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Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birth Name: Spencer Bonaveture Tarvy
Spencer Tracy (April 05 1900 - June 10 1967) was an iconic two time Academy award winning Hollywood actor, best known for his performance's in film noir's in the 1930's and 1940's, and also for his long time relationship with Katharine Hepburn, with whom he starred with in many films such as Woman of the Year and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? ACADEMY AWARD WINS AND NOMINATIONS : ...

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Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms
Thursday 14 October 1999 on A&E

Katharine Hepburn: On Her Own Terms. Profile of the multi-Oscar-winning actress who starred in "The African Queen", "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?", and "On Golden Pond". Her professional and personal relationship with Spencer Tracy is also profiled

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Spencer's 1938 Best Actor Oscar is inscribed with the name "Dick Tracy". (edit)
Premiere placed Spencer at No.19 on its list of the "Greatest Movie Stars of All Time". (edit)
Spencer was a supporter of the U.S. Democratic Party. (edit)
Three films that Spencer starred in appear on the American Film Institutes's list of "100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time". They are; Captains Courageous at No.94, Boys Town at No.81 and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? at No.35. (edit)
In 2006, Spencer's performance as "Henry Drummond" in Inherit the Wind was ranked at No.67 on Premiere magazines list of the "100 Greatest Performances of All Time". (edit)

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Spencer: Acting is the easiest thing to do, in the world, just as long as you don't get caught. (edit)
Spencer: 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. (edit)
Spencer: I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses. (edit)
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