Toyah Willcox on Katharine Hepburn
Toyah Willcox nominates her hero Katharine Hepburn who she met and worked with.
Great Lives · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Toyah Willcox chooses the actress and Hollywood legend, Katharine Hepburn.
Dubbed an 'oddity' and 'box office poison', Hepburn liked to goad the press and public with her eccentric behaviour and unconventional love life.
Her Hollywood career spanned six decades, during which she starred alongside other Hollywood greats, including James Stewart, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy.
The four time Oscar award-winning actress is championed by singer and actress Toyah Willcox - who met and worked with her.
The expert is Dr Mark Glancy – Reader in Film History, at Queen Mary, University of London.
Presented by Matthew Parris.
Producer: Perminder Khatkar.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.