- Teresa Wright, The Actress, 1953. bRuth Gordon wanted Spencer Tracy to play her father in her script of her autobiographical play. She had already written two of his and Katharine Hepburn’s nine films (Adam’s Rib, Pat and Mike) with husband Garson Kanin. Finding mother was not so easy. Uta Hagen was “stunning,” said Kanin, but… Shirley Booth was rehearsing a play; Helen Hayes felt too old; Tracy voted Dorothy McGuire; and Maureen Stapleton, Jane Wyman were also listed before director George Cukor felt Teresa had the Wright comedic edge.
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