Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. A recipient of a record four Academy Awards and an Emmy Award, she was ranked as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute. She was best known for her sophisticated, headstrong and outspoken screen persona that she cultivated through roles in a variety of film genres — from screwball comedies to literary dramas. Apart from her acclaimed acting and distinctive voice, her impact extended to fashion as well as she helped make wearing pants more socially acceptable for women.
Throughout her six-decade career, Hepburn's work in stage, film, and television brought her much acclaim — including twelve Academy Award nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, eight Golden Globe Award nominations, and two Tony Award nominations. She co-starred with screen legends like Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Laurence Olivier and Henry Fonda and performed in plays written and directed by notable playwrights and directors. Her most successful film pairing was with Spencer Tracy, with whom she made multiple hit pictures. The last of their 9 films together was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), which was completed shortly before Tracy's death. Her many performances on the stage included plays by Shakespeare and Shaw, and a Broadway musical. She passed away from cardiac arrest on 29 June 2003 at her family home in Connecticut and since then, has been honored with several memorials.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.8811 |
| Birthday | 1907-05-12 |
| Place of Birth | Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Also Known As | Katherine Hepburn, Kate Hepburn, Katie Hepburn, Кетрін Хепберн, |
1938
Bringing Up Baby
7.514/1071
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo...
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1940
The Philadelphia Story
7.586/972
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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The Philadelphia Story
1951
The African Queen
7.366/1051
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to g...
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The African Queen
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
7.583/909
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1942
Woman of the Year
6.939/165
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Woman of the Year
1957
Desk Set
6.984/127
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.
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Desk Set
1981
On Golden Pond
7.278/512
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2017
In Search of Tracy Lord
0/0
Playwright Philip Barry and actor Katharine Hepburn, both experiencing career downturns in the late 1930s, worked closely together to create the iconi...
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1935
Sylvia Scarlett
6.289/97
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Sylvia Scarlett
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8.25/4
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...
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1945
Without Love
6.963/27
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1933
Morning Glory
6.145/55
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Morning Glory
1949
Adam's Rib
7.105/334
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Adam's Rib
1943
Keeper of the Flame
6.644/45
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
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1952
Pat and Mike
6.365/74
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1948
State of the Union
6.743/74
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
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Early Directors on Directing
0/0
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1956
The Iron Petticoat
5.818/22
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The Iron Petticoat
1959
Suddenly, Last Summer
7.289/311
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Suddenly, Last Summer
1962
Long Day's Journey Into Night
7/76
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
1956
The Rainmaker
6.786/49
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The Rainmaker
1937
Stage Door
7.063/134
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Stage Door
1933
Christopher Strong
5.875/36
A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
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Christopher Strong
1936
Mary of Scotland
6.213/40
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Mary of Scotland
1934
The Little Minister
5.813/16
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The Little Minister
1935
Alice Adams
6.658/60
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Becoming Cary Grant
6.6/42
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1994
Love Affair
5.435/62
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Love Affair
1946
Undercurrent
5.922/51
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Undercurrent
1938
Holiday
7.313/288
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Holiday
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.289/19
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Stage Door Canteen
1973
A Delicate Balance
6.214/14
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A Delicate Balance
1934
Spitfire
5.233/15
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Spitfire
1975
Rooster Cogburn
6.459/217
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the ai...
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Rooster Cogburn
1995
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
2/1
The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other photographer...
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1971
The Trojan Women
6.243/35
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The Trojan Women
1933
Little Women
6.804/154
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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Little Women
1968
The Lion in Winter
7.38/400
Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.
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The Lion in Winter
2023
Call Me Kate
7.8/8
A feature documentary which captures Katharine Hepburn's spirit and determination, exploring her story using her own words, through a combination of h...
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Call Me Kate
1955
Summertime
6.749/169
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Summertime
1937
Quality Street
5.81/21
In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
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Quality Street
1932
A Bill of Divorcement
6.337/43
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
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A Bill of Divorcement
1973
The Glass Menagerie
7.7/18
An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.
