPBURN AND DIETRICH, ON A TRIP BACK EAST COLE PORTER’S TRA R, OVER WHO WAS THE “BIGGT” BOX OFFICE POISON.HOWEVER, HEPBURN WASN’T DOWN FOR THE UNT FOR LONG. SHE CREDS HUGH WH ENURAGG HER TO BUY THE FILM RIGHTS TO THE PLAY THE PHILALPHIA STORY. THE STAGE PRODUCTN AND 1940 MOVIE WERE SMASH HS, AND HEPBURN WAS BACK ON TOP—ON HER OWN TERMS.SPENCE“NOW I’M GOG TO TELL YOU ABOUT SPENCER. YOU MAY THK YOU’VE WAED A LONG TIME. BUT LET’S FACE , SO DID I. I WAS THIRTY-THREE,” HEPBURN WR, AFTER THEATRILLY SAVG THE STORY OF THEIR LEGENDARY LOVE STORY TILL THE END OF THE BOOK. “I DISVERED WHAT ‘I LOVE YOU’ REALLY MEANS. IT MEANS I PUT YOU AND YOUR TERTS AND YOUR FORT AHEAD OF MY OWN TERTS AND MY OWN FORT BEE I LOVE YOU…LOVE HAS NOTHG TO DO WH WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTG TO GET—ONLY WH WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTG TO GIVE—WHICH IS EVERYTHG.”MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHJIM GAFFIGAN SPARS WH JOE ROGAN OVER WHO IS MORE SATANIC: BIN OR TMP?BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISBY HER OWN ACUNT, HEPBURN GAVE EVERYTHG TO HER 27-YEAR CLANSTE RELATNSHIP WH THE MARRIED SPENCER TRACY, WHO SHE HAD LONG ADMIRED OM AFAR. ACRDG TO HEPBURN, TRACY IALLY BALKED AT APPEARG 1942’S WOMAN OF THE YEAR, EXCLAIMG, “HOW N I DO A PICTURE WH A WOMAN WHO HAS DIRT UNR HER FGERNAILS AND WHO IS OF AMBIGUO SEXUALY AND ALWAYS WEARS PANTS.”HEPBURN’S TENR, VULNERABLE, ACHG SI OUT AS SHE GH OVER TRACY—HIS GENI, HIS HUMOR, HIS TELLECT. SHE IS ALSO HONT ABOUT HIS PRIVATE TORMENTS, HIS BATTLE WH ALHOLISM AND PRSN, AND HER CHOICE TO PUT HER OWN REER ASI TO SOOTHE AND NURSE A MAN WHO ULD NEVER RT, LYG ON THE FLOOR BI HIM, TALKG HIM TO SLEEP AS HE BATTLED SOMNIA.WHILE HEPBURN PRENTS THEIR UNEQUAL RELATNSHIP AS SOLELY HER CHOICE, APPEARS TO BE A CLASSIC AL-ANON RELATNSHIP, WH THE PRACTIL, STRINT PARTNER BEG ED BY A MENTALLY ILL PARTNER. AS EDWARDS NOT, TRACY ULD BE REMARKABLY CEL TO HEPBURN, “SQUASHG” HER DOWN ONT OF IENDS AND -WORKERS. MANN BELIEV TRACY WAS FACT GAY OR BISEXUAL, AND THAT HEPBURN EXAGGERATED THE EXTENT OF THEIR ROMANCE.WHATEVER THE TTH, HEPBURN’S PTH OF FEELG FOR TRACY IS CLEAR. IT WAS SHE WHO FOUND HIM AD 1967, AND HER SORROW IS PALPABLE. “HE LOOKED SO HAPPY TO BE DONE WH LIVG, WHICH FOR ALL HIS ACPLISHMENTS HAD BEEN A IGHTFUL BURN TO HIM,” SHE WR. “I NEVER KNEW HIM, I THK. AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER KNEW ME—WHO WAS ONTO ME. I THK I WAS A FORT TO HIM. I HOPE. DEAR FRIEND.”AS EDWARD WR, AFTER TRACY’S ATH HEPBURN PROUDLY ME OUT OF THE SHADOWS, REUNTG THEIR SECRET LOVE STORY TO ONE AND ALL. IT MAY HAVE BEEN PAYBACK AGAST TRACY’S SATED WIDOW, LOUISE, WHOSE RELS MENT TO HER, “I THOUGHT YOU WERE ONLY A MOR,” ADMTEDLY CUT HER TO THE RE:AFTER NEARLY THIRTY YEARS? A MOR? WHAT ULD BE THE ANSWER TO THAT? IT WAS A EP AND FUNDAMENTAL WOUND—EPLY SET—NEVER TO BE BUDGED. ALMOST