Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy (born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 5, 1900, died June 10, 1967) acted in Broadway plays, in movies like The Power and the Glory (1933) by Preston Sturges, Fury (1936) by Fritz Lang, San Francisco (1936) with Clark Gable, Libeled Lady (1936), Captains Courageous (1937) by Victor Fleming, Boys Town (1938) with Mickey Rooney, Stanley and Livinsgtone (1939), Boom Town (1940), A Guy Named Joe (1943) with Irene Dunne. He costarred with Katherine Hepburn in Woman of the Year (1942), State of the Union (1948), Adam’s Rib (1949) by George Cukor, Pat and Mike (1952), Desk Set (1957). He acted in Father of the Bride (1950) by Vincent Minelli, The Actress (1953) by George Cukor, Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Old Man and the Sea (1959) from the novella by Ernst Hemingway. He was directed by Stanley Kramer in Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgement at Nuremberg (1961), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) with Sidney Poitier.
Golden Globe Awards
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1968 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
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1961 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
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1959 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
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1954 WinnerBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama