• 1.

    She was a descendant of the Mayflower and a King. (source)

  • 2.

    She used to swim naked in the library fountain while attending Bryn Mawr college. (source)

  • 3.

    In her first play, The Warrior’s Husband, she dressed like an amazon and carried a stag around on stage. (source)

  • 4.

    In 1938, her house was annihilated in a hurricane destroying 95% of her worldly possessions. Instead of cry about it, she starred in a Broadway production of The Philadelphia Story the same year. (source)

  • 5.

    When Katharine Hepburn met Spencer Tracy she said, “I’m afraid I’m a little tall for you.” (source)

  • 6.

    Howard Hughes used to chase Katharine Hepburn around in his airplane to get a piece of that badass. (source)

  • 7.

    She holds the record for most Oscars won by an actor and the second-most nominations. She never attended a single Academy Awards ceremony. (source)

  • 8.

    Ripped leeches from the chest of Bogart in The African Queen (who cares that they were rubber, it still looked badass). (source)

  • 9.

    Didn’t believe in religion, the afterlife or that death was anything other than just a really long sleep. (source)

  • 10.

    Played golf. Shot in the 80s. (source)

  • 11.

    When she broke an ankle doing the play A Matter of Gravity in 1976, she continued the show in a wheelchair. (source)

  • 12.

    Made nine movies with Tracy, who was also a badass. (source)

  • 13.

    To quote Katharine Hepburn, “Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” This quote has 990 Facebook fans.

  • 14.

    “The bitterer the medicine, the better it was for you” is not lyrics from an AC/DC song, it’s another badass quote from Katharine Hepburn. (source)

  • 15.

    Katharine Hepburn was her own stuntwoman. (source)

  • 16.

    Liked to take cold showers and swim in frigid water. What an ice cold badass. (source)

  • 17.

    Once told a crowd chasing her for an autograph: “Beat it, go sit on a tack!” (source)

  • 18.

    Hepburn disliked the acting of Meryl Streep and Marlon Brando. Liked John Lithgow’s. (source)

  • 19.

    Given an award in 1986 by the Council of Fashion Designers for her trademark pantsuit. (source)

  • 20.

    Gets a shout out in Madonna’s ‘Vogue’. (source)

  • 21.

    In 1990 she said “I’m what’s known as gradually disintegrating.” Then she withstood disintegration into the next century, passing away in 2003. (source)

  • 22.

    Titled her autobiography simply Me: Stories of My Life. (source)

  • 23.

    “Oh Boy, If Only I could Be Like Her” - Elizabeth Taylor on Katharine Hepburn. (source)

  • 24.

    Showed Audrey Hepburn who’s boss by being named #1 Actress of the Century by the American Film Institute. Audrey had to settle for #3. (source)

  • 25.

    Lived to 96, because she’s a badass and had good longevity. (source)