Ms. Kate has always been one of my most major idols and I don't do idols lightly. "Celebrity" status is not what I mean. By my idol list, I mean I have a mental list (and really should write them down) of all the well-known people who I would LOVE to know in person and also would want to learn a lot from. Katharine Hepburn is on that list.
She was a strong, vital, gorgeous woman, with an abundance of talent, the fortitude to speak her mind and, though the characters she played most likely typecast her as the same, that's fine with me because she is the type of woman I admire. Not only strong, assertive, extremely intelligent, but also feminine and gorgeous at the same time, in addition to being quite REAL, in the sense that she was relaxed, confident, never put on any airs.
Add to that that she was
FUNNY... a comedian on top of being a fine actor!
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One of my sister's and I have a lot in common in many respects. Many close to identical tastes.
But what I can't figure out is why, on the issue of women we admire, she excludes 2 women I admire very much.
The other one is Diane Sawyer. What a gorgeous, intelligent, fabulous woman, with journalistic writing skills, confidence, etc. I have a long list (in my head) of women I admire but these are just two of them, for different reasons than each other.
About Diane Sawyer, my sister says, "OMG, you like Diane Sawyer? You're kidding! I can't watch her. I hate her. I turn the TV off."
About Kathryn Hepburn, my sister says, "OMG, you like Katharine Hepburn? I can't watch her. Sure, some of the movies were funny but that was because of Cary Grant and Spencer Tracey and others. Kathryn Hepburn is on my OTHER list. Not the idol list."
hahahaha
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judih, that's pretty cool ... I hope your friend decides to dress up like Kate. I'd dress like her every day if I could afford it. Hell, I'd even take up golf.