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Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Tracy and Hepburn in a promotional photo for Without Love. Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) and Spencer Tracy (1900–1967) were a legendary cinematic couple, both on- and off-screen.
- Hepburn Immediately Found Tracy 'Irresistible'
- Tracy Was A Devout Catholic, So Divorcing His Wife Was Not An Option
- Hepburn Described Tracy as 'Tortured'
- Some Believe Hepburn and Tracy Were Covering Up Their True Sexual Orientations
Hepburn was the daughter of a respected Hartford, Connecticut surgeon and suffragist mother. An encouraged scholar and fiercely independent free-thinker from an early age, one childhood summer she cut her hair short and insisted on being called “Jimmy.” Tracy was born into a devout Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his father a truck salesma...
Though an open secret in and around Hollywood, the relationship was kept under wraps by the studio system. Hepburn had been married previously to Pennsylvania businessman Ludlow Ogden Smith but had divorced in 1934. Tracy married actress Louise Treadwell in 1923 and the union produced two children, a son John (b. 1924), and a daughter Susie (b. 193...
Alongside attempts at keeping his relationship with Hepburn out of the media, Tracy was also battling inner demons. Burdened by Catholic guilt over his family circumstances, he suffered regular bouts of anxiety, depression and insomnia, and tried to overcome alcoholism throughout much of his adult life. Hepburn, who once described Tracy as “torture...
Rumors about Hepburn’s and Tracy’s sexual orientation would circulate during their lives and continue to fuel media reports long after their deaths. A forthright woman in Hollywood who appeared to require nothing from men, Hepburn was often labeled a lesbian; while Tracy’s alleged yet hidden homosexuality was presented as another factor contributin...
Nov 4, 2023 · A secret romance. Details of Katharine Hepburn's affair with her co-star Spencer Tracy only became public knowledge in the years after the death of both Tracy and his wife, Louise, who died in 1983. The few who did know were the pair's fellow movie stars and other friends in the industry who were willing to keep the story from the press.
The star, who died last week at the age of 96, told of the strange experience of living a quarter of a century beyond her long-time lover, Spencer Tracy, and more than 40 years beyond...
Jul 11, 2003 · Hepburn has the last word. The image is enduring -- Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, their names twined together as symbols of great romance -- but, in reality their...
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Jul 13, 1997 · You'll learn: Spencer Tracy was abusive, Hepburn his doormat; Kate's description of sex and how Richard Nixon saves Tracy's and Hepburn's careers (today); Tracy's other...
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Apr 7, 2000 · A few weeks later, Tracy died of a heart attack. The best actors make their performances seem effortless. Perhaps it is best put by Bogart: Spence is the best we have, because you don't see the mechanism at work. But we'll let Katharine Hepburn have the last word on Spencer Tracy:
