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Gene Tierney

Actress / Character Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 11/19/1920 († 70, 11/06/1991) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. 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). 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 ()
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Gene Eliza Tierney 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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Gene Tierney

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Gene Tierney as Actress(44)

as Self (archive footage)2017 Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)1999 Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Lenore Constable1969 Daughter of the Mind
as (archive footage)1965 The Love Goddesses
as Jane Barton1964 The Pleasure Seekers
as Albertine Prine1963 Toys in the Attic
as Dolly Harrison1962 Advise & Consent
as Anne 'Scotty' Scott1955 The Left Hand of God
as Baketamon1954 The Egyptian
as Iris Denver1954 Black Widow
as Marya Lamarkina1953 Never Let Me Go
as Kay Barlow1953 Personal Affair
as Dorothy Bradford1952 Plymouth Adventure
as Teresa Chavez1952 Way of a Gaucho
as Lili Duran1951 On the Riviera
as Midge Sheridan1951 Close to My Heart
as Marcia Stoddard1951 The Secret of Convict Lake
as Maggie Carleton1951 The Mating Season
as Mary Bristol1950 Night and the City
as Morgan Taylor1950 Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Self (archive footage)1950 The Costume Designer
as Ann Sutton1950 Whirlpool
as Sara Farley1948 That Wonderful Urge
as Anna Gouzenko1948 The Iron Curtain
as Lucy Muir1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Miranda Wells1946 Dragonwyck
as Isabel Bradley1946 The Razor's Edge
as Tina Tomasino1945 A Bell for Adano
as Ellen Berent Harland1945 Leave Her to Heaven
as Laura Hunt1944 Laura
as Martha Strabel Van Cleve1943 Heaven Can Wait
as Haoli Young1942 China Girl
as Kay Saunders1942 Thunder Birds
as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington1942 Rings on Her Fingers
as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")1941 The Shanghai Gesture
as Belle Starr1941 Belle Starr
as Barbara Hall1941 Hudson's Bay
as Ellie May Lester1941 Tobacco Road
as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher1941 Sundown
as Eleanor Stone1940 The Return of Frank James

TV Shows/Series with Gene Tierney as Actress(5)

as Harriet Toppingham1980 Scruples
as Faye Simpson1965 The F.B.I.
as Ellen Galloway1953 GE Theater
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Gene Tierney
Born: Friday, 11/19 1920 (November) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 11/06 1991 (November) in Houston (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Chase Collegiate School
Spouses (current/former): Oleg Cassini, W. Howard Lee
Other names for Gene Tierney (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gene Eliza Tierney"
"The Get Girl"
"Джин Тирни"
"ジーン・ティアニー"
Gene Tierney frequently works together with these people:
Thomas Little (20x, Crew)
Lyle R. Wheeler (14x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (14x, Crew)
Ben Nye (14x, Crew)
Dabbs Greer (10x, Actor)
Alfred Newman (10x, Crew)
Scott Marlowe (10x, Actor)
Otto Preminger (9x, Crew)
Richard Day (9x, Crew)
Ellen Corby (9x, Actress)
Walter M. Scott (9x, Crew)
Roger Heman Sr. (9x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:677, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024