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<blockquote data-quote="Karin Schill" data-source="post: 170335">Okay so next up I thought we&#039;d list movies by this classic star: &nbsp;[ATTACH=full]16955[/ATTACH]Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was born on 5th April, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He grew up with a four year older brother and had some difficulty to concentrate at school. He was of Irish-English descent.At the age of 18 he went into the Navy and went to training in Chicago. But the first world war ended before he had to go into battle. He attended Ripon college with the intention to study medicine but during his first year there he did a stage play and became bitten by the theatre bug. He won a scholarship to attend American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City and transferred to that school in 1922. Tracy made his debut on Broadway during this year. He graduated a year later and joined a theater company. He worked with theatre until 1930 when he was discovered by director John Ford who offered him a role in a movie. His movie debut came with Up the River (1930).&nbsp; Spencer Tracy was a contract player for FOX and MGM. He gained critical acclaim. He won two Best Actor Academy Awards for the movies Captain Courageous (1938) and Boy Town (1939). He also won a Golden Globes and a number of other prestigious awards.&nbsp; Spencer Tracy worked within films for almost 4 decades before he died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA on 10th June, 1967. He was 67 years old. All together he made 76 movies for the big screen. But which one is your favorite?Totals in: July. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Karin Schill, post: 170335"] Okay so next up I thought we'd list movies by this [B]classic star: [/B] [ATTACH=full]16955[/ATTACH] [B]Spencer Bonaventure Tracy[/B] was an American actor. He was born on 5th April, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He grew up with a four year older brother and had some difficulty to concentrate at school. He was of Irish-English descent. At the age of 18 he went into the Navy and went to training in Chicago. But the first world war ended before he had to go into battle. He attended Ripon college with the intention to study medicine but during his first year there he did a stage play and became bitten by the theatre bug. He won a scholarship to attend American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City and transferred to that school in 1922. Tracy made his debut on Broadway during this year. He graduated a year later and joined a theater company. He worked with theatre until 1930 when he was discovered by director John Ford who offered him a role in a movie. His movie debut came with [I]Up the River (1930).[/I] Spencer Tracy was a contract player for FOX and MGM. He gained critical acclaim. He won two Best Actor Academy Awards for the movies Captain Courageous (1938) and Boy Town (1939). He also won a Golden Globes and a number of other prestigious awards. Spencer Tracy worked within films for almost 4 decades before he died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA on 10th June, 1967. He was 67 years old. All together he made 76 movies for the big screen. But which one is your favorite? [B]Totals in: July. [/B] [/QUOTE]

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