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Spencer Tracy‌

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Birthday

calendar1900-04-02

Popularity

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Spencer Tracy

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Spencer Tracy

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1900-04-02

Popularity

star4.1

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 the theatre, working in a succession of stock companies and intermittently on Broadway. Tracy's breakthrough came in 1930, when his lead performance in The Last Mile caught the attention of Hollywood. After a successful film debut in John Ford's Up the River starring Tracy and Humphrey Bogart, he was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation. His five years with Fox featured one acting tour de force after another that were usually ignored at the box office, and he remained largely unknown to audiences after 25 films, almost all of them starring Tracy as the leading man. None of them were hits although The Power and the Glory (1933) features arguably his most acclaimed performance in retrospect. 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.

Movie Credits

Movie Tough Guys

Movie Tough Guys‌
star10.0
calendar 1991

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‌
star6.4
calendar 1941

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg‌
star8.1
calendar 1961

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner‌
star7.6
calendar 1967

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind‌
star7.7
calendar 1960

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered‌
star6.7
calendar 1996

Taxi Talks

Taxi Talks‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Desk Set

Desk Set‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

The Devil at 4 O'Clock‌
star6.4
calendar 1961

Without Love

Without Love‌
star6.8
calendar 1945

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won‌
star7.0
calendar 1962

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady‌
star7.3
calendar 1936

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib‌
star7.1
calendar 1949

Mannequin

Mannequin‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame‌
star6.6
calendar 1943

Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

State of the Union

State of the Union‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

The Murder Man

The Murder Man‌
star6.9
calendar 1935

The People Against O'Hara

The People Against O'Hara‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

Broken Lance

Broken Lance‌
star6.3
calendar 1954

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock‌
star7.3
calendar 1955

Boys Town

Boys Town‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

Fury

Fury‌
star7.5
calendar 1936

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

Test Pilot

Test Pilot‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Whipsaw

Whipsaw‌
star6.2
calendar 1935

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man‌
star6.6
calendar 1940

San Francisco

San Francisco‌
star6.6
calendar 1936

Malaya

Malaya‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous‌
star7.4
calendar 1937

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo‌
star6.6
calendar 1944

Big City

Big City‌
star7.4
calendar 1937

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage‌
star6.5
calendar 1983

Up the River

Up the River‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

Plymouth Adventure

Plymouth Adventure‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

Me and My Gal

Me and My Gal‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah‌
star7.1
calendar 1958

Boom Town

Boom Town‌
star6.9
calendar 1940

The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross‌
star6.7
calendar 1944

The Mountain

The Mountain‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son‌
star6.4
calendar 1949

The Power and the Glory

The Power and the Glory‌
star5.9
calendar 1933

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass‌
star6.2
calendar 1947

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat‌
star5.4
calendar 1942

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone‌
star6.3
calendar 1939

The Actress

The Actress‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Riffraff

Riffraff‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Men of Boys Town

Men of Boys Town‌
star6.1
calendar 1941

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Man's Castle

Man's Castle‌
star6.9
calendar 1933

Cass Timberlane

Cass Timberlane‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun‌
star6.2
calendar 1937

The Hard Guy

The Hard Guy‌
star6.1
calendar 1930

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

Quick Millions

Quick Millions‌
star7.1
calendar 1931

Now I'll Tell

Now I'll Tell‌
star4.8
calendar 1934

Looking for Trouble

Looking for Trouble‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

Bottoms Up

Bottoms Up‌
star4.3
calendar 1934

Marie Galante

Marie Galante‌
star4.8
calendar 1934

Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno‌
star6.2
calendar 1935

Sky Devils

Sky Devils‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

Young America

Young America‌
star5.0
calendar 1932

The Show-Off

The Show-Off‌
star5.7
calendar 1934

Goldie

Goldie‌
star4.0
calendar 1931

Face in the Sky

Face in the Sky‌
star4.5
calendar 1933

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

The Mad Game

The Mad Game‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

It's A Small World

It's A Small World‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

Society Girl

Society Girl‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

The Painted Woman

The Painted Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Six Cylinder Love

Six Cylinder Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Shanghai Madness

Shanghai Madness‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Disorderly Conduct

Disorderly Conduct‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

She Wanted a Millionaire

She Wanted a Millionaire‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years‌
star3.3
calendar 1961

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored‌
star5.5
calendar 2013

Rat Pack

Rat Pack‌
star9.0
calendar 2022

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Northward, Ho!

Northward, Ho!‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison‌
star5.6
calendar 1940

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy‌
star6.3
calendar 1964

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound‌
star6.7
calendar 1940

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn‌
star8.0
calendar 1986

Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story

Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell‌
star8.5
calendar 1993

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?‌
star5.7
calendar 1975

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

The Romance of Celluloid

The Romance of Celluloid‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

From the Ends of the Earth

From the Ends of the Earth‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To‌
star9.0
calendar 1990

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind‌
star8.0
calendar 1988

Bogart: The Untold Story

Bogart: The Untold Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

His New World

His New World‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Another Romance of Celluloid

Another Romance of Celluloid‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey‌
star5.4
calendar 1985

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year‌
star7.5
calendar 2009

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...‌
star7.0
calendar 2014

La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine‌
star7.7
calendar 1993

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