The great Katharine Hepburn has died. She passed away today at her home in Connecticut. There will be many tributes to her from the media over the next several days, most of which will sum up her life and her work far better than I could. Instead, I'll recommend my favorite Katharine Hepburn movies. She starred in many good films, but these are the ones I can watch over and over:

Holiday
Adam's Rib
The Philadelphia Story
The African Queen
Summertime
The Lion in Winter


Hepburn's beauty, fierce intelligence and straightforward manner made her a model of the independent woman and an influential role model for me. She was an extraordinary woman.