Post by smith on Jul 2, 2005 21:13:02 GMT -5
I am not going to put the whole transcript up - its over 7000 words but this is an extract from the interview panel that Larry King conducted after Katharine's death in 2003.
This is part of the interview with Robert Wagner
All right, Robert Wagner, what is the story of the naming of the daughter? WAGNER: Well, when Spencer introduced me to Katie, it was a wonderful thrill for me to meet her and also the thing that was so extraordinary was that he trusted me. He gave so much to me, Spence did, you know, over the years. When he included me in this way with his relationship with Kate, I of course was in enamored with her. And when we had our child we named her after Kate. And they came out to the ranch to see her, they came out together and they came in and they brought this wonderful crib that they had bought, beautiful French crib at an antique store. They had wonderful taste.
They brought that and another piece that we put on the wall to put pictures in and things like that. But she said just a minute and she went back out to the car and she came in and she had made two dolls for our Kate and one of them was Katie Hepburn, Kate Hepburn and her wonderful slacks with the little belt and open shirt and a sweater tied around her neck and it looked absolutely wonderful. And Kate made it herself and she made a doll of Spence from the "Old Man In The Sea." This is the way my Katie started off in life. That's not too bad, you know.
They were, they were just so special, you know. She had such a wonderful heart and she was so warm. I mean, you know, this word is thrown around a lot, you know, but she was thought of as an icon and one of a kind and that's all very true, but that was the professional part. The other side was so, I mean, she had so much charm. You know the wonderful thing about her, Larry, I was thinking about it earlier, she had a great rhythm. A wonderful rhythm about her life. The way she moved and the way she engaged people and the way her speech pattern was and all of that. The two of them together, it was so great. Can you imagine I was thought of and trusted enough to be involved with that. So it was great for me.
Interview with Stanley Kramer's daughter
KING: Kit, you were supposed to be named Spencer, right?
KRAMER: Right. That's what my father was hoping for. I was born April 4 and Spencer's birthday was April 5. So he sent my dad a note from the loser when I came out a girl. And Kate had wanted me to be named Tracy, but my mom loved the name Katharine. And said no I think that would be a perfect name.
KING: What is this outfit?
KRAMER: This is her actually christening dress. She sent it to my parents
KING: Katharine Hepburn's?
KRAMER: This is Katharine Hepburn's christening dress and she sent it to my parents and me when I was born so I have had it ever since. And she wrote in the not that you will tell her to spell it with an "a" because they almost got the name, you know, spelling it wrong.