Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy (1900–1967) was an American film actor known for naturalistic performances that influenced generations of screen actors.
He won consecutive Academy Awards for *Captivity Courageous* (1937) and *Boys Town* (1938).
His long partnership with Katharine Hepburn, professional and romantic, produced nine films.
Tracy was known for understated technique—I just learn my lines and try not to bump into the furniture—that masked careful craft.
Hollywood entertainment conglomerate
- OscarsFilm achievement honors
- Golden AgeLegendary period of perfection
- filmographyListed screen credits
- leading manPrincipal male actor
Academy Award · Best Actor · studio system · box office · screen test · typecasting · star billing · marquee name
Clark Gable · Joan Crawford · Bette Davis · Humphrey Bogart · Ingrid Bergman · Elizabeth Taylor · Sidney Poitier · Mickey Rooney
Widely recognized, enduring
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- influencePower to affect others
- film historyChronicle of motion pictures
screen legend · cinema pioneer · enduring · masterful · acclaimed · revered · celebrated · award-winning
Imitating actual appearance
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- restraintControl over impulses
minimalist · subtle · nuanced · effortless · unaffected · believable · sincere · dignified
Sea coming-of-age tale
- Boys TownYouth care community
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeOne person, two
- FuryClassical avenging deity
- San FranciscoNorthern California metropolis
MGM
Hollywood entertainment conglomerate
- OscarsFilm achievement honors
- Golden AgeLegendary period of perfection
- filmographyListed screen credits
leading man · Academy Award · Best Actor · studio system · box office · screen test · typecasting · star billing · marquee name · film career
Katharine Hepburn
Clark Gable · Joan Crawford · Bette Davis · Humphrey Bogart · Ingrid Bergman · Elizabeth Taylor · Sidney Poitier · Mickey Rooney · Lana Turner
iconic
Widely recognized, enduring
film history · screen legend · cinema pioneer · enduring · masterful · acclaimed · revered · celebrated · award-winning
naturalistic
Imitating actual appearance
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
restraint · minimalist · subtle · nuanced · effortless · unaffected · believable · sincere · dignified · gravitas
Captains Courageous
Sea coming-of-age tale
- Boys TownYouth care community
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeOne person, two
- FuryClassical avenging deity
- Leading MenCary Grant, Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando
- Screen LegendsHumphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
- MGMMGM Grand, MGM Resorts, Ben-Hur, Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz
- Irish AmericansJoe Biden, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy family, Eugene O'Neill, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Spencer TracyLaurence Olivier
Orson Welles · Al Pacino · Nicolas Cage · William Shatner · Vincent Price
Spencer TracyCary Grant
Clark Gable · Errol Flynn · Rudolph Valentino · Rock Hudson · Liberace
Spencer TracyErrol Flynn
Swashbuckling 1930s-40s leading man
Elizabeth Taylor · Charlie Sheen · Mae West · Richard Burton · publicity hound
Tracy, trace, traces, traced, tracing, traceable, traceability, tracer, tracers