Gene Tierney
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1920-11-19 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- 1991-11-06
Known for
- Laura (1944) — Laura Hunt
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) — Lucy Muir
- Night and the City (1950) — Mary Bristol
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945) — Ellen Berent Harland
- Heaven Can Wait (1943) — Martha Strabel Van Cleve
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) — Morgan Taylor
- The Return of Frank James (1940) — Eleanor Stone
- Advise & Consent (1962) — Dolly Harrison
- Dragonwyck (1946) — Miranda Wells
- The Egyptian (1954) — Baketamon
- Whirlpool (1950) — Ann Sutton
- The Razor's Edge (1946) — Isabel Bradley
- The Oscars (1953) — Self
- The Shanghai Gesture (1941) — Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
- Tobacco Road (1941) — Ellie May Lester
- Black Widow (1954) — Iris Denver