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Gene Tierney

Acting
70 years oldBrooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

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).

Personal Details

Born
November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991 (age 70)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Also Known As

Gene Eliza Tierney
The Get Girl
ジーン・ティアニー
جین تیرنی

Movies (43)

Beautiful Like a Poem

Beautiful Like a Poem

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
6.4

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1.0

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991

Daughter of the Mind
6.4

Daughter of the Mind

as Lenore Constable

1969

The Pleasure Seekers
5.0

The Pleasure Seekers

as Jane Barton

1964

Toys in the Attic
6.0

Toys in the Attic

as Albertine Prine

1963

Four Nights of the Full Moon

Four Nights of the Full Moon

1963

Advise & Consent
7.1

Advise & Consent

as Dolly Harrison

1962

The Left Hand of God
6.3

The Left Hand of God

as Anne 'Scotty' Scott

1955

Black Widow
6.3

Black Widow

as Iris Denver

1954

The Egyptian
6.4

The Egyptian

as Baketamon

1954

Personal Affair
6.2

Personal Affair

as Kay Barlow

1953

Never Let Me Go
5.6

Never Let Me Go

as Marya Lamarkina

1953

Plymouth Adventure
5.7

Plymouth Adventure

as Dorothy Bradford

1952

Way of a Gaucho
5.6

Way of a Gaucho

as Teresa Chavez

1952

Close to My Heart
6.5

Close to My Heart

as Midge Sheridan

1951

The Secret of Convict Lake
6.6

The Secret of Convict Lake

as Marcia Stoddard

1951

On the Riviera
5.9

On the Riviera

as Lili Duran

1951

The Mating Season
6.6

The Mating Season

as Maggie Carleton

1951

The Costume Designer

The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends
7.2

Where the Sidewalk Ends

as Morgan Taylor

1950

Night and the City
7.5

Night and the City

as Mary Bristol

1950

Whirlpool
6.4

Whirlpool

as Ann Sutton

1950

That Wonderful Urge
6.5

That Wonderful Urge

as Sara Farley

1948

The Iron Curtain
5.8

The Iron Curtain

as Anna Gouzenko

1948

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
7.5

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

as Lucy Muir

1947

The Razor's Edge
6.9

The Razor's Edge

as Isabel Bradley

1946

Dragonwyck
6.7

Dragonwyck

as Miranda Wells

1946

Leave Her to Heaven
7.4

Leave Her to Heaven

as Ellen Berent Harland

1945

A Bell for Adano
5.7

A Bell for Adano

as Tina Tomasino

1945

Laura
7.6

Laura

as Laura Hunt

1944

Heaven Can Wait
6.9

Heaven Can Wait

as Martha Strabel Van Cleve

1943

China Girl
5.3

China Girl

as Haoli Young

1942

Thunder Birds
5.4

Thunder Birds

as Kay Saunders

1942

Rings on Her Fingers
6.5

Rings on Her Fingers

as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington

1942

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.2

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Eve

1942

The Shanghai Gesture
6.3

The Shanghai Gesture

as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")

1941

Sundown
5.4

Sundown

as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher

1941

Belle Starr
5.6

Belle Starr

as Belle Starr

1941

Tobacco Road
6.6

Tobacco Road

as Ellie May Lester

1941

Hudson's Bay
5.8

Hudson's Bay

as Barbara Hall

1940

The Return of Frank James
6.3

The Return of Frank James

as Eleanor Stone

1940

TV Shows (7)