Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 19, 1920
Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind | Lenore Constable |
| 1964 | The Pleasure Seekers | Jane Barton |
| 1963 | Toys in the Attic | Albertine Prine |
| 1963 | Four Nights of the Full Moon | |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Dolly Harrison |
| 1955 | The Left Hand of God | Anne 'Scotty' Scott |
| 1954 | The Egyptian | Baketamon |
| 1954 | Black Widow | Iris Denver |
| 1953 | Never Let Me Go | Marya Lamarkina |
| 1953 | Personal Affair | Kay Barlow |
| 1952 | Plymouth Adventure | Dorothy Bradford |
| 1952 | Way of a Gaucho | Teresa Chavez |
| 1951 | The Secret of Convict Lake | Marcia Stoddard |
| 1951 | On the Riviera | Lili Duran |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Maggie Carleton |
| 1951 | Close to My Heart | Midge Sheridan |
| 1950 | Whirlpool | Ann Sutton |
| 1950 | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Morgan Taylor |
| 1950 | Night and the City | Mary Bristol |
| 1950 | The Costume Designer | Self (archive footage) |
| 1948 | The Iron Curtain | Anna Gouzenko |
| 1948 | That Wonderful Urge | Sara Farley |
| 1947 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Lucy Muir |
| 1946 | Dragonwyck | Miranda Wells |
| 1946 | The Razor's Edge | Isabel Bradley |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven | Ellen Berent Harland |
| 1945 | A Bell for Adano | Tina Tomasino |
| 1944 | Laura | Laura Hunt |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Martha Strabel Van Cleve |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Eve |
| 1942 | China Girl | Haoli Young |
| 1942 | Rings on Her Fingers | Susan Miller / Linda Worthington |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds | Kay Saunders |
| 1941 | The Shanghai Gesture | Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith") |
| 1941 | Tobacco Road | Ellie May Lester |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Belle Starr |
| 1941 | Sundown | Graham 'Zia' Fletcher |
| 1941 | Hudson's Bay | Barbara Hall |
| 1940 | The Return of Frank James | Eleanor Stone |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Scruples | Harriet Toppingham |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Faye Simpson |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ellen Galloway |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |