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Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) and Spencer Tracy (1900–1967) were a legendary cinematic couple, both on- and off-screen. Hepburn and Tracy starred in nine films together, and had an affair—an open secret in Hollywood—that lasted 26 years, ending only with Tracy's death.
It stars Spencer Tracy (in his final role), Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton. The film was one of the few of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light, as interracial marriage historically had been illegal in many states of the United States.
In the 21st century, Tracy is best known to general audiences for his association with Katharine Hepburn. [ 290 ] [ 291 ] He continues to receive praise from film scholars: critic Leonard Maltin calls Tracy "one of the 20th century's finest actors", [ 292 ] while film historian Jeanine Basinger describes his career as a "golden record of movie ...
Hepburn, who died in 2003 at age 96, famously had a long-term relationship with her nine-time costar Spencer Tracy, from 1941 until his death in 1967 at age 67.
Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton and Spencer Tracy in a scene from the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." (George Rinhart / Corbis/Getty Images)
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited personality, and outspokenness, cultivating a screen persona that matched this public image, and regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women.
The comforting 1998 romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and written and directed by Nora Ephron “harkened back to those romantic comedies starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy ...
Without Love is a 1945 romantic comedy film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, and Lucille Ball. Based on a 1942 play by Philip Barry , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the film's screenplay was written by Donald Ogden Stewart .