Katharine Hepburn

The Essay - A podcast by BBC Radio 3 - Mondays

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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.