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Spencer Tracy
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, known for his natural performing style and versatility. Being one of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations. During his career, he appeared in 75 films and was highly respected given his reputation as one of the screen's greatest actors. The American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the 9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Tracy's breakthrough came in 1930 during his tenure with Fox Film Corporation but he remained largely unknown to movie audiences after 25 films. However, his career flourished after joining Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1935 where he won consecutive Oscars for Captains Courageous and Boys Town.
Despite his professional successes, Tracy's personal life was troubled with a lifelong struggle against alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. He was married to Louise Treadwell with whom he had two children but the couple became estranged in the 1930s. Tracy also had a 25-year relationship with Katharine Hepburn which remained an open secret in Hollywood. During the final years of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer and his last film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), was completed just 17 days before his death.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Spencer Bonaventure Tracy
Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: April 5, 1900
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1921-1967
Children: 2
Spouses: Louise Treadwell
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Awards and Nominations Received by Spencer Tracy
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Movies Featuring Spencer Tracy
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Inherit the Wind
Judgment at Nuremberg
Father of the Bride
Adam's Rib
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Keeper of the Flame
Without Love
Pat and Mike
Tortilla Flat
Woman of the Year
Captains Courageous
The Old Man and the Sea
And the Oscar Goes To…
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to ‘It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World’
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Rat Pack
Bad Day at Black Rock
Now I’ll Tell
Goldie
Looking for Trouble
Up the River
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Me and My Gal
The Big Parade of Comedy
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Sky Devils
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Young America
Father’s Little Dividend
State of the Union
The People Against O’Hara
The Power and the Glory
Marie Galante
Edison, the Man
The Actress
The Sea of Grass
Northward, Ho!
Man’s Castle
Hollywood Hobbies
She Wanted a Millionaire
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Test Pilot
From the Ends of the Earth
Young Tom Edison
Plymouth Adventure
Malaya
The Last Hurrah
Edward, My Son
Boys Town
Big City
Libeled Lady
Another Romance of Celluloid
Riffraff
The Murder Man
Mannequin
A Guy Named Joe
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Twenty Years After
The Show-Off
San Francisco
They Gave Him a Gun
The Hard Guy
1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year
Boom Town
The Devil at 4 O’Clock
Hollywood Goes to Town
The Mountain
Men of Boys Town
Quick Millions
I Take This Woman
Desk Set
Cass Timberlane
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Broken Lance
Bogart: The Untold Story
Northwest Passage
Whipsaw
The Seventh Cross
La Classe américaine
The Mad Game
Face in the Sky
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
The Romance of Celluloid
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Stanley and Livingstone
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Career Timeline
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1993
La Classe américaine
The Professional Witness (archive footage)
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
Self (archive footage)
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to ‘It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World’
Self (archive footage)
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Devil at 4 O’Clock
Father Matthew Doonan
1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The Seventh Cross
George Heisler
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Edison, the Man
Thomas A. Edison
Northward, Ho!
Himself
Young Tom Edison
Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison
Boom Town
Square John Sand
I Take This Woman
Karl Decker
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Northwest Passage
Major Robert Rogers
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Stanley and Livingstone
Henry M. Stanley
1938
Test Pilot
Gunner Morse
Boys Town
Father Flanagan
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1937
Captains Courageous
Big City
Joe Benton
Mannequin
John Hennessey
They Gave Him a Gun
Fred P. Willis
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
1934
Now I’ll Tell
Murray Golden
Looking for Trouble
Joe Graham
Marie Galante
Dr. Crawbett
The Show-Off
J. Aubrey Piper
1933
The Power and the Glory
Tom Garner
Man’s Castle
Bill
The Mad Game
Edward Carson
Face in the Sky
Joe Buck
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