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
Kate Burton (actress) for a short stint until Estabrook reassumed the role. During the summer of 2010, Burton portrayed actress Katharine Cornell in A.R. Gurney's "The Grand Manner" at Lincoln Center in New York. In April, 2017, she began playing Liz Essendine in the Broadway revival of "Present Laughter," the play in which she made her debut. Burton's first screen appearance was in the 1969 film "Anne of the Thousand Days," starring her father, with whom she later appeared as Alice opposite his White Knight in the 1983 Great Performances broadcast of "Alice in Wonderland," and in the 1984 CBS miniseries "Ellis Island".