Gene Tierney
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1920-11-19
Day of Death
1991-11-06 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Acting
(2020)
(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 Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1969)
Daughter of the Mind
as Lenore Constable
(1964)
The Pleasure Seekers
as Jane Barton
(1963)
Toys in the Attic
as Albertine Prine
(1963)
(1962)
Advise & Consent
as Dolly Harrison
(1955)
The Left Hand of God
as Anne 'Scotty' Scott
(1954)
The Egyptian
as Baketamon
(1954)
Black Widow
as Iris Denver
(1953)
Personal Affair
as Kay Barlow
(1953)
Never Let Me Go
as Marya Lamarkina
(1952)
Way of a Gaucho
as Teresa Chavez
(1952)
Plymouth Adventure
as Dorothy Bradford
(1951)
Close to My Heart
as Midge Sheridan
(1951)
The Mating Season
as Maggie Carleton
(1951)
On the Riviera
as Lili Duran
(1951)
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Marcia Stoddard
(1950)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Morgan Taylor
(1950)
Night and the City
as Mary Bristol
(1950)
Whirlpool
as Ann Sutton
(1950)
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(1948)
The Iron Curtain
as Anna Gouzenko
(1948)
That Wonderful Urge
as Sara Farley
(1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Lucy Muir
(1946)
Dragonwyck
as Miranda Wells
(1946)
The Razor's Edge
as Isabel Bradley
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Ellen Berent Harland
(1945)
A Bell for Adano
as Tina Tomasino
(1944)
Laura
as Laura Hunt
(1943)
Heaven Can Wait
as Martha Strabel Van Cleve
(1942)
Thunder Birds
as Kay Saunders
(1942)
(1942)
Rings on Her Fingers
as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
(1942)
China Girl
as Haoli Young
(1941)
Belle Starr
as Belle Starr
(1941)
Tobacco Road
as Ellie May Lester
(1941)
The Shanghai Gesture
as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
(1941)
Sundown
as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher
(1941)
Hudson's Bay
as Barbara Hall
(1940)
The Return of Frank James
as Eleanor Stone