Gene Tierney

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

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 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

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Whirlpool

    Whirlpool

  • Biography

    Biography

  • Toys in the Attic

    Toys in the Attic

  • Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

  • The Pleasure Seekers

    The Pleasure Seekers

  • Dragonwyck

    Dragonwyck

  • Belle Starr

    Belle Starr

  • China Girl

    China Girl

  • Night and the City

    Night and the City

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

  • Way of a Gaucho

    Way of a Gaucho

  • That Wonderful Urge

    That Wonderful Urge

  • Rings on Her Fingers

    Rings on Her Fingers

  • Close to My Heart

    Close to My Heart

  • Sundown

    Sundown

  • Thunder Birds

    Thunder Birds

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

  • Laura

    Laura

  • The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

  • Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

  • The Costume Designer

    The Costume Designer

  • Scruples

    Scruples

  • Advise & Consent

    Advise & Consent

  • The Razor's Edge

    The Razor's Edge

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • The Left Hand of God

    The Left Hand of God

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Return of Frank James

    The Return of Frank James

  • Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

  • Tobacco Road

    Tobacco Road

  • On the Riviera

    On the Riviera

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • The Shanghai Gesture

    The Shanghai Gesture

  • Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

  • Plymouth Adventure

    Plymouth Adventure

  • A Bell for Adano

    A Bell for Adano

  • The Mating Season

    The Mating Season

  • The Secret of Convict Lake

    The Secret of Convict Lake

  • Daughter of the Mind

    Daughter of the Mind

  • Beautiful Like a Poem

    Beautiful Like a Poem

  • Personal Affair

    Personal Affair

  • The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain

  • Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

    Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

  • Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

    Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

  • Four Nights of the Full Moon

    Four Nights of the Full Moon