How old was Katharine Hepburn in the movie The Philadelphia Story?

Katharine Hepburn was 32 in The Philadelphia Story when she played the character 'Tracy Lord'.

That was over 83 years ago in 1940.

In 2003 she died aged 96, starring in 93 films in her career, 74 of those after The Philadelphia Story was first released. If she were alive today she would be 117.

How old do you think she looks in the movie?

In The Philadelphia Story, I think Katharine Hepburn looks:

Did you know?

  • Director George Cukor has worked with Katharine Hepburn a total of 10 times in her career.
  • Katharine Hepburn's first movie was as 'Sydney Fairfield' in A Bill of Divorcement, released in 1932 when she was 24
  • The Philadelphia Story scores 7.7 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Philadelphia Story

Katharine Hepburn's other movies