
Gene Tierney
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1920-11-19
- Died
- 1991-11-06
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Gene Eliza Tierney · The Get Girl · ジーン・ティアニー · جین تیرنی
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
TV Shows (7)
Movies (44)

Laura
1944
as Laura Hunt

The Egyptian
1954
as Baketamon

Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Martha Strabel Van Cleve

Tobacco Road
1941
as Ellie May Lester

The Return of Frank James
1940
as Eleanor Stone

Advise & Consent
1962
as Dolly Harrison

Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Ellen Berent Harland

Belle Starr
1941
as Belle Starr

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
as Lucy Muir

Night and the City
1950
as Mary Bristol

Dragonwyck
1946
as Miranda Wells

The Razor's Edge
1946
as Isabel Bradley

Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
as Morgan Taylor

Plymouth Adventure
1952
as Dorothy Bradford

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Whirlpool
1950
as Ann Sutton

The Mating Season
1951
as Maggie Carleton

The Left Hand of God
1955
as Anne 'Scotty' Scott

On the Riviera
1951
as Lili Duran

China Girl
1942
as Haoli Young

The Secret of Convict Lake
1951
as Marcia Stoddard

The Shanghai Gesture
1941
as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")

The Pleasure Seekers
1964
as Jane Barton

Black Widow
1954
as Iris Denver

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Eve

Sundown
1941
as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher

A Bell for Adano
1945
as Tina Tomasino

The Iron Curtain
1948
as Anna Gouzenko

Thunder Birds
1942
as Kay Saunders

Toys in the Attic
1963
as Albertine Prine

Never Let Me Go
1953
as Marya Lamarkina

Daughter of the Mind
1969
as Lenore Constable

That Wonderful Urge
1948
as Sara Farley

Way of a Gaucho
1952
as Teresa Chavez

Hudson's Bay
1940
as Barbara Hall

Close to My Heart
1951
as Midge Sheridan

Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Rings on Her Fingers
1942
as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington

Personal Affair
1953
as Kay Barlow

Marilyn, dernières séances
2008
as archive footage

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1999
as Self (archive footage)

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
2017
as Self (archive footage)

Four Nights of the Full Moon
1963

The Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
About 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 Se… With 51 credits spanning from 1940 to 2020, Gene Tierney has appeared in 44 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gene Tierney Movies
- Laura (1944) — as Laura Hunt
- The Egyptian (1954) — as Baketamon
- Heaven Can Wait (1943) — as Martha Strabel Van Cleve
- Tobacco Road (1941) — as Ellie May Lester
- The Return of Frank James (1940) — as Eleanor Stone
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