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Spencer Tracy
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. 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 developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. In 1999,…
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entertainment · American actor (1900–1967) · actor · stage actor · film actor · also Spencer Tracy, Spencer Bonaventure Tracy, Tracy
Born 5 April 1900 · Died 10 June 1967 · Q71275
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2014· 1 entry
A film about Tracy's relationship with Katharine Hepburn was announced to be in development
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2009· 1 entry
Tracy provided inspiration for the character Carl in Pixar's Oscar-winning film Up
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1999· 1 entry
The American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the ninth greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema
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1990· 1 entry
During a phone interview with educator Alan Greenberg, Loy revealed she was in love with Tracy
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1969).
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1967· 3 entries
Died 1967-06-10.
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17 days after completing what was his last film role in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Tracy awakened at 3:00 am to make himself a cup of tea in his Beverly Hills apartment
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“Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.”
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1963· 1 entry
Tracy was hospitalized after a severe attack of breathlessness
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1955· 4 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Bad Day at Black Rock (1955).
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Tracy turned down William Wyler's The Desperate Hours because he refused to take second-billing to Humphrey Bogart
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Tracy won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Bad Day at Black Rock
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And continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite several health issues and an increasing weariness and irritability as he aged
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1953· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Actress (1953).
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1946· 1 entry
The first year since his motion picture debut that there was no Spencer Tracy release
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1945· 1 entry
Tracy returned to the stage for the first time in 15 years
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1942· 1 entry
Appeared with Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year, beginning a professional and personal partnership that led to nine films over 25 years
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1940· 1 entry
Lent his name to the "Hollywood for Roosevelt" committee and personally identified as a Democrat
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1939· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Boys Town (1939).
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1938· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Captains Courageous (1938).
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1937· 1 entry
And 1938 he won consecutive Oscars for Captains Courageous and Boys Town
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1935· 1 entry
Tracy joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hollywood's most prestigious studio at the time
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1933· 1 entry
And he and Louise openly discussed the separation with the media, maintaining that they were still friends and had not taken divorce action
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1930· 2 entries
When his lead performance in The Last Mile caught the attention of Hollywood
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Broadway was being scouted to find actors to work in the new medium of sound films
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1929· 1 entry
Took over from Clark Gable in Conflict, a Broadway drama
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1923· 1 entry
Studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1923).
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1900· 2 entries
Born 1900-04-05.
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The second son of Caroline (née Brown; 1874–1942) and truck salesman John Edward Tracy (1873–1928)
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