Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn

The story of Spencer and Katharine proves that not all affairs go as planned. As much as their affair was not a Hollywood secret, the two never made a total commitment to their relationship. Spencer found it hard to go against his Christian doctrines and never dared divorce his wife, Louise Tracy. His affair with Hepburn lasted 26 years before Tracy died. Hepburn eventually acknowledged their relationship in1983 after the death of Spencer’s wife.