Tracy Posner
{{Short description|American businesswomen, activist and actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tracy Posner
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| birth_place = United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1962|01|16}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Businesswoman|animal rights activist|actress}}
| yearsactive = 1984–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Burt Ward|1990}}
| children = 1
| mother = Sari Posner
| father = Victor Posner
| relatives = Steven Posner (paternal half-brother)
}}
Tracy Posner Ward (born January 16, 1962) is an American businesswoman, animal rights activist and former actress, with her husband, actor Burt Ward. She is a daughter of the late American businessman, corporate raider and philanthropist Victor Posner and his second wife Sari Posner. In 1983, she was appointed as a vice president, assistant treasurer and assistant secretary to several corporations to include Wilson Brothers, NVF company, Southeastern Public Service Authority and Birdsboro Corp.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nLkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cwIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2584,3046519&dq=tracy+posner&hl=en|title=People In Business|date=December 26, 1983|work=Google News Archive|publisher=The Miami News|access-date=26 July 2010}} In 1993, while still active in her father's many companies, Posner Ward was described as "one of the world's wealthiest women".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,307170,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421070505/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,307170,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2009|title=BATMAN RETURNS|date=July 9, 1993|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=26 July 2010}}
Animal rights work
In 1994, Tracy Posner Ward and her husband, actor Burt Ward, founded Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions,{{cite web|url=http://www.gentlegiantsrescue.com/ |title=Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions |publisher=Gentlegiantsrescue.com |access-date=2010-07-11}} a giant-breed dog rescue organization.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131390,00.html|title=Canine Crusader|date=May 29, 2000|work=People|publisher=people.com|access-date=26 July 2010}} The Wards operate a communal home for dogs, where they nurse 45–50 dogs at a time back to health, then put them up for adoption at their home and facility in Norco, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.gentlegiantinfoandnews.com/ |title=Gentle Giant Info and News |publisher=Gentle Giant Info and News |access-date=2010-07-11}}{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/inland-valley-daily-bulletin/mi_8075/is_20100410/gentle-giants-rescue-adoptions-launches/ai_n53107220/ |title=Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions launches dog food brand | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET |publisher=Findarticles.com |date=2010-04-10 |access-date=2010-07-11}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}{{cite web |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_14865846 |title=Ex-'Batman' star creates line of dog food |publisher=Press-Telegram |access-date=2010-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514155719/http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_14865846 |archive-date=2010-05-14 |url-status=dead }}
Business career
In August 1984, Posner Ward represented her father, Victor Posner, who was unable to attend the renaming of a street in his name by Hermitage, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4ZImAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bAEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3897,2092868&dq=tracy+posner&hl=en|title=Posner Gets A Boulevard In Hermitage|date=August 23, 1984|work=Google News Archive|publisher=The Miami News|access-date=26 July 2010}} Speaking to the assembled guests and reporters, Posner Ward apologized for her father's inability to attend by saying, "My father planned to come up to the last minute; I hope you realize how hard he tried to make it. He is truly honored by this decision." She declined to speak about her father's legal case in Florida.
In 1989, Victor Posner sent Tracy to take over Burt Ward's publicly traded fund-raising company.{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/17/people.watn.ward/|title=Former Caped Crusader owns visual effects company|date=September 17, 2002|work=CNN|publisher=cnn.com|access-date=26 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507230306/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/17/people.watn.ward/|archive-date=7 May 2008}}
In 1994, Posner Ward sued her half brother Steven Posner, claiming he let one of her smaller trust funds, worth $2 million, dwindle to $100,000 with undocumented loans and other transactions of little or no value.{{cite web|title=Microsoft Word - 3D03-2989.3op..doc|url=http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/opinions/3d03-2989.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726061158/http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/opinions/3d03-2989.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|access-date=2010-07-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.familyfight.com/media/miami_herald_020414b.htm |title=Planning To Avoid It |publisher=The Family Fight |access-date=2010-07-11}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UOwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C3ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2534,3602363&dq=tracy+posner&hl=en|title=Posner Siblings in Trust Dispute|date=July 23, 1994|work=Google News Archive|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=26 July 2010}} In the lawsuit initiated by Tracy Ward,{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-25-fi-19617-story.html|title=Other News|date=July 25, 1994|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=26 July 2010}} she alleged in Dade Circuit Court that the trust should have passed to her at age 21 and been kept secret until 1993. Posner Ward was involved in lawsuits until April 2015 which entangled the estate of her late father, industrialist Victor Posner, who changed his will shortly before he died in 2002, and removed his children and grandchildren as heirs to his estate. A lawsuit by Troy Posner, not including Tracy, was eventually settled for $14 million.{{cite news|last=Bralove|first=Alisa|date=October 20, 2003|title=Baltimore lawyers reach $14M settlement in Victor Posner's contested|work=FindArticles|publisher=Daily Record (Maryland)|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20031020/ai_n10058231/|url-status=live|access-date=26 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215072916/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20031020/ai_n10058231/|archive-date=15 December 2005}}
Acting
Posner appeared in three films with her husband, Burt Ward. She also appeared in a small role in the 2001 film What's the Worst That Could Happen?{{cite news|title=Tracy Posner Ward|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1100418/Tracy-Posner-Ward/biography|url-status=dead|access-date=26 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914034945/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1100418/Tracy-Posner-Ward/biography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2010|archive-date=14 September 2010}}
Personal life
Tracy is the wife of actor Burt Ward.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Russell Scott|title=Canine Crusader|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131390,00.html|publisher=People magazine|access-date=11 July 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/735/000024663/ |title=Burt Ward |publisher=Nndb.com |access-date=2010-07-11}} They have a daughter.
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1990
|Cyber-C.H.I.C. |Fiona | |
| 1991
|The Academy's Blessed 'Virgins' | |
| 1995
|Assault of the Party Nerds 2: The Heavy Petting Detective |Trixie | |
| 2001
|What's the Worst That Could Happen? |Unknown role | |
References
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External links
- [http://www.gentlegiantsrescue.com/ Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions website]
- {{IMDb name|0692735}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091129035040/http://shefaro.com/holyborzoibatman/ Holy Borzoi Batman!] Tracy and Burt Ward Gentle Giants Dog Photos
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629080345/http://www.1stopfordogs.com/mastiff-dog-rescue-clubs.htm List of United States and Canadian Mastiff Dog Rescue Clubs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100821125725/http://www.animalnetwork.org/ANIMAL_NETWORK/Rescue_Directory/DogRescueOrganizations_SouthernCA.htm List of Canine Rescue Organizations in Southern California]
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Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent