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.jpg/250px-Spencer_Tracy_in_Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_trailer(2).jpg) Spencer Tracy in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Remake of the 1931 film of the same title |
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| Born | Spencer Bonaventure Tracy April 5, 1900 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | June 10, 1967 (aged 67) Los Angeles, California |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Treadwell (1923-1967) |
Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American two-time Academy Award-winning film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Louise Treadwell Tracy ( July 31, 1896 – November 13, 1983) wife of Actor Spencer Tracy, was born Louise Treadwell in Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. In Theatre, the stage (sometimes referred to as the deck in Stagecraft) is a designated space for the Performance of theatrical productions An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film Tracy is generally regarded as one of the finest actors in motion picture history. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list of 100. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years 100 Stars is a list of the top 50 stars of American cinema He was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize
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Career
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second son of John Edward Tracy, an Irish American Catholic truck salesman, and Caroline Brown, a Protestant turned Christian Scientist, and was christened Spencer Bonaventure Tracy. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Church of Christ Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston Massachusetts, USA, by Mary Baker Eddy, author of the book Science and Health with
Tracy's paternal grandparents, John Tracy and Mary Guhin, were born in Ireland. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Adam's Rib is a 1949 film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and directed by George Cukor. The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world His mother's ancestry dates back to Thomas Stebbins, who immigrated from England in the late 1630s. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Tracy attended six high schools, starting with Wauwatosa High School in 1915 and St. John's Cathedral School for boys in Milwaukee the following year. Wauwatosa East High School is a comprehensive four-year Public high school in the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, as part of the Wauwatosa School District The Cathedral of St John the Evangelist is the Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Milwaukee Wisconsin, of which The Tracy family then moved to Kansas City, where Spencer was enrolled at St. Mary's College, Kansas, a boarding school in St. Saint Mary's Academy and College is a religious school of the Society of St Marys, Kansas 30 miles west of Topeka, Kansas, then transferred to Rockhurst, a Jesuit academy in Kansas City, Missouri. Topeka ( Kansa: Tó Ppí Kˀé ˌto ˈpːi ˌkˀeɪ Ioway: Dó Pí Kˀé ˌto ˈpʰi ˌkˀeɪ Rockhurst High School (usually referred to simply as Rockhurst) is a private Roman Catholic, Jesuit, preparatory school for boys located in The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages John Tracy's job in Kansas City did not work out, and the family returned to Milwaukee six months after their departure. Spencer was enrolled at Marquette Academy, another Jesuit school, where he met fellow actor Pat O'Brien. Marquette University High School (or MUHS) is a private all-male Roman Catholic school located in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Pat O'Brien ( November 11, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an American movie actor with over 100 screen credits The two left school in spring 1917 to enlist in the Navy with the American entry into World War I, but Tracy remained in Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia throughout the war. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY is a U The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Afterwards, Tracy continued his high school education at Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, but finished his studies at Milwaukee's West Division High School (now Milwaukee High School of the Arts) in February 1921. St John's Northwestern Military Academy, originally St John's Military Academy, was founded in Delafield Wisconsin in 1884 by Dr Lake Geneva is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Established in 1984 Milwaukee High School of the Arts (MHSA formerly West Division High School, is a High school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, [1]
Afterward he attended Ripon College where he appeared in a leading role in a play entitled The Truth, and decided on acting as a career. Ripon College is a liberal arts college in Ripon Wisconsin, USA Tracy received an honorary degree from Ripon College in 1940. [2] While touring the Northeast with the Ripon debate team, he auditioned for and was accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous His first Broadway role was as a robot in Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (1922), followed by five other Broadway plays in the 1920s. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Karel Čapek ( pronounced) ( January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938 was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots is a Science fiction play by Karel Čapek. In 1923 he married actress Louise Treadwell. Louise Treadwell Tracy ( July 31, 1896 – November 13, 1983) wife of Actor Spencer Tracy, was born Louise Treadwell in They had two children, John and Louise (Susie).
