Gene Tierney
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 for Best Actress 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
Laura Hunt
Laura
Lucy Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Baketamon
The Egyptian
Miranda Wells
Dragonwyck
Anna Gouzenko
The Iron Curtain
Marcia Stoddard
The Secret of Convict Lake
Ann Sutton
Whirlpool
Lenore Constable
Daughter of the Mind
Lili Duran
On the Riviera
Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
The Shanghai Gesture
Eleanor Stone
The Return of Frank James
Eve
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Iris Denver
Black Widow
Anne 'Scotty' Scott
The Left Hand of God
Marya Lamarkina
Never Let Me Go
Dolly Harrison
Advise & Consent
Morgan Taylor
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Ellen Berent Harland
Leave Her to Heaven
Ellie May Lester
Tobacco Road
Martha Strabel Van Cleve
Heaven Can Wait
Mary Bristol
Night and the City
Haoli Young
China Girl
Belle Starr
Belle Starr
Dorothy Bradford
Plymouth Adventure
Isabel Bradley
The Razor's Edge
Graham 'Zia' Fletcher
Sundown
Jane Barton
The Pleasure Seekers
Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
Rings on Her Fingers
Kay Saunders
Thunder Birds
Kay Barlow
Personal Affair
Barbara Hall
Hudson's Bay
Maggie Carleton
The Mating Season
Albertine Prine
Toys in the Attic
Sara Farley
That Wonderful Urge
Tina Tomasino
A Bell for Adano
Midge Sheridan
Close to My Heart
Teresa Chavez
Way of a Gaucho
Self (archive footage)
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Self (archive footage)
Gene Tierney, une star oubliée
Self (archive footage)
The Costume Designer
Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Las cuatro noches de la luna llena
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
43
Gender
Female
Birthday
1920-11-19
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
Gene Eliza Tierney