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Plot Summary of Kate Remembered
"    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."

Susan D. Minkalis, Resident Scholar



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

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Age: - long lived adults
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other people
Physique - average physique

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

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Book makes you feel? - challenged
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
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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