Wer datete Howard Hughes?

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (* 24. Dezember 1905 in Humble oder Houston, beides Texas; † 5. April 1976 in einem Flugzeug über Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer, Filmproduzent, Regisseur und Luftfahrtpionier.

Hughes war der Haupterbe der Werkzeugfirma Hughes Tool Company, sein Vermögen investierte er in weitere Unternehmungen in der Luftfahrt und im Filmgeschäft. In den 1930er- und 1940er-Jahren stellte seine Hughes Aircraft einige Geschwindigkeitsrekorde auf, bei denen er teilweise selbst am Steuer saß, und er besaß zeitweise die weltweit agierende Fluggesellschaft Trans World Airlines. Als Filmproduzent drehte er 1930 mit Höllenflieger den damals teuersten Film der Welt und brachte kontroverse Stoffe wie Scarface (1932) ins Kino. Sein exzentrischer Lebensstil – der zunächst sehr glamourös in Hollywood ausfiel, ab den späten 1940er-Jahren aber von großer Zurückgezogenheit und mehreren Krankheiten geprägt war – führte zu vielen Spekulationen und Mythenbildungen um ihn.

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a leading lady on stage and screen spanned six decades. Known for her headstrong independence, spirited personality, and outspokenness, she cultivated a screen persona that matched this public image, and regularly played strong-willed, sophisticated women. She worked in a varied range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama. Her accolades include a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress, two British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and eight Golden Globe Awards.

Raised in Connecticut by progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while at Bryn Mawr College. Favorable reviews of her work on Broadway brought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her early years in film brought her international fame, including an Academy Award for Best Actress for her third film, Morning Glory (1933), but this was followed by a series of commercial failures culminating in the critically lauded box office failure Bringing Up Baby (1938).

Hepburn masterminded her comeback, buying out her contract with RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to The Philadelphia Story, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. That comedy film was a box office success and landed her a third Academy Award nomination. In the 1940s, she was contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where her career focused on an alliance with Spencer Tracy. The screen partnership spanned 26 years and produced nine films.

Hepburn challenged herself in the latter half of her life as she tackled Shakespearean stage productions and a range of literary roles. She found a niche playing mature, independent, and sometimes unmarried or widowed women such as in The African Queen (1951), a persona the public embraced. Hepburn received three more Academy Awards for her performances in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981). In the 1970s, she began appearing in television films, which later became her focus. She made her final screen appearance at the age of 87. After a period of inactivity and ill health, Hepburn died in 2003 at the age of 96.

Hepburn famously shunned the Hollywood publicity machine, and refused to conform to societal expectations of women. She was outspoken, assertive, athletic, and wore pants before it was fashionable. She married once, as a young woman, but thereafter lived independently. With her unconventional lifestyle and the independent characters she brought to the screen, Hepburn came to epitomize the "modern woman" in 20th-century America and influenced changing popular perceptions of women. In 1999, she was named the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute.

Terry Moore (* 7. Januar 1929 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien; eigentlich Helen Luella Koford) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.