Tracy Vaccaro: Everything about Fred Dryer’s ex-wife

Tracy Vaccaro is an actress and model. She is also the ex-wife of Fred Dryer. Tracy Vaccaro;’s ex-husband Dryer is an actor, radio host, playwright, and former National Football League defensive end from the United States. Dryer was a 13-year NFL veteran who appeared in 176 games between 1969 and 1981. He is the only NFL player to score two safeties in one game.

Tracy Vaccaro: Bio Summary

How old is Tracy Vaccaro?

Tracy Vaccaro was born on May 4, 1962, in  Glendale, California, United States of America. As of 2024, she is 62 years old. Her Zodiac sign is Taurus. Tracy stands at a height of 5′ 8″. As a model, Vaccaro was October 83 Playmate of the Month and July 85 Playboy cover.

Tracy Vaccaro was Ballerina

Vaccaro started her career as a ballerina. “I need to dance three hours, four days a week. It’s a feeling, an illumination that nothing else equals. It requires unbelievable concentration. If I hadn’t hurt myself, I probably would have been a dance teacher at the age of 35,”- She told Playboyplus.

Vaccaro’s ballerina dreams were cut short by an injury leaving her in a state of despair. ” I had a scholarship to go to Europe to study classical ballet. At the time, I was dancing eight hours a day and I’d been on point for a long time. Well, I ripped the ligaments and tore the cartilage in my knee,”

The Blond Model recalled- “They told me, ‘You are never going to put these dance shoes on again.’ And I just felt like…what do you do? Something was torn from me. ‘Wait a second. Is that it?’ It was all I knew.“

Tracy took advantage of the beautiful and strong legs ballet has given her to venture into modeling- “I don’t think that my face is extremely beautiful. I don’t have that kind of look, but I’ve got a real nice body, and I’ve got…beautiful legs, so I’m lucky, you know. I sort of have a Playboy look—this fresh, clean-air kind of look,” Tracy Vaccaro told Playboyplus.

Tracy later ventured into acting but did not want the lead role. “I want somebody else to lead, to teach. I prefer to learn. I don’t want to be the strong one“

Who was Fred Dryer’s wife?

Tracy Vaccaro married Fred Dryer in May 1983 in a beautiful wedding ceremony. The couple worked together on Hunter (1984) (Where she played Evie in the pilot, A Child is Born as Stacey Collins, Ring of Honor as Ann Smith, Cries of Silence as Linda Conway, Ex Marks the Spot as Linda Conway) and Land’s End (1995) (as April in the pilot, A Line in the Sand, and Dr. Amoré).

Tracy Vaccaro and Fred Dryer first met at Hugh Hefner’s estate, where she was relaxing by the pool and he came over. Fast forward, Fred Dryer and Vaccaro went on to tie the knot and had a daughter. Their daughter Caitlin Nell Dryer, was born on April 12, 1984.

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Vaccaro and Dryer’s marriage did not last forever, after being married for 5 years the couple called it a quit. According to the former couple, they ended their marriage mostly because of Fred’s long-hour work days on Hunter (1984). They divorced in 1988 after splitting up in 1986. (after a 5-year marriage). 

According to some reports, Tracy Vaccaro remarried and moved to Las Vegas with her daughter Caitlin and her new husband after the divorce. She gave birth to a second child in 1989. Caitlin’s relationship with her father was unaffected by the fact that she resided outside of LA. She shares photos of her father on her Instagram.

Tracy Vaccaro’s ex-husband Fred Dryer

Tracy Vaccaro’s ex-husband gained the public’s attention for his acting performance in the 1980s television crime drama Hunter. Fred Dryer also played Mike Land in the TV series Land’s End (21 episodes, 1995–1996) and in the action thriller film Death Before Dishonor. During his appearance in Justice League, he played Sgt. Rock.

Dryer first appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2015, when he appeared in an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as the wicked HYDRA leader Octavian Bloom. On CBS’s NCIS, he played a Vietnam veteran on October 23, 2018.

The animated “Adult Swim” show “Frisky Dingo” made several references to Dryer in its second season. Xander Crews seeks out Fred Dryer as a potential running mate for the Vice President during an ill-advised presidential campaign.

Throughout the series, an animated recreation of a real Dryer trade card from his time with the Rams is shown, as well as references to his eponymous role in the series Hunter. In 1997, Dryer received college football’s ultimate honor in being voted into the College Football Hall of Fame and is one of only three Aztecs in the collegiate Hall of Fame.