Quick Facts
Born:
1920-11-19
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Credits:
51 Total Roles
Gene Tierney
Acting
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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).
Known For
Laura
Laura Hunt
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Lucy Muir
Night and the City
Mary Bristol
Leave Her to Heaven
Ellen Berent Harland
Heaven Can Wait
Martha Strabel Van Cleve
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Morgan Taylor
The Return of Frank James
Eleanor Stone
Advise & Consent
Dolly Harrison
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Beautiful Like a Poem MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Marilyn, dernières séances MOVIE | archive footage |
| 1999 | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker MOVIE | Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Biography TV | Self |
| 1980 | Scruples TV | Harriet Toppingham |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind MOVIE | Lenore Constable |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. TV | Faye Simpson |
| 1964 | The Pleasure Seekers MOVIE | Jane Barton |