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Gene Tierney
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Gene Tierney

Known for What's My Line?

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…

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Born
Nov 19, 1920
Died
Nov 6, 1991
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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).

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Known For

Filmography

Movies

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

Television

The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 1 eps
1948
What's My Line?Self · 1 eps
1950
General Electric TheaterEllen Galloway · 1 eps
1953
The OscarsSelf · 1 eps
1953
The F.B.I.Faye Simpson · 1 eps
1965
ScruplesHarriet Toppingham · 3 eps
1980
BiographySelf · 1 eps
1987

Photos

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