THIRTY YEARS SPENCE AND I HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER—THROUGH GOOD AND BAD TIM. SOME MOR.THE FIGHTER“AS ONE GO THROUGH LIFE ONE LEARNS THAT IF YOU DON’T PADDLE YOUR OWN NOE, YOU DON’T MOVE,” HEPBURN WR.HEPBURN RETAED HER FIGHTG SPIR TILL THE END, THOUGH SHE CLEARLY SOFTENS THE EDG. ACRDG TO EDWARDS, AFTER FEELG MISTREATED BY DIRECTOR JOE MANKIEWICZ 1959’S SUDNLY LAST SUMMER, SHE PROVED SHE WAS NOT ONE TO MS WH. “WHEN MANKIEWICZ HAD LLED THE FAL ‘CUT’ ON THE FILM, KATE STRO ACROSS THE SOUND STAGE TO HIM,” EDWARDS WR. “’ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WON’T NEED MY SERVIC ANYMORE?’ SHE ASKED. ‘Y, I AM SURE.’ ‘ABSOLUTELY?’ ‘ABSOLUTELY.’ THEN, ONT OF THE SHOCKED PANY, SHE LEANED FORWARD AND SPAT STRAIGHT TO HIS EYE.”ON THE SET OF 1981’S ON GOLN POND, THE 74-YEAR-OLD HEPBURN RELLED TNTG THE EQUALLY STRONG JANE FONDA (WHOM SHE ADORED). “ONE MOMENT THE PICTURE JANE HAD TO DO A BACK SOMERSLT TO THE WATER OFF A SPRGBOARD. I WOULD TORTURE HER BY SAYG, ‘IF YOU N’T DO , AR, I’LL DO FOR YOU,’” SHE WR. “‘IT’S ONE OF MY SPECIALTI.’ YOU MAY BE SURE THAT SHE DID HERSELF.”SHE NTUED TO WORK FOR PROGRSIVE , MPAIGNG FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD THE 1980S HONOR OF HER EXTRAORDARY MOTHER. SHE DIED HER FAY HOME FENWICK, CONNECTICUT, 2003, SURROUND BY HER BELOVED FAY. “YOU SUDNLY REALIZE WHAT A TREMENDO OPPORTUNY IS JT TO BE ALIVE,” SHE WROTE OF SURVIVG TO OLD AGE. “THE POTENTIAL. IF YOU N KEEP A-GO’—YOU ACTUALLY N DO . SO JT KEEP A-GO’—YOU N W. IT’S WHEN YOU STOP THAT YOU’RE DONE.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)HADLEY HALL MEAR

He offers evince that her adored olr brother Tom's suici at age 15 may have been triggered by tnts about his "unmanly" terts and by a fellow stunt's rebuffg his homosexual advanc.

Hardg acpanied Hepburn to Hollywood for her screen but A Bill of Divorcement (32), directed by openly gay Gee Cor, who would bee her very close iend.

At one of Cor's zy, ually gay parti, she met actrs Elissa Landi, mored to be bisexual, and for a time they were que timate. Parrish and Advote Books have done a great service reclaimg one more part of gay and lbian history.

SO, CARY GRANT AND KATHARE HEPBURN HAD GAY LOVE AFFAIRS. AND?

We often thk of Hollywood as beg acceptg of homosexual men and women. Hollywood has also given great films about same-sex relatnships and gay rights such as Brokeback Mounta to Milk. But there was a darker time Hollywood when homosexual stars had to keep their sexualy as private as possible.

” Durg his short life, there were mors that Dean was gay.

When asked to discs the matter, he reportedly said, “No, I’m not homosexual, but I am also not gog through life wh one hand tied behd my back. He accepts a gay in and perhaps if tim are different he is more open about his feelgs for men.

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