April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (real name) was a fixture in the so-called “Golden Age” of Hollywood. The Milwaukee-born actor was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor nine times. He won twice. His onscreen partnership with Katharine Hepburn as well as their “private” decades-long affair made for, perhaps, the biggest Hollywood romance of the 20th century. The pair made 9 movies together and shared a 26 year relationship despite Tracy still being married to his estranged wife, Louise. Ah, but it’s Hollywood. Who cares? What’s important is that Spencer Tracy is routinely mentioned in conversations about the greatest actors of all time. Continue reading
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