Gene Tierney

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

November 19, 1920

died

November 6, 1991

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

total credits

43 movies

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).

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Known For

Filmography

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Laura
7.6

Laura

1944as Laura Hunt
The Egyptian
6.5

The Egyptian

1954as Baketamon
Leave Her to Heaven
7.4

Leave Her to Heaven

1945as Ellen Berent Harland
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
7.5

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947as Lucy Muir
Advise & Consent
7.2

Advise & Consent

1962as Dolly Harrison
Tobacco Road
6.8

Tobacco Road

1941as Ellie May Lester
Dragonwyck
6.6

Dragonwyck

1946as Miranda Wells
Where the Sidewalk Ends
7.2

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950as Morgan Taylor
Heaven Can Wait
6.9

Heaven Can Wait

1943as Martha Strabel Van Cleve
The Razor's Edge
6.9

The Razor's Edge

1946as Isabel Bradley
Black Widow
6.4

Black Widow

1954as Iris Denver
Night and the City
7.5

Night and the City

1950as Mary Bristol
China Girl
5.4

China Girl

1942as Haoli Young
Belle Starr
5.9

Belle Starr

1941as Belle Starr
Whirlpool
6.4

Whirlpool

1950as Ann Sutton
Plymouth Adventure
5.9

Plymouth Adventure

1952as Dorothy Bradford
The Return of Frank James
6.3

The Return of Frank James

1940as Eleanor Stone
Toys in the Attic
6.0

Toys in the Attic

1963as Albertine Prine
The Left Hand of God
6.3

The Left Hand of God

1955as Anne 'Scotty' Scott
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
8.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Secret of Convict Lake
6.6

The Secret of Convict Lake

1951as Marcia Stoddard
Sundown
5.6

Sundown

1941as Graham 'Zia' Fletcher
Never Let Me Go
5.9

Never Let Me Go

1953as Marya Lamarkina
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.2

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942as Eve
Way of a Gaucho
5.7

Way of a Gaucho

1952as Teresa Chavez
The Mating Season
6.6

The Mating Season

1951as Maggie Carleton
A Bell for Adano
6.0

A Bell for Adano

1945as Tina Tomasino
The Pleasure Seekers
5.4

The Pleasure Seekers

1964as Jane Barton
Personal Affair
6.3

Personal Affair

1953as Kay Barlow
On the Riviera
6.1

On the Riviera

1951as Lili Duran
Daughter of the Mind
6.7

Daughter of the Mind

1969as Lenore Constable
That Wonderful Urge
6.5

That Wonderful Urge

1948as Sara Farley
Rings on Her Fingers
6.8

Rings on Her Fingers

1942as Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
The Iron Curtain
6.0

The Iron Curtain

1948as Anna Gouzenko
Beautiful Like a Poem

Beautiful Like a Poem

2020as Self (archive footage)
Thunder Birds
6.0

Thunder Birds

1942as Kay Saunders
The Shanghai Gesture
6.2

The Shanghai Gesture

1941as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Close to My Heart
6.6

Close to My Heart

1951as Midge Sheridan
Marilyn, dernières séances
7.0

Marilyn, dernières séances

2008as archive footage
Hudson's Bay
6.1

Hudson's Bay

1940as Barbara Hall
The Costume Designer
10.0

The Costume Designer

1950as Self (archive footage)
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
6.4

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

2017as Self (archive footage)
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
3.7

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

1999as Self (archive footage)