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Book Review By Susan D. Minkalis
Kate Remembered by A. Scott Berg

    Katharine Hepburn, born in Connecticut in 1907 became intrigued with acting from a very early age and that passion was carried out thought her long life of 96 years old. Katharine Hepburn's career as a leading lady crossed seven decades. Over 50 movies and twelve Oscar nominations along with four gold statuettes were Hepburn's phenomenal acting record. Her screen companions such as Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy and director George Cukor were instrumental in Hepburn's long life.
    Hepburn's story moves forward with discussions of her observations on life. She reveals stories of her eccentric family.


Plot & Themes
job/profession:
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Story of entertainer? - Movie Drama Actor
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - California
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - challenged
Pictures/Illustrations? - A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book
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