Katharine Hepburn in her name in 1997. After Hepburn's death in 2003, the intersection of East 49th Street and 2nd Avenue was renamed "Katharine Hepburn Place". Three years later Bryn Mawr College, Hepburn's alma mater, launched the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center. It is dedicated to both the actress and her mother, and encourages women to address important issues affecting their gender. The center awards the annual Katharine Hepburn Medal, which "recognizes women whose lives, work and contributions embody the intelligence, drive and independence of the four-time-Oscar-winning actress" and whose award recipients "are chosen on the basis of their commitment and contributions to
The Actress (1928 film) Ruth Gordon. The play was first brought to the screen as a British made silent film "Trelawny of the Wells" in 1916. This film is one of many lost MGM films dating from the 1920s. The Actress (1928 film) The Actress is a lost 1928 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin and starred Norma Shearer. This film was based on the 1898 play "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" by Arthur Wing Pinero that had first premiered on Broadway in 1898 starring Mary Mannering, which was revived by Ethel Barrymore in 1911,