Spencer Tracy
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy won two Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations, sharing the record for nominations in that category with Laurence Olivier.
Tracy first discovered his talent for acting while attending Ripon College, and he later received a scholarship for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He spent seven years in
In 1935, Tracy joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, at the time Hollywood's most prestigious studio. His career flourished with a series of hit films, and in 1937 and 1938 he won consecutive Oscars for Captains Courageous and Boys Town. He made three smash hit films supporting Clark Gable, the studio's principal leading man, firmly fixing the notion of Gable and Tracy as a team in the public imagination. By the 1940s, Tracy was one of the studio's top stars. In 1942, he appeared with Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year, beginning another popular partnership that produced nine movies over 25 years. Tracy left MGM in 1955, and continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite an increasing weariness as he aged. His personal life was troubled, with a lifelong struggle against severe alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. Tracy became estranged from his wife in the 1930s, but never divorced, conducting a long-term relationship with Katharine Hepburn in private. Towards the end of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer. It was for Kramer that he made his last film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1967, completed just 17 days before his death.
During his career, Tracy appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the 9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Born
Apr 05, 1900
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Died
Jun 10, 1967
Known For
Acting
Movies
120 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.5
Known For
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as C. G. Culpepper
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Dan Haywood
How the West Was Won
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
as Matt Drayton
Libeled Lady
1936
as Haggerty
The Old Man and the Sea
1958
as The Old Man
Father of the Bride
1950
as Stanley T. Banks
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as John J. Macreedy
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Henry Drummond
Captains Courageous
1937
as Manuel Fidello
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