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

  • Biography

    Biography

  • Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

    Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

  • Plymouth Adventure

    Plymouth Adventure

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • Sundown

    Sundown

  • Tobacco Road

    Tobacco Road

  • Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

  • Personal Affair

    Personal Affair

  • Belle Starr

    Belle Starr

  • Thunder Birds

    Thunder Birds

  • Laura

    Laura

  • Four Nights of the Full Moon

    Four Nights of the Full Moon

  • Whirlpool

    Whirlpool

  • The Razor's Edge

    The Razor's Edge

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

  • The Left Hand of God

    The Left Hand of God

  • Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

  • Dragonwyck

    Dragonwyck

  • China Girl

    China Girl

  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

  • The Return of Frank James

    The Return of Frank James

  • That Wonderful Urge

    That Wonderful Urge

  • The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

  • A Bell for Adano

    A Bell for Adano

  • The Secret of Convict Lake

    The Secret of Convict Lake

  • The Pleasure Seekers

    The Pleasure Seekers

  • The Shanghai Gesture

    The Shanghai Gesture

  • Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

  • Night and the City

    Night and the City

  • On the Riviera

    On the Riviera

  • The Mating Season

    The Mating Season

  • Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

  • Toys in the Attic

    Toys in the Attic

  • Way of a Gaucho

    Way of a Gaucho

  • Close to My Heart

    Close to My Heart

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Scruples

    Scruples

  • The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain

  • Advise & Consent

    Advise & Consent

  • Daughter of the Mind

    Daughter of the Mind

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Costume Designer

    The Costume Designer

  • Rings on Her Fingers

    Rings on Her Fingers

  • Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

    Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

  • Beautiful Like a Poem

    Beautiful Like a Poem