Brillantmont International School Miss Porter's School
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1938–1964, 1969-1980
Known for
Leave Her to Heaven
Laura
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Heaven Can Wait
The Razor's Edge
Tobacco Road
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Oleg Cassini
(m. 1941; div. 1952)
W. Howard Lee
(m. 1960; died 1981)
Children
2
Awards
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991)[1] was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established as a leading lady.[2][3] She was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film Laura (1944), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven (1945).[4][5]
Tierney's other 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), Mary Bristol in Night and the City (1950), Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season (1950), and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955).
^Severo, Richard (November 8, 1991). "Gene Tierney, 70, Star of 'Laura' And 'Leave Her to Heaven', Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
^"Gene Tierney Biography". Turner Classics Movies. Retrieved August 20, 2018. Tierney emerged as a leading lady of equal beauty and depth...Tierney attained a strata of celebrity that put her on par with fellow sirens Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner and Ava Gardner"
^Vogel, Michelle (2009). Gene Tierney: A Biography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786458325. Called the most beautiful woman in movie history, Gene Tierney starred in a number of 1940s classics, including Laura, Leave Her to Heaven and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
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^Newland, Christina (April 17, 2024). "Gene Tierney and the pitfalls of being 'the most beautiful woman in movie history'". BBC Culture. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established...
thriller film noir melodrama directed by John M. Stahl and starring GeneTierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. It follows a socialite...
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designed costumes for films including The Shanghai Gesture (1941), starring GeneTierney, Tales of Manhattan (1942) for Rita Hayworth, The Razor's Edge (1946)...
Kelly dated and was engaged to Oleg Cassini after his divorce from GeneTierney. To start her career, she auditioned for the American Academy of Dramatic...
after his entry into the Marines until 1946, when he co-starred with GeneTierney, John Payne and Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge, an adaptation of W....
British film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, GeneTierney and Googie Withers. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald...
1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring GeneTierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson. It is based on a Broadway...
Humphrey Bogart as a hunted man masquerading as a Catholic priest and GeneTierney in the role of a nurse, with a supporting cast including Lee J. Cobb...
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September 1953. Retrieved 13 June 2009. "The Private Life and Times of GeneTierney" Tierney and Herskowitz (1978) Wyden Books, Self- Portrait p.157-158 "Bettina...
alongside many of the most popular actresses of the time, including GeneTierney, Jean Arthur, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Marlene Dietrich, Maureen O'Hara...
1940 Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Henry Fonda and GeneTierney. It is a sequel to Henry King's 1939 film Jesse James. Written by Sam...
he noticed his co-star GeneTierney having a hard time remembering her lines and behaving oddly; he coached her, feeding Tierney her lines. Familiar with...
American war film directed by Henry King and starring John Hodiak and GeneTierney. It was adapted from the 1944 novel of the same title by John Hersey...
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