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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
Katharine Hepburn
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Katharine Hepburn
Age: 96 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 12
Died: 2003
Died: June 29
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Hartford
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn
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