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““Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.”

Just as she turned heads on the silver screen, she also turned them in her personal life.

Glamour shot of Katharine Hepburn

Hepburn also eschewed the traditional roles of wife and mother.

She was also honest with herself and the public.

After their divorce, she never married again.

Katharine Hepburn in later years

“I was not in the business of capturing anyone into marriage,” she conveyed.

“I liked the idea of being my own single self.”

Herlongest relationshipwas with fellow actor Spencer Tracy.

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn

“He was married and I wasn’t interested.”