‘Plain’ actress who became a record Oscar winner

KATHARINE HEPBURN, who died on Sunday at the age of 96, was the Hollywood icon once labelled “box-office poison” but became one of the 20th century’s greatest actresses.

She had been in declining health in recent years. She died of old age, surrounded by family in her Connecticut home.

With unconventional looks she herself called "plain", she began as an outsider in the film world but she won four Oscars, an all-time record, for her work, which spanned seven decades.