Gene Tierney

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

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

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

  • Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

  • The Shanghai Gesture

    The Shanghai Gesture

  • The Razor's Edge

    The Razor's Edge

  • Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

    Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

  • Advise & Consent

    Advise & Consent

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • The Pleasure Seekers

    The Pleasure Seekers

  • Sundown

    Sundown

  • A Bell for Adano

    A Bell for Adano

  • Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

  • That Wonderful Urge

    That Wonderful Urge

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

  • The Return of Frank James

    The Return of Frank James

  • Plymouth Adventure

    Plymouth Adventure

  • The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain

  • The Secret of Convict Lake

    The Secret of Convict Lake

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

  • Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

  • The Left Hand of God

    The Left Hand of God

  • Dragonwyck

    Dragonwyck

  • Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

  • Scruples

    Scruples

  • The Mating Season

    The Mating Season

  • Tobacco Road

    Tobacco Road

  • On the Riviera

    On the Riviera

  • Night and the City

    Night and the City

  • Four Nights of the Full Moon

    Four Nights of the Full Moon

  • Laura

    Laura

  • Belle Starr

    Belle Starr

  • Toys in the Attic

    Toys in the Attic

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Daughter of the Mind

    Daughter of the Mind

  • Close to My Heart

    Close to My Heart

  • Whirlpool

    Whirlpool

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

  • Personal Affair

    Personal Affair

  • The Costume Designer

    The Costume Designer

  • Way of a Gaucho

    Way of a Gaucho

  • China Girl

    China Girl

  • Rings on Her Fingers

    Rings on Her Fingers

  • Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

    Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

  • Thunder Birds

    Thunder Birds

  • Beautiful Like a Poem

    Beautiful Like a Poem