Katharine Hepburn's Academy Awards

Amy Historian, Historian at the National Portrait Gallery talks about Katharine Hepburn and her Oscars, which are on view in the Portrait Gallery's "Contemporary Americans" gallery. .
Recorded at NPG, March 18. 2014.

[@TheBlackrose1989]

This was absolutely FASCINATING! Katharine Hepburn is one of my all time favorite human beings, ever. Her autobiography Me: Stories Of My Life is one of the few nonfiction publications that actually made me cry.

[@AntajuanGrady]

4 Oscars! Wow

[@alexandriadevareaux8834]

4 Oscars? Impressive. Way to go Hillary Swank. You are a "close" second.

[@bayuaprilian5285]

Frances McDormand?

[@chefhat4072]

people have three bro, swank has 2 and i’m doubtful she’ll be winning anymore...

[@xana5649]

Jodie Foster too

[@jairosantanafigueroa4139]

What’s even more impressive than the 4 Oscars is the fact that they were all for Best Actress. And all her nominations were also for Best Actress only.

[@rodrigobernardo4366]

Tremendous.

[@christopherjohnvalles8322]

Was she the only actress who had a 4 best actress Oscars?

[@AntarikshRajkonwar]

Yes she was the only one who has ever got 4 Oscars and that too for Best Actress.

[@christopherjohnvalles8322]

@@AntarikshRajkonwar wow, thanks. One more thing, in a "Best Actor Category", who had the most Oscars to date?

[@AntarikshRajkonwar]

@@christopherjohnvalles8322 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_with_two_or_more_Academy_Awards_in_acting_categories see this list..you will get your answer...google has every answer you can think of

[@leroymccoy9008]

@@christopherjohnvalles8322 Daniel Day-Lewis has 3 best actor Oscars.

[@pheniellanz5271]

She’s the only person with 4 oscars in terms of acting