For several years he performed in stock in Michigan, Canada, and Ohio. Finally in 1930 he appeared in a hit play on Broadway, The Last Mile. Director John Ford saw Tracy in The Last Mile and signed him to do Up the River (1930) with Humphrey Bogart for Fox Film Corporation. The Last Mile is a short (15 minute comedy-drama filmed play written by Terrence McNally for Public television 's Great Performances 20th Anniversary For the 1938 film see Up the River. Up the River ( 1930) is a comedy film about escaped convicts directed by John Ford Shortly after that he and his family moved to Hollywood, where he made over 25 films in five years.
In 1935 Tracy signed with Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Broken Lance is a 1954 Western film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx He won the Academy Award for Best Actor two years in a row, for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Captains Courageous is a 1937 MGM Film, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. Boys Town ( 1938) is a biographical Drama film based on Father Edward J
He was also nominated for San Francisco (1936), Father of the Bride (1950), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and posthumously for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). The April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake is the historical background for San Francisco, 1936's top grossing movie starring Clark Gable Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter Bad Day at Black Rock ( 1955) is a thriller film directed by John Sturges that combines elements of Westerns and Film noir The Old Man and the Sea is a Novella (just over 100 pages in length by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in Inherit the Wind is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, which opened on Broadway in January 1955 a 1960 Judgment at Nuremberg (released in the UK as Judgement at Nuremberg) ( 1961) is a fictionalized film account of the post- World Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 Comedy - Drama Film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Tracy and Laurence Olivier share the record for the most Academy Best Actor nods with nine Oscar nominations. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron
In 1941, during the filming of Woman of the Year, Tracy began a relationship with Katharine Hepburn, who had just ended a five-year affair with producer Howard Hughes. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Hepburn's agile mind, sleek elegance, and New England brogue complemented Tracy's easy working-class machismo very well. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the Their relationship, which neither would discuss publicly, lasted until Tracy's death in 1967. Their relationship was complex and there were often periods where they were estranged. Tracy had a brief romance with Gene Tierney while filming the Plymouth Adventure. Gene Tierney ( November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Plymouth Adventure is a 1952 motion picture drama made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Though estranged from his wife Louise, Tracy was a practicing Roman Catholic and never divorced her.
Death and legacy
Seventeen days after filming had completed on his last film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, with Hepburn, he died from a heart attack at the age of 67. Katy Jurado ( January 16, 1924 &ndash July 5, 2002) was an Academy Award -nominated Mexican Actress. Broken Lance is a 1954 Western film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 Comedy - Drama Film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply The film was released in December, six months after his death. [1] Forty years after his death, Tracy is still widely considered one of the most skillful actors of his time. He could portray the hero, the villain, or the comedian, and make the audience believe he truly was the character he played. In the 1944 film The Seventh Cross, for example, he was effective as an escaped prisoner from a German concentration camp despite his heavy-set build. The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Fellow actor Van Johnson referred to Tracy as "my mentor". Charles "Van" Johnson (born August 25, 1916) is an American film and television actor and dancer
Tracy was one of Hollywood's earliest "realistic" actors; his performances have stood the test of time. Actors have noted that Tracy's work in 1930s films sometimes looks like a modern actor interacting with the more stylized and dated performances of everyone around him.
In 1988, the University of California, Los Angeles' Campus Events Commission and Susie Tracy created the UCLA Spencer Tracy Award. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The award has been given to actors in recognition for their achievement in film acting. Past recipients include William Hurt, James Stewart, Michael Douglas, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Harrison Ford, Anjelica Huston, Nicolas Cage, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon and Morgan Freeman. William M Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA Award -winning American Actor. James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American Actor and producer, primarily in Movies and Television Denzel Hayes Washington Jr (born December 28 1954) is an American Actor and director. Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937 is a Welsh Film, stage and Television Actor. Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19 1962 is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe -award winning American Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA -nominated as well as Golden Globe -winning American Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe Award -winning American actress and former Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award -winning American actor Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator.
