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Gene Tierney

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Nov 19, 1920 (105 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura (1944) and her Academy Award-nominated performance in Leave Her to Heaven (1945).  Other notable roles include Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (1943), Isabel Bradley Maturin in The Razor's Edge (1946), Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (1949), Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season (1951), and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955).

Known For

Acting
2020Beautiful Like a PoemSelf (archive footage)
2017Gene Tierney: A Forgotten StarSelf (archive footage)
2008Marilyn, dernières séancesarchive footage
1999Gene Tierney: A Shattered PortraitSelf (archive footage)
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerLaura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987BiographySelf
1980ScruplesHarriet Toppingham
1969Daughter of the MindLenore Constable
1965The F.B.I.Faye Simpson
1964The Pleasure SeekersJane Barton
1963Toys in the AtticAlbertine Prine
1963Four Nights of the Full Moon
1962Advise & ConsentDolly Harrison
1955The Left Hand of GodAnne 'Scotty' Scott
1954The EgyptianBaketamon
1954Black WidowIris Denver
1953Never Let Me GoMarya Lamarkina
1953Personal AffairKay Barlow
1953General Electric TheaterEllen Galloway
1953The OscarsSelf
1952Plymouth AdventureDorothy Bradford
1952Way of a GauchoTeresa Chavez
1951The Secret of Convict LakeMarcia Stoddard
1951On the RivieraLili Duran
1951The Mating SeasonMaggie Carleton
1951Close to My HeartMidge Sheridan
1950WhirlpoolAnn Sutton
1950Where the Sidewalk EndsMorgan Taylor
1950Night and the CityMary Bristol
1950The Costume DesignerSelf (archive footage)
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1948The Iron CurtainAnna Gouzenko
1948That Wonderful UrgeSara Farley
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1947The Ghost and Mrs. MuirLucy Muir
1946DragonwyckMiranda Wells
1946The Razor's EdgeIsabel Bradley
1945Leave Her to HeavenEllen Berent Harland
1945A Bell for AdanoTina Tomasino
1944LauraLaura Hunt
1943Heaven Can WaitMartha Strabel Van Cleve
1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeEve
1942China GirlHaoli Young
1942Rings on Her FingersSusan Miller / Linda Worthington
1942Thunder BirdsKay Saunders
1941The Shanghai GestureVictoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
1941Tobacco RoadEllie May Lester
1941Belle StarrBelle Starr
1941SundownGraham 'Zia' Fletcher
1940The Return of Frank JamesEleanor Stone
1940Hudson's BayBarbara Hall