Was spencer tracy gay

Veteran screenwriter and author Larry Kramer says some of the biggest movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age -- including Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy -- were gay.

Hepburn eventually talked about the affair in conversations with her biographer, A. Scott Berg. I mean, I loved him.

Questions of sexual preference aside, Tracy clearly was a complicated man, and not a very happy one. He was prone to fits of black depression.

Hepburn was the daughter of a respected Hartford, Connecticut surgeon and suffragist mother. A mercurial child with little interest in formal education, he found escape in the form of motion pictures. They first met on the set of the comedy-drama Woman of the Year , playing two journalists who fall in love and try to balance their personal lives with their commitment to their careers.

Veteran screenwriter and author Larry Kramer says some of the biggest movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age -- including Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy -- were gay.

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy April 5, — June 10, was an American actor, known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations. He was rumored to be in a relationship with actor John Derek.

Questions of sexual preference aside, Tracy clearly was a complicated man, and not a very happy one. He was prone to fits of black depression.

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