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- On Gene Tierney "Although she was beautiful in her films, they couldn't quite capture all of her. Stanley and Livingstone is a 1939 movie about reporter Sir Henry M I Take This Woman is a 1940 Drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. Young Tom Edison is a 1940 Biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison, with Mickey Rooney in the title role Northwest Passage is a 1940 film in Technicolor, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey Edison the Man was a 1940 Biographical film depicting the life of inventor Thomas Edison, who was played by Spencer Tracy. Boom Town is a 1940 adventure drama Hollywood Film starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Remake of the 1931 film of the same title For the Surveillance system surrounding the City of London, see City of London's "ring of steel" Ring of Steel Tortilla Flat is a 1942 film with Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff Keeper of the Flame ( 1942) is a film starring Katharine Hepburn as the widow of a famous politician whose evil doings are uncovered by a reporter WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Seventh Cross is a 1944 film starring Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is a 1944 MGM War film. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist. Without Love is a 1942 play by Philip Barry, later made into a 1945 Romantic comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and The Sea of Grass is a 1936 Novel by Conrad Richter. It is set in New Mexico in the late 19th century and concerns the clash between rich Cass Timberlane is a 1947 romantic Drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner, based upon Sinclair Lewis State of the Union is a 1948 film adaptation written by Myles Connolly and Anthony Veiller of the Russel Crouse, Howard Edward My Son is a 1949 film which tells the story of a character named Arnold Boult who will commit any crime in order to make his son a success even driving away Adam's Rib is a 1949 film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and directed by George Cukor. Malaya is a 1949 War film starring Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, John Hodiak, Valentina Cortese, Lionel Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter Father's Little Dividend is a 1951 Comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth The People Against O'Hara is a 1951 Film noir based on Eleazar Lipsky 's novel Pat and Mike is a 1952 comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Plymouth Adventure is a 1952 motion picture drama made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The Actress ( is a Drama film based on Ruth Gordon 's Autobiographical play Years Ago. Broken Lance is a 1954 Western film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C Bad Day at Black Rock ( 1955) is a thriller film directed by John Sturges that combines elements of Westerns and Film noir The Mountain is a 1956 Dramatic film starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner. Desk Set (or His Other Woman in the UK is a 1957 Romantic comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Spencer The Old Man and the Sea is a Novella (just over 100 pages in length by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in The Last Hurrah is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O’Connor’s works partly because of a significant 1958 Inherit the Wind is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, which opened on Broadway in January 1955 a 1960 The Devil at 4 O'Clock is a 1961 disaster film with elevated themes starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra and directed by Mervyn Judgment at Nuremberg (released in the UK as Judgement at Nuremberg) ( 1961) is a fictionalized film account of the post- World How the West Was Won is a 1962 epic Western film which follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts as they move ever It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a 1963 American Comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350000 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 Comedy - Drama Film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Broken Lance is a 1954 Western film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx Gene Tierney ( November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Fortunately, I did even if it was late in my life. "
- "Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture. "
- On drinking: "Hell, I used to take two-week lunch hours!"
- "I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. Drinking is the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth Water, for example is required for many of life's physiological processes and excess or decreased water intake I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses".
- "I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson Welles and fake noses and changing your voice. It's become so much about personality".
About Tracy
Bibliography
- Swindell, Larry (1969). Spencer Tracy; a Biography. New York: World Pub. Co. . OCLC 6078. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose
- Kanin, Garson (1971). Tracy and Hepburn; an intimate memoir. New York: Viking. ISBN 0670722936.
- Fisher, James (1994). Spencer Tracy: a Bio-bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313287279.
- Dandola, John (2001). Dead at the Box Office. Glen Ridge, NJ: Quincannon. ISBN 1878452258. Tracy is a character in this murder-mystery set against the 1940 World Premiere of Edison, the Man.
References
- ^ Chang, David A. Y. O. (Autumn 2000). "Spencer Tracy's Boyhood: Truth, Fiction, and Hollywood Dreams" (. PDF). Wisconsin Magazine of History vol. 81 (no. 1): 30-35.
- ^ Spencer Tracy. Retrieved on 2007-05-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following
External links
- Spencer Tracy at Find A Grave
- Spencer Tracy at the Internet Broadway Database
- Spencer Tracy at the Internet Movie Database
- Spencer Tracy at the TCM Movie Database
- Profile @ Turner Classic Movies
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| NAME | Tracy, Spencer |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1967 |
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