Jimmy SmitsJimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is a Puerto Rican-American actor, perhaps best known for his long-running roles on the TV series L.A. Law and NYPD Blue. He achieved a M.F.A. from Cornell University in 1982. Smits has received various nominations for the Golden Globe and the Emmy Awards. Bigger audiences became aware of Smits for his appearance as Senator Bail Organa in the Star Wars Episodes II and III. Though born in New York, Smits has deep Puerto Rican roots and he frequently visits the island. This page about Jimmy Smits includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Jimmy Smits News stories about Jimmy Smits External links for Jimmy Smits Videos for Jimmy Smits Wikis about Jimmy Smits Discussion Groups about Jimmy Smits Blogs about Jimmy Smits Images of Jimmy Smits |
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Though born in New York, Smits has deep Puerto Rican roots and he frequently
visits the island. He achieved a M.F.A. Although Tracy was an alcoholic most of his adult life, it never seemed to affect his career. Law and NYPD Blue. He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is a Puerto Rican-American actor, perhaps best known for his long-running roles on the TV series L.A. Two weeks after making his last movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, with Hepburn, he died from a massive heart attack at the age of 67. He and Hepburn made nine films together. Though estranged from his wife Louise, he was a devout Catholic and never divorced. In 1941 he began a relationship with Katharine Hepburn. He is tied with Laurence Olivier for the most best actor Oscar nominations. He was also nominated for San Francisco (1936), Father of the Bride (1950), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). In 1935 he signed with MGM and won the Oscar for Best Actor two years in a row, for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Shortly after that he and his family moved to Hollywood, where he made over 35 films in 5 years. In 1923 he married Louise Treadwell, and they had two children, John and Louise (Susie). In 1930, director John Ford saw him in the play The Last Mile and signed him to do Up the River for Fox Pictures. Finally in 1930 he appeared in a hit play on Broadway, The Last Mile. For several years he performed in stock in Michigan, Canada, and Ohio. In the early 1920s he attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Afterward he attended Ripon College where he appeared in a play entitled The Truth, and decided on acting as a career. At the beginning of World War I he left school to enlist in the Navy, but remained in Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia throughout the war. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second son of a truck salesman. Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 - June 10, 1967) was an American film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 through the 1960s. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses.". Why, I'd probably kill the actors. I don't have the patience. "I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. On drinking: "Hell, I used to take two-week lunch hours!". "Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.". Greenwood Press, 1994. Westport, Conn. Spencer Tracy : a Bio-bibliography by James Fisher. 1969. Co. Spencer Tracy; a Biography by Larry Swindell, New York, World Pub. |