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Gene Tierney
Actor

Gene Tierney

19 Nov 1920Born
6 Nov 1991Died
70Age at death
43Credits

Biography

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

Filmography

  1. 2008Marilyn, dernières séancesFilm: archive footage
  2. 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerFilm: Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
  3. 1980ScruplesSeries: Harriet Toppingham (3 episodes)
  4. 1969Daughter of the MindFilm: Lenore Constable
  5. 1965The F.B.I.Series: Faye Simpson (1 episode)
  6. 1964The Pleasure SeekersFilm: Jane Barton
  7. 1963Toys in the AtticFilm: Albertine Prine
  8. 1963Four Nights of the Full MoonFilm
  9. 1962Advise & ConsentFilm: Dolly Harrison
  10. 1955The Left Hand of GodFilm: Anne 'Scotty' Scott
  11. 1954Black WidowFilm: Iris Denver
  12. 1954The EgyptianFilm: Baketamon
  13. 1953Personal AffairFilm: Kay Barlow
  14. 1953Never Let Me GoFilm: Marya Lamarkina
  15. 1953General Electric TheaterSeries: Ellen Galloway (1 episode)
  16. 1952Plymouth AdventureFilm: Dorothy Bradford
  17. 1952Way of a GauchoFilm: Teresa Chavez
  18. 1951Close to My HeartFilm: Midge Sheridan
  19. 1951The Secret of Convict LakeFilm: Marcia Stoddard
  20. 1951On the RivieraFilm: Lili Duran
  21. 1951The Mating SeasonFilm: Maggie Carleton
  22. 1950Where the Sidewalk EndsFilm: Morgan Taylor
  23. 1950Night and the CityFilm: Mary Bristol
  24. 1950WhirlpoolFilm: Ann Sutton
  25. 1948That Wonderful UrgeFilm: Sara Farley
  26. 1948The Iron CurtainFilm: Anna Gouzenko
  27. 1947The Ghost and Mrs. MuirFilm: Lucy Muir
  28. 1946The Razor's EdgeFilm: Isabel Bradley
  29. 1946DragonwyckFilm: Miranda Wells
  30. 1945Leave Her to HeavenFilm: Ellen Berent Harland
  31. 1945A Bell for AdanoFilm: Tina Tomasino
  32. 1944LauraFilm: Laura Hunt
  33. 1943Heaven Can WaitFilm: Martha Strabel Van Cleve
  34. 1942China GirlFilm: Haoli Young
  35. 1942Thunder BirdsFilm: Kay Saunders
  36. 1942Rings on Her FingersFilm: Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
  37. 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeFilm: Eve
  38. 1941The Shanghai GestureFilm: Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
  39. 1941SundownFilm: Graham 'Zia' Fletcher
  40. 1941Belle StarrFilm: Belle Starr
  41. 1941Tobacco RoadFilm: Ellie May Lester
  42. 1940Hudson's BayFilm: Barbara Hall
  43. 1940The Return of Frank JamesFilm: Eleanor Stone

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