Gene Tierney

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
November 19, 1920 (70 years old)
Died
November 6, 1991
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Romance Thriller
Career Span
1940 – 2017

Gene Tierney

4 wins
23 nominations
4 Oscars
43 credits

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 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).

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Personal Info

Born
Nov 19, 1920
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1940 – 2017

Award Recognition

4
Wins
23
Nominations
4
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2017

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

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) Award

1999

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

1991

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

1969

Daughter of the Mind as Lenore Constable

1964

The Pleasure Seekers as Jane Barton

1963

Toys in the Attic as Albertine Prine
Four Nights of the Full Moon

1962

Advise & Consent as Dolly Harrison

1955

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

1954

Black Widow as Iris Denver Award
The Egyptian as Baketamon Award

1953

Never Let Me Go as Marya Lamarkina
Personal Affair as Kay Barlow

1952

Plymouth Adventure as Dorothy Bradford Award
Way of a Gaucho as Teresa Chavez

1951

The Mating Season as Maggie Carleton Award
On the Riviera as Lili Duran Award
Close to My Heart as Midge Sheridan
The Secret of Convict Lake as Marcia Stoddard

1950

Night and the City as Mary Bristol Award
Where the Sidewalk Ends as Morgan Taylor Award
Whirlpool as Ann Sutton Award
The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage)

1948

That Wonderful Urge as Sara Farley
The Iron Curtain as Anna Gouzenko

1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Lucy Muir Award

1946

Dragonwyck as Miranda Wells Award
The Razor's Edge as Isabel Bradley Award

1945

Leave Her to Heaven as Ellen Berent Harland Award
A Bell for Adano as Tina Tomasino

1944

Laura as Laura Hunt Award

1943

Heaven Can Wait as Martha Strabel Van Cleve Award

1942

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Eve
Rings on Her Fingers as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
China Girl as Haoli Young
Thunder Birds as Kay Saunders

1941

The Shanghai Gesture as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith") Award
Tobacco Road as Ellie May Lester Award
Hudson's Bay as Barbara Hall
Sundown as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher
Belle Starr as Belle Starr

1940

The Return of Frank James as Eleanor Stone Award

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Night and the City
Laura
Leave Her to Heaven
Heaven Can Wait
The Return of Frank James
Black Widow
The Egyptian
Dragonwyck
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

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