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The Glass Menagerie
1985
Grace Quigley
6.063/16
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day she's being evicted, she witnesses a murder being com...
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Grace Quigley
1947
The Sea of Grass
6.103/29
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
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1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
7.333/3
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1936
A Woman Rebels
5.853/17
A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.
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A Woman Rebels
1944
Dragon Seed
6.722/18
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an upris...
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Dragon Seed
1986
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
6.75/4
A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
1976
Love Among the Ruins
6.972/18
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed bar...
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Love Among the Ruins
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
6/43
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer t...
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
1935
Break of Hearts
5.5/9
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowi...
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Break of Hearts
1947
Song of Love
6.833/9
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifel...
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Song of Love
1994
One Christmas
5.733/15
Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known in New Orleans in the 1930s..
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One Christmas
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot
7.333/12
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in...
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
1996
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
7.167/6
The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in t...
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The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1979
The Corn Is Green
7.4/5
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The Corn Is Green
1978
Olly Olly Oxen Free
5.333/3
Albie and his best friend Chris want to come up with something special to celebrate the birthday of their late-grandfather. Something everyone will re...
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Olly Olly Oxen Free
2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
5.7/7
A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
4.5/26
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
1988
Laura Lansing Slept Here
6.5/4
With a glittering cast that includes Katharine Hepburn and Karen Austin in lead roles, Laura Lansing Slept Here is a humorous family movie. Hepburn pl...
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Laura Lansing Slept Here
1992
The Man Upstairs
5.667/3
Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.
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The Man Upstairs
1994
This Can't Be Love
5.875/8
Two aging actors, who had a brief but intense marriage in the 1940s, are reunited decades later to find that issues between them are not resolved.
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This Can't Be Love
1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
7.6/7
This 53-minute television special retraces Michael Jackson’s rise from child prodigy with the Jackson 5 to global superstar of the 1980s. Combining ra...
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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1993
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
7.5/6
In a rare interview, Katharine Hepburn shares her memories and memorabilia.
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Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
4.4/5
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
7.1/10
Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running seri...
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Cary Grant: A Class Apart
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
0/0
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and...
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
4/2
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Night of 100 Stars III
1988
Bacall on Bogart
6.222/9
Lauren Bacall tells the story of her late husband Humphrey Bogart, presenting clips from his movies and interview clips with his peers.
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Bacall on Bogart
1974
That's Entertainment!
7.356/66
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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That's Entertainment!
2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
7/1
A short documentary about the making of the 1956 film, High Society. Hosted by Celeste Holm.
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7/5
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
7.167/6
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
8.333/6
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and profession...
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1994
That's Entertainment! III
7.026/38
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...
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That's Entertainment! III
1971
Directed by John Ford
6.927/41
A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.
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Directed by John Ford
1941
Women in Defense
5.6/5
Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...
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Women in Defense
2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
7/12
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
6/7
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.333/9
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
6.5/3
A peep behind the scenes of the golden era of Hollywood to discover exactly how and why Katharine Hepburn became one of the most famous actresses in t...
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Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2003
Complicated Women
6.917/12
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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Complicated Women
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
7/40
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
6.857/7
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1944
Twenty Years After
8/2
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Twenty Years After
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
0/0
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends a...
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Bogart: The Untold Story
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8.2/5
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1996
Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
5/1
Four-time Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn called herself a "personality" as well as an actress, and rightfully so. This biography chronicles her life a...
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Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
9/1
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by t...
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1950
The Costume Designer
10/1
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
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The Costume Designer
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
5.769/13
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5/2
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.625/36
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1992
Fonda on Fonda
7/2
Jane Fonda hosts a tribute to her father.
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2025
True Blue
0/0
Stamatis cannot get over his breakup with Katerina. He stays locked inside, until one night Katerina visits him with one purpose only: to get him out...
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True Blue
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
7.667/3
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1993
Roots of Roe
7/1
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