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Who starred as the ambitious small-town woman in Alice Adams?
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George Stevens
George Stevens, 1957
In the 1935 film Alice Adams, directed by George Stevens, the role of the ambitious, lonely small-town woman who desperately attempts to join an elite social circle was played by Katharine Hepburn. Her nuanced performance in the film earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress.1