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Katharine Hepburn

Sarah Churchwell explores how actress Katharine Hepburn, the so-called ice queen, inspired her as a young author growing up in Chicago, lacking any role models.

Author and broadcaster Sarah Churchwell describes the spell that female film stars of the 1930s and '40s have over her..

She begins her series with Katharine Hepburn, the so-called 'Ice Queen', who inspired the young author growing up in Chicago and lacking any role models. One day she watched The Philadelphia Story on television and life changed forever ...

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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Tue 7 Aug 2018 22